Admin

FA 2013 gives HMRC acccess to merchant acquirers’ data

Do tax practitioners always have the know-how for taking on clients – and for losing them?

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Essential dates for your diary

Aqua Products Ltd (TC2743)

Higher incomes parent who have received child benefit this year and do not already complete tax returns must register for self assessment by 5 October to avoid penalties in relation to the high income child benefit charge (HICBC), HMRC have warned.

The department plans to write to 2m higher rate taxpayers, including those affected by recent changes to child benefit, reminding them they will need to complete a self assessment return for 2012/13 if:

The sides don’t seem evenly matched in investigation disputes between taxpayers and HMRC

The House of Commons concludes its scrutiny of this year’s Finance Bill

This week’s office admin

HMRC have launched an online survey to ascertain how difficult employers and agents are finding the real-time information (RTI) obligation to report PAYE details on or before employees’ payday.

Respondents must have several numbers to hand to complete the poll, which closes on 13 September 2013:

Spring Salmon & Seafood Ltd (TC2723)

Office activities for the next seven days...