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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued a reminder to anyone filing a Self Assessment tax return this year - there's now a new 31 October deadline for paper returns, and it's only weeks away.
19 August 2008 10:17
Voluntary and community sector organisations will receive £6 million in funding for the next three years from HM Revenue & Customs to help people get the right benefits and tax.
14 August 2008 13:41
An electrician with an American defence contractor was jailed for five years after he was caught with £46,500 worth of heroin as he checked-in for a military flight from Afghanistan to the UK.
31 July 2008 13:08
New guidance on registering under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 is published today by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
31 July 2008 10:56
Three men were jailed for a total of 34 years at Canterbury Crown Court today after being found guilty of smuggling 3.98kgs of powder containing cocaine into the UK through the UK controlled zone in Coquelles, France. The seized drugs had an estimated street value of £542,000.00 and were found to contain 2.95kgs of 100% pure cocaine.
24 July 2008 16:13
Employers will receive details this week from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of what they can do to get ready for the tax code changes which will be required for many individuals following the Chancellor's announcement in May.
24 July 2008 13:08
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23 July 2008 09:54
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers have seized 2,000 bottles of wine from a commercial premises south of Newry today. The action comes as part of the department's involvement in a E1m, EU-wide excise duty and VAT fraud investigation by the Republic of Ireland's Revenue Commissioners.
11 July 2008 18:16
Sotiris Andreas (50) and Pavlos Andronicou (61) were today sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court after being found guilty of importing cocaine into the UK. The 20 kilo concealment, of which 14.4 kilos were 100 per cent pure, was detected by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Officers at the Port of Dover. The haul has an estimated street-value of £800,000. This value would have increased significantly when 'cut' by drug dealers.
11 July 2008 13:57
The owners of a Sheffield butcher's shop have been ordered to pay over £11,000 to two former employees after they failed to pay the National Minimum Wage. They are the first employers in Yorkshire to face criminal prosecution for National Minimum Wage offences including being the first employers in the country to face criminal prosecution for deliberately not paying the National Minimum Wage.
3 July 2008 11:30
Barrister, John Wilmot, has been jailed for five years for attempting to cheat the country out of £17.5million through a fraudulent VAT claim and a bogus £100 million aircraft engine deal.
1 July 2008 12:11
If you haven't renewed your tax credits claim, you only have until 31 July to do so - otherwise, your payments will stop.
1 July 2008 11:48
A new comprehensive Double Taxation Convention between the United Kingdom and France was signed in London on 19 June 2008 by the Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mme Christine Lagarde, the French Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment.
20 June 2008 10:04
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has launched a consultation on its proposals for a new taxpayers' charter, alongside two further consultation documents on modernising tax administration.
19 June 2008 11:19
Today the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled in HM Revenue & Customs' favour by supporting current National Minimum Wage legislation relating to tips, in the case of Annabel's restaurant and night club. The decision is good news for the UK's restaurant and bar workers.
13 June 2008 14:53
Further to the news release issued this morning, three people have been charged in relation to these offences. They are:
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13 June 2008 12:31
A Middlesborough woman, along with her partner and a 17 year-old girl are in the custody of the Jamaican authorities, having been arrested at Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay on Sunday 8 June suspected of attempting to smuggle drugs.
12 June 2008 11:52
UK Regional Trade in Goods estimates are released today, for the first quarter of 2008.
12 June 2008 09:47
A new podcast offering advice for travellers on what can, and can't be, brought back into the UK is now available.
5 June 2008 09:55
Over eighty per cent of employers have filed their end-of-year returns online - an increase of around 10% compared to last year.
30 May 2008 15:19
Overpayments of tax credits have fallen by £700 million since 2005-06, and are now at less than half the level they were in 2003-04, according to National Statistics published today by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
20 May 2008 10:52
A London based teenager was jailed for five years and six months at Croydon Crown Court for attempting to smuggle 1.5K of cocaine, with an estimated street value of £247,000 into the UK through Gatwick Airport.
7 May 2008 14:45
Parents, guardians and mums and dads-to be, can find out everything they need to know about the Child Trust Fund (CTF) in a new HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) podcast launched today.
30 April 2008 13:09
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is urging employers to file their PAYE end-of-year returns by the 19th May deadline, or they could face a penalty.
30 April 2008 10:16
The latest edition of HMRC's 'Agent Update' newsletter is now available for download.
25 April 2008 10:00
Convicted drug smuggler Brian Brendon Wright was today ordered to pay a confiscation order of £2,311,371 following a hearing at Woolwich Crown Court. Wright, 61, who headed an international drugs smuggling gang, was jailed for 30 years in April 2007 having been found guilty of conspiracy to evade prohibition on the importation of a controlled drug and the conspiracy to supply drugs. His Honour Judge Peter Moss today told Wright that he would have to serve a consecutive 10 years default sentence if the money was not paid in 12 months.
24 April 2008 15:45
Employers can see for themselves just how easy it is to file their end-of-year return online, in a new video podcast from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
16 April 2008 13:22
New rates of interest are announced today. They cover quarterly instalment payments and early payments of corporation tax not due by instalments, in respect of accounting periods ending on or after 1 July 1999. These new rates of interest, which take effect from 21 April 2008, are set out below and are a result of the recent movement in market rates.
16 April 2008 10:35
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has launched the latest in its series of award-winning podcasts for tax agents and intermediaries.
10 April 2008 10:20
Millions of new look tax returns will be dropping onto doormats from this week, following a revamp of the main self assessment (SA) tax return.
9 April 2008 12:40
A man from Birmingham pleaded guilty yesterday at Birmingham Crown Court to 15 charges of submitting false VAT returns totalling over £75,000 from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). He was sentence to 18 months in prison to run concurrently.
9 April 2008 12:40
Two sisters have been jailed for a total of 39 years after HM Revenue & Customs Officers foiled their plan to smuggle more than £5 million of heroin into the UK concealed inside furniture in the back of a van.
28 March 2008 13:15
UK businessman Mehrdad Salashoor was today jailed for 18 months for illegally exporting 'gyrocompass' navigation devices to Iran.
14 March 2008 14:33
UK Regional Trade in Goods estimates are released today, for the fourth quarter of 2007.
6 March 2008 11:00
Helping students manage tax better and develop good financial habits is the focus of a new Student Tax Advice campaign launched today by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
3 March 2008 15:03
Two 39 year old men have today been questioned by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on suspicion of offshore tax evasion believed to have cost the Exchequer over £1 million.
28 February 2008 16:38
HM Revenue & Customs Interest Rates - Quarterly instalment payments, and early payments of Corporation Tax not due by instalments
27 February 2008 10:24
Tax administrations in Australia, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom, the United States of America, and others - all member countries of the OECD's Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) - are working together following revelations that Liechtenstein bank accounts are being used for tax avoidance and evasion.
26 February 2008 11:34
The Tax Law Rewrite project, which is modernising UK direct tax law so that it is clearer and easier to use, has today published a draft of its fifth Bill.
22 February 2008 11:25
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is urging Trust or Company Service Providers (TCSPs) to register their businesses with HMRC by 1 April 2008 under the new Money Laundering Regulations (MLR), which came into force on 15 December 2007. TCSPs need to register with HMRC by the deadline if they want to carry on in business.
13 February 2008 12:36
A 47 year-old Brixham fisherman was jailed for nine months, suspended for two years, at Exeter Crown Court today for his failure to report income of £113,989 as a self employed share fisherman over a 6 year period. He was also given a 100 hour community service order.
11 February 2008 16:35
1. HM Revenue & Custom (HMRC) Detection dogs were first introduced 30 years ago in 1978, and have been one of the most successful tools in protecting society from the dangers of illegal drugs reaching the general public.
4 February 2008 15:14
More than £2 million in VAT payments are due to be paid to the Exchequer from gangmaster businesses, thanks to the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).
29 January 2008 10:56
The sentencing of two UK school girls to one year each in jail for attempting to smuggle cocaine from Ghana to the UK is a stark lesson in the misery of the drug trade, HM Revenue & Customs has warned.
23 January 2008 11:19
One in two legal practitioners are now submitting Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) forms online, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has revealed today.
16 January 2008 13:57
If you still haven't filed your Self Assessment tax return, you've only got until 31 January to do so, or you could face a £100 penalty for missing the deadline.
14 January 2008 12:37
An HMRC-led report on how revenue bodies across the world can achieve a more effective relationship with major taxpayers and their advisors was published by the OECD today.
11 January 2008 14:13
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is today publishing a summary of responses to last year's consultation on taxpayers' safeguards, and in response has announced that it will begin the process of working with interested parties on the development of a Taxpayers' Charter, which will set out both taxpayer rights and responsibilities in a single accessible document.
10 January 2008 11:49
New rates of interest on direct and indirect taxes and national insurance contributions paid late and overpaid are announced today. These new rates of interest, which take effect from 6 January 2008, are set out below and are as a result of the recent movement in market rates.
4 January 2008 14:17
With the 31st January self assessment filing deadline only weeks away, HMRC is urging people to file their returns online and on time.
2 January 2008 10:21