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HMRC: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published responses to last year's consultation on taxpayers' safeguards and, in response, has announced that it will begin the process of working with interested parties on the development of a Taxpayers' Charter, which will set out both taxpayer rights & responsibilities in a single accessible document.

 

In addition, three further consultation documents have been published (closing on 6 March 2008) as part of HMRC's work to modernise its powers, deterrents and the accompanying safeguards:

* the first document on payment, repayment and debt proposes changes to the statutory framework that allows HMRC to collect tax debts and ensure that taxpayers pay what they owe

* the second document contains proposals on compliance checks and puts forward proposals for a new framework for HMRC to check that taxpayers are paying the right amount of tax and claiming the right amount of repayments

* the civil penalties document puts forward proposals for extending the new statutory framework in Finance Act 2007 for charging civil penalties to all other taxes, levies and duties that HMRC is responsible for, except for Tax Credits

Press release ~ Summary of Responses: Safeguards for Taxpayers ~ Modernising Powers, Deterrents and Safeguards: Penalties Reform: The next stage ~ Modernising Powers, Deterrents & Safeguards: A New Approach to Compliance Checks ~  Modernising Powers, Deterrents and Safeguards: Payments, Repayments and Debt

 

This Brief gives details of an article: Memorandum of Agreement on the use of Agricultural Vehicles on the Road.

 

This Brief gives details of an article : VAT:Partial Exemption - Cheshire Racing Tribunal.

  

This Brief gives details of an article: VAT: the Intrastat thresholds will remain unchanged in 2008 from those set on 1 January 2007