Employers have paid out £13.4 billion in redundancy payments in the past three years, averaging £9,362 per worker in the last 12 months, according to a new report shows... more
City Spy hears that the tax authorities at HM Revenue & Customs are planning to take "Big Football" to court in the autumn to try to smash the special rule that football clubs have when one of their number goes bankrupt... more
More than four million cigarettes seized from a suspected smuggler at a British ferry port have been burned to fuel the National Grid, HM Revenue and Customs said
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Advertising agencies accuse HM Revenue & Customs of retrospectively imposing "financially crippling" VAT claims on some firms who send marketing leaflets through the post... more
Up to £1.5 billion in unpaid tax is not being pursued by HM Revenue & Customs as ministers seek to quell public anger over the proposed clawback... more
The tax fiasco at HM Revenue and Customs which means 1.4 million PAYE workers will receive demands to repay tax for an average of £1,400 — with others in line for a significantly smaller tax rebate — is bad enough in itself but turns out not to be the whole story... more
Corporate insolvency rules need “far-reaching reforms” with creditors at a disadvantage in more than a third of cases, the Office of Fair Trading says... more
Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie admits the club's best hope for Wednesday's court date with HM Revenue & Customs is to delay the winding-up order... more
Accountants said the cash-strapped Treasury could have to pay back potentially billions of pounds in overpaid taxes after the Government conceded defeat tonight in a crucial test case... more
Business groups warned that a plan by HM Revenue & Customs to crack down on tax evasion by forcing businesses to provide information on customers could cost the UK “hundreds of millions of pounds a year” ... more
If people needed any more confirmation that we live in an Orwellian world where words are frequently used to convey just the opposite of what they mean, consider the comments that resulted from a survey into the work of HM Revenue & Customs, conducted by accountancy body the ICAEW ... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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