What's new

Read the warning message about the new HMRC phishing scam in circulation.

For pay periods starting on or after 1 October 2009 tips, gratuities, service charges and cover charges will not count towards National Minimum Wage pay in any circumstances. Please see Page 7 Chapter 9 of the E24.

Statistics as pre-announced are now available.

Statistics as pre-announced are now available.

Statistics as pre-announced are now available.

Statistics as pre-announced are now available.

Statistics as pre-announced are now available.

Statistics as pre-announced are now available.

Statistics as pre-announced are now available.

Statistics as pre-announced are now available.

Minutes from the latest Tax Credits Consulatation Group meeting that took place on 30 July 2009.

The guidance notes have been updated.

We're continuing to make improvements to our website, making the information and guidance easier to find and understand.

Customs information paper (09) 63 on Tariff Preference: Cumulation provisions within Pan Euro-Med countries

Issue 33 of the Online Employer Bulletin is now available. Aimed at Employers and Agents it contains important information and news about topics affecting the operation of payroll.

Customs information paper (09) 62 on the new tranche of EORI numbers due for release.

The latest issue of the publication for tax agents and advisers published by HMRC in association with the Working Together partner representative bodies is now available.

Advises users of changes to CT procedures: Paper Fallback Procedures; TIR Holder ID and EORI Fields; Change of message types (NCTS Phase 4, Version 7.1) from 'A' to 'B'; and Community transit Air/Sea Brief.

You can now use the internet to report to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) any individuals or businesses that you believe may be evading their tax.

New guidance is published today.

Updated questions and answers on online filing for accountants, agents and advisers.

If you work in the voluntary sector and have Child Benefit clients, find out how to get authority to act on their behalf.

The latest edition of Notes for Payroll Software Developers Series 12 Number 2 - September 2009 is now available.

A Notice to Importers about the issue by some countries of irregular certificates and the ability of Member States Customs authorities to continue to accept them in certain circumstances.

The New Scottish Lease Chapter of the Stamp Duty Land Tax Manual is now on the website. Please note there are also updates to the England, Wales and Northern Ireland section of the Lease Chapter.

This new leaflet is now available in print and tells you about tax credits and how to help us to help you get it right.

A Protocol to the UK/Malaysia Double Taxation Agreement was signed on 22 September 2009.

Pension Schemes Services (PSS) has today published an update to the QROPS list.

This new leaflet is now available in print and tells you about tax credits and how they can help with everyday costs.

Consultation begins for the Equality Impact Assessment for Resolving Issues in HMRC.

Statistics as pre-announced are now available.

This bulletin tells you about Flat Management Companies (FMC).

Provides details of HMRC's response to the High Court judgment in Insurancewide/Trader Media.

Find out how you can report allegations of wrongdoing and how that information helps to tackle tax evasion.

From 21 September 2009 a central team will deal with all new Self Assessment registrations.

HMRC have announced the successful Third Sector applications for Grant In Aid funding for 2009-10.

Notice 200 provides advice for importers / exporters about relief from import duties on a range of goods imported for temporary use

New leaflet available to download and print for intermediaries and advisers who help and advise tax credits clients.

Fifty HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers were involved in dawn raids which lead to 5 people being detained, potentially saving the taxpayer millions of pounds in fraudulent tax credit claims relating to fictitious children.

This leaflet has been updated and the new version is now available online.

Statistics as pre-announced are now available.

The new RPSM pages will be published at the end of October. In the meantime the guidance has been published as a PDF document.

A revised notice explaining how gaming duty operates. It includes all the changes within the Finance Act 2009 and the new review and appeals procedures.

New interest rates paid on late payments and charged on overpayments are announced by HM Revenue & Customs today.

Corporation Tax on Chargeable Gains: Indexation Allowance: August 2009.

Further information about our joint learning events is now available. You can still book your place at most locations: follow the link to find your nearest event.

HMRC's Central External Research Programme for 2009/10 is published.

Customs information paper (09) 61 on the centralisation of International Trade Authorising and Supervising Offices

Customs information paper 60 on the currency and countrycodes to be used on CHIEF computer system.

HMRC's Central External Research Programme for 2009-10 is published.

Those crude oils that are valued using Price Reporting Agency data. At 1st July 2006 these crudes are Brent, Ekofisk, Flotta, Forties and Statfjord.

An important message for Corporation Tax customers in East Herts and West Essex.

An important message for Corporation Tax customers in Bristol, Devon, Oxon and Bucks, Cornwall, Somerset, West Lancs and Worcester.

Protocol to update the Exchange of Information article in the UK/Austria Double Taxation Convention signed on 11 September 2009.

This brief addresses questions we have received concerning the practical implications of Revenue & Customs Brief 30/09: Shares acquired before 10 April 2003 by exercising employee share options - allowable deductions.

UK Regional Trade in Goods estimates are released today, for the second quarter of 2009.

Additional Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ's) for taxpayers and agents regarding the LDF have been added.

Read the warning message about the new HMRC phishing scam in circulation.

21 people were arrested today in dawn raids by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) officers investigating a multi million pound construction industry fraud.

A Protocol delivering comprehensive exchange of information up to OECD and international tax standards between Switzerland and the UK.

HMRC now considers that a company's purchase of its own shares held on an overseas branch register is relieved from Stamp Duty by Section 133 Companies Act 2006 (formerly paragraph 8 of Schedule 14 of the Companies Act 1985).

A Protocol to the UK/Switzerland Double Taxation Agreement was signed on 7 September 2009.

Pension Schemes Services (PSS) has today published an update to the QROPS list.

Investors wishing to reinvest their Icesave compensation in an ISA with another provider must request a certificate from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme by Wednesday 9 September 2009.

Draft Regulations subject to legal and technical checks and to House of Commons approval.

This Revenue & Customs Brief confirms HMRC policy on the VAT partial exemption 'payback' rules following the High Court decision in the case of Community Housing Association.

An e-learning module is available to help agents and taxpayers understand how the new penalties for inaccuracies will affect them. This penalty system is being extended to Environmental Taxes, Excise Duties, Inheritance Tax, Insurance Premium Tax and Stamp Duties.

List of registered CASC's has been updated.

The model ISA Transfer History forms have been updated to remove the requirement for a declaration.

Full time students pay income tax just like everybody else but research from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) reveals that more than half of the UK’s 2.3 million university students don't realise this.

The Tax Law Rewrite project has published a response document summarising the comments receieved on the Draft Bill. It also shows how we have dealt with the comments.

The Tax Law Rewrite project has published a response document summarising the comments receieved on the Draft Bill. It also shows how we have dealt with the comments.

Changes to industry specific HMRC bank accounts on 3 September 2009.

This leaflet has been updated and the new version is now available online.

With schools across the country getting ready for the new school year, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is urging teachers to log onto its new, free online resource for teachers – Tax Matters.

We have discovered a small number of errors in the paper edition of the CWG2(2009). For further information please go to page 1 of the revised edition of the CWG2(2009).

A common approach to filing company accounts online was announced today in a joint statement by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and Companies House.

Today we have published a new version of the CTF15, the monthly return to report looked after children. Please DO NOT use any old versions of this form.

Today we have published a new version of the CTF15(Child), the monthly return that you use to report looked after children. You must not use any old versions of this form.

Today we have published a new version of the CTF15(Notes), the Notes are designed to help you complete your monthly return to report looked after children. You must not use any old versions of this form.

Changes to the Public Notice LFT 1 incorporating all previous updates and changes brought in at Budget 2009.

We've updated the process you need to follow to register as self employed with HM Revenue & Customs: find out more.

HMRC and Companies House have today issued a statement about progress towards developing an optional joint filing facility.

Following a decision of the First-Tier Tax Tribunal issued on 18 June 2009, HMRC revised its interpretation of the distinction between 'offshore installation' and 'ship' for SED.

You need to pay tax on offshore accounts. Notify us before 30 November and you could be charged a reduced penalty rate of 10 per cent instead of 100 per cent.