A member of the one of the UK’s biggest tobacco smuggling gangs, who fled to Spain to avoid prison, has been returned to the UK to begin his sentence. John Sabin, 58, from Doncaster, was part of an eight-strong gang that transported millions of smuggled cigarettes across the north of England to warehouses, storage yards and farms with the intention Continue Reading
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Tax Diary June/July 2014
1 June 2014 - Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 August 2013. 19 June 2014 - PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 June 2014. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 June 2014.) 19 June 2014 - Filing deadline for the CIS300 monthly return for the month ended Continue Reading
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The end of Private Residence elections?
At present, taxpayers who own more than one property used as residences by them, can make a formal election to determine which of their properties should be considered their private residence for tax purposes. The election needs to be based on the facts – how has each property been used as a private residence - and HMRC has a right Continue Reading
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VAT online filing relaxed
HMRC has proposed to relax the current online filing of VAT returns. They are going to improve the telephone filing service by making it possible for taxpayers to ring HMRC rather than making an appointment for HMRC to ring them. They are also providing: a dedicated line, and providing a service outside normal working hours. The service will be more Continue Reading
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