HMRC’s have moved all of their self assessment (SA) guidance to the GOV.UK domain, as part of the ongoing migration of information from the Revenue’s own site.
The department has pledge to “make sure nothing gets lost during this transition”, and bookmarked links will automatically redirect to a page on either the government web hub or, in cases of outdated details, the National Archives site.
Update on the migration of content from HMRC’s website to GOV.UK
Payroll Alliance wants examples of diminished information on GOV.UK
Employer Bulletin 48 published
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HMRC are set to hold a series of live webinars for tax agents and advisers throughout June and July.
The first session, scheduled for Wednesday (18 June), will provide practical guidance on how penalties will be applied under the existing regime for inaccuracies in information in documents and returns supplied to the Revenue.
The webinars will run for approximately 45 minutes to cover:
HMRC should design all future services with agents in mind, says review
HMRC are offering online tutorials to help landlords understand when and how to pay tax on property they let out.
The digital training pack is part of the Revenue’s let property campaign launched in September.
The disclosure opportunity aims at people who rent out residential property and have either not registered to pay tax, under-declared their earnings or under-paid tax.
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The government must exercise caution in its plans to take the tax system online, according to the new president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT).
Anne Fairpo, who succeeds Stephen Coleclough, believes “wild enthusiasm for the wonders of technology [ought to be] tempered with practical reality”, not least because not everyone wants to deal with their own tax affairs digitally.
The first complete tax year under real-time information (RTI) for the majority of employers worked well, with only one major problem, according to the taxman.
HMRC have been conducting weekly end-of-year teleconferences with employer representatives since 31 March, at the request of Payroll Alliance, the LexisNexis service.
The department says information for 2014/2014 flowed through to its systems as expected, with the only significant obstacle being the Government Gateway server crash on 11 April.