by Santhie Goundar | Apr 19, 2024 | News
HMRC is close to publishing a response to the findings of its consultation on umbrella company non-compliance, which ran in summer 2023, as well as new guidance. A new ‘checking tool’ for workers within umbrella companies will also be launched. The government “remains...
by Harpal Singh, Keddie Waller | Apr 18, 2024 | Features
This article draws from insights gained at a recent meeting of IFAC’s Small and Medium Practices Advisory Group (SMPAG). The story since the pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic was a significant driver in innovation in training delivery for organisations of all...
by Jasmine Crittenden | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog
In 2014, HMRC started investigating Octagon on suspicion of fraudulent tax evasion related to Octagon’s operations at Blaydon landfill site in Newcastle upon Tyne. In 2018, the Environment Agency inspected the same site following complaints that a terrible odour was...
by Jane Parry, Michalis Veliziotis | Apr 16, 2024 | Features
Flexible working covers numerous arrangements that deviate from “standard” employment practices, such as part-time work, compressed hours, job shares, flexitime and remote working. British employees all received a right to ask for such arrangements when...
by IFA team | Apr 12, 2024 | Features
In six months last year, HMRC issued more than £2 million in penalties to businesses for non-compliance with money laundering regulations. Here’s what the list of compliance and registration penalties published by HMRC tells us. Penalties were issued for 409 breaches...
