HM REVENUE AND
CUSTOMS News Release (Ref:NAT 15/09) issued by COI News Distribution
Service. 16 February 2009
HM Revenue &
Customs (HMRC) has today launched a podcast on the new compliance
checks regime, which comes into effect in April 2009.
The eight-minute podcast features HMRC's Simon Norris
discussing the new, streamlined regime, and what it will mean in
practice for small businesses and tax advisers. It covers new
record-keeping requirements, new time limits for tax assessments,
and outlines the safeguards that will be in place.
You can listen to the free podcast, or download it to your
computer, by visiting the HMRC podcast pages at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/podcasts.
Notes for editors
1. HMRC has recently launched two audio podcasts on forthcoming
changes to PAYE in-year online filing for large employers, and
reform of the tax tribunal system. These changes also come into
effect in April 2009. Both podcasts are available to download free
from the HMRC podcast pages at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/podcasts.
2. Simon Norris is Head of HMRC's powers review team.
Issued by HM Revenue & Customs Press Office
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