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A Goodall (TC3170)
Reasoning that works before tax tribunals
One adviser’s tale of helping a wayward driving instructor with outstanding liabilities
A client made payments into a seed enterprise investment scheme and an enterprise investment scheme in 2012/13 and 2013/14. No certificates were received in time for submission of the 2012/13 tax return
M C Armitage (TC3195)
P Bristow (TC3146)
HMRC tackled record levels of online fraud in the run-up to last month’s self assessment deadline, the department has revealed.
Taxpayers reported 23,247 incidents of phishing o the Revenue during the three months to 31 January: an increase of 47% on the same period a year earlier. As a result, the department closed 178 web sources of bogus emails offering tax refunds during January 2014, marking year-on-year growth of 274%
The taxman was alerted to more than 91,000 incidents of phishing during the whole of 2013 and put a stop to 1,476 sites.
S Varma (TC3147)
The online filing deadline for self assessment returns has been extended by a fortnight for some taxpayers, it is understood.
Tolley Tax is reporting on an automated HMRC email response to a requests for a user ID that included a reminder to “file your tax return online before midnight 15 February to avoid receiving a penalty”.
The taxman’s powers to withhold repayments
E N Jones (TC3085)