HMRC Podcasts

November 2009

HMRC Charter

Dave Hartnett talks about HMRC's new Charter, and what it means for individuals and businesses who deal with the department.

August 2009

New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO)

HMRC's Dave Hartnett talks about the latest opportunity for offshore account holders to come forward to HMRC and declare their untaxed offshore income and interest.

February 2009

Compliance Checks

What HMRC's new compliance checks regime, coming into effect this April, means for tax advisors, individuals and businesses.

PAYE in-year filing

Everything large employers need to know about important changes affecting P45 and P46 filing, which come into effect in April 2009.

January 2009

Health in Pregnancy Grant

Find out everything you need to know about the new £190 Health in Pregnancy Grant for mums-to-be.

Tax Appeals & Tribunals

HMRC's Brian Redford explains how changes to the tax appeals and tribunal system, coming into effect in April 2009, will affect agents.

September 2008

Self Assessment

Moira Stuart talks about her new role as the face of the Self Assessment ad campaign; the new Self Assessment TV ad is revealed; and HMRC's Clare Merrills offers help and advice on filling in your tax return.

The podcast is also available in the following formats:

Improving HMRC's Services for Agents/New Penalties

Brian Redford discusses how HMRC is improving its services for agents, and talks about the new penalties regime for incorrect returns.

April 2008

Child Trust Fund

HMRC's Clare Merrills talks about the Child Trust Fund - the Government's long-term savings and investment account for children born on or after 1 September 2002.

Employer End-of-Year Returns

An introduction to online filing

Employers can see for themselves just how easy it is to file their end-of-year return online in this video podcast from HMRC.

The podcast is also available in the following formats:

November 2007

Tax Credits

What to do when your circumstances change

HMRC's Clare Merrills explains why it is important for people receiving tax credits to tell us when their circumstances change

How to listen

You can listen to our podcasts either from your computer or from your portable player, in one of three ways:

  1. Listen on your computer now.
  2. Download and save the file to listen to later, or transfer to a portable player.
  3. By subscribing to podcast automatically delivered to your computer.

1. Listening/viewing on your computer

Just click wherever you see the words 'listen as mp3' and the podcast should start to play.

2. Download the file

Downloading the mp3 file will allow you to save the audio to listen to later, or transfer it to a portable player.

On most computers you'll need to right-click to save the file. This should bring up an option to 'save target as...' or 'save link as...' which will allow you to save the file. You can then transfer it to your portable player.

3. Subscribe to our podcast feed (using iTunes or other podcast programs)

Our podcast feed is an easy way to hear our latest podcast. Each time there's a new programme, we'll automatically deliver it to your computer when you're on-line.

To subscribe, you will need some podcatching software such as Apple's iTunes (free from www.apple.com/itunes) or some news reading software (also called news aggregators).

Once you have downloaded and installed your software, you can subscribe to the feed in a number of different ways.

To subscribe in iTunes:

Open iTunes
Select Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast
In the box that opens up type or paste the following: http://podcasts.hmrc.gov.uk/hmrc.xml

To subscribe in another program:

Either drag the orange RSS button at the top of the page into your news reader, or copy and paste this address into your reader: http://podcasts.hmrc.gov.uk/hmrc.xml