Nearly 230 HMRC staff have been offered voluntary redundancy as the government department’s new hubs programme is completed leading to the closure of offices across the country

In the latest  HMRC performance figures issued by the tax authority call waiting time has worsened with many callers waiting up to 17 minutes to get through to a tax official

HMRC has not been able to prosecute any case in which an account freezing order (AFO) had been obtained according to a freedom of information (FOI) request by law firm JMW Solicitors

The Upper Tribunal has ruled against Northern Gas Networks judging that the removal or improvement of iron pipes was not qualifying expenditure for a land remediation tax relief claim (LRR), estimated to be worth a minimum of £17m

The Upper Tribunal ruled against HMRC deciding that where a taxpayer had not submitted self assessment tax returns, discovery assessments could not be used to assess the taxpayer’s liability to the high income child benefit charge

The Supreme Court has ruled against HMRC and confirmed the Court of Appeal’s decision to throw out a ‘draconian’ follower notice issued for £8.6m by the tax authority

Annual income tax paid by the British public has doubled over the last 20 years paying £93bn in 1999 to 2000 rising to £187bn in 2018 to 2019

In this month’s VAT updates, Graham Elliott, explains the latest policy clarification on zero rating for foods, mixed messages over supply of electricity at charging points for electric cars and Poundland win over retail scheme dispute

The number of HMRC-branded phishing scams surged 87% in the past 12 months, according to the latest revealed figures

Data published by HMRC show that the tax authority’s IR35 status checker tool determined that 210,000 workers were labelled as ‘undetermined’ when figuring out their employment status

In response to messages from confused taxpayers, the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has published guidance on exactly how SEISS grants are taxed

The high street retailer Poundland has won a £2.15m VAT case against HMRC regarding a stock adjustment dispute on the group’s switch from its old bespoke retail scheme