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TRM Electronics Ltd (TC2989)

Smart Polymers Ltd (TC2987)

HMRC have announced plans for paperless self assessment (SA), which will see online filers receive all official communications electronically.

The Revenue received 7.65m digital SA submissions in 2011/12 – 80.9% of the total number of returns for the year – but only 25% of taxpayers’ interactions with the department are online.

Dagless Holdings Ltd (TC2934)

HMRC say they are unable to correct the online time discrepancy between their own validation service that uses British standard time and the government gateway, which employs Greenwich mean time, because the latter service is used by parties other than the tax department.

The announcement is included in the latest edition of Agent Update, the bi-monthly round up of news for tax advisers.

Gordon West t/a Dishforth Nursery Gardens (TC2868)

Professional accounting body calls for simplification

The groundbreaking judgment that meant three taxpayers did not have to follow the requirement to file VAT returns online

HMRC have launched an online tool to help employees check whether or not they need to calculate their annual allowance tax liability, even if they have not received a pension statement.

Pension providers should have recently sent annual allowance statements for 2011/12 and 2012/13 to members who have contributed more than the maximum £50,000 a year to a scheme. The issue of statements was a legislative requirement of FA 2011.

The future was the focus of two tax events during the Labour party conference

A new digital service for taxpayers in the PAYE system is set to be launched in April 2014 – and HMRC are looking for people willing to help with testing.

The department wants the help of workers with business vehicles and employers who have staff with company cars:  the initial version of the service enables users to tell the Revenue about changes to company vehicles and fuel benefits.

Email an application to take part, including business location in the subject box.

Eclipse Generic Ltd (TC2662)

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