WARRINGTON has been chosen by HM Revenue and Customs as one of 10 locations across the UK for trials of a single compliance process for enquiries across a range of different taxes.
By simplifying and standardising the process for compliance checks HMRC will improve customer experience and reduce costs as the check will only take as long as the risks and behaviours encountered dictate.
The trials will run for six months from June 1 – and Warrington is the only place in the North West chosen.
Subject to the results of trials, the new process will be rolled out nationally from January next year.
David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, said: “This Government is committed to relieving the burden on businesses. We know that agents, individuals and businesses find some of HMRC’s current compliance practices drawn out and costly. A single compliance process could help HMRC improve the customer experience and reduce costs.
“HMRC is working directly with agents via the Compliance Reform Forum to help develop it, and will continue to work with them during the pilots.”
The single compliance process will focus solely on the risks and behaviours identified in cases and throughout the life of the compliance check, irrespective of the head of duty (VAT, Income Tax, Corporation Tax and PAYE) involved. The process will be capable of addressing lower risk cases at an appropriate level, but will also increase in intensity should the approach be warranted.
WARRINGTON has been chosen by HM Revenue and Customs as one of 10
locations across the UK for trials of a single compliance process for
enquiries across a range of different taxes.
Taxman chooses town for trial scheme
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errmm what does all that mean then ? I’m confused as usual 🙂
I think it means they’re going to concentrate on looking more closely at businesses and individuals who operate in areas of business with a high incidence of tax evasion, have sloppy accounting practices, give incomplete or evasive answers, or have a history of under paying tax – and give those who have simpler affairs and pay their tax on time a quicker examination of their affairs rather than make them jump through all the hoops of a full blown audit.
ahhh…. so they are coming to Warrington to check us all out then under the pretence that they are simplifying things… do we have a bad record for tax evasion and sloppiness round here then 🙂 When should we all expect our letters ?
Oh well give it 12 months then they can look at the Council and how it is run from tonight hahahahahahahaha
They’re just trialing their shiny new process to see if it really does catch the bad guys, cause the good guys less grief, and cost less overall to run.
That’s fair enough then 🙂