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Published on 31 March 2021

HMRC: tax refund identity checks

HMRC carry out risk assessments on all repayment requests, including Self Assessment tax returns which result in a tax refund being due. Unfortunately, HMRC have found that some repayment requests are fraudulent. HMRC therefore issue letters to taxpayers where they think the repayment request may no...

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Published on 24 March 2021

LITRG report puts ‘umbrella’ companies under the spotlight

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) today publishes a new research report1 looking at the use of ‘umbrella’ companies and other labour market intermediaries in the UK. The factual and technical report also considers the nature and scale of disguised remuneration schemes. It is intend...

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Published on 24 March 2021

Labour Market Intermediaries

We are pleased to publish our report ‘Labour Market Intermediaries: a technical report outlining how umbrella companies and other intermediaries operate in the labour market and the implications for workers who use them’....

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Published on 23 March 2021

LITRG welcomes HMRC approach on preventing offshore tax non-compliance

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) welcomes today’s publication of HMRC’s discussion document Helping taxpayers get offshore tax right.1 The document recognises that taxpayers who have not correctly reported their offshore income and gains to HMRC might not have done so de...

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