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What do we know about the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce?
what do we know about the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce? In this article Amit Puri, Tax Director at Pure Tax, considers the instigation of a new Taxpayer Protection Taskforce Unit following the Budget announcement on 3 March 2021. Amongst the fanfare and promises, the Chancellor said the Government will be investing over £100 million into […]
HMRC’s progress using UK taxpayers’ offshore banking data
Amit Puri who leads our Tax Investigations and Disputes practice, provides a further update to the article he wrote for the June issue of the Institute of Certified Practising Accountants (ICPA) bi-monthly magazine. In that article, and the corresponding article posted on this site, Amit examined HMRC’s Worldwide Disclosure Facility (“WDF”) statistics and asked the […]
UK Tax on Indian Interest Income – A Little Known Fact
Many Indians resident in the UK, and some tax advisers, mistakenly believe that interest income arising in India is not taxable in the UK. In the February edition of Taxation, Pure Tax’s Managing Partner Amit Puri sets the record straight. Misconceptions Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) can benefit from savings and investment products in India geared […]
HMRC Serious Tax Investigations – latest statistics
In September 2019, Amit Puri shared an article regarding HMRC’s serious civil tax investigations’ statistics. Following a further Freedom of Information Act 2000 request to HMRC, Amit now shares an updated version of his article which includes the latest Codes of Practice 8 and 9 tax investigations statistics from HMRC. This is perhaps even more poignant […]
HMRC’S WDF statistics – where are we now?
Amit Puri, who leads our Tax Investigations and Disputes practice was recently published in the June issue of the Institute of Certified Practising Accountants (ICPA) bi-monthly magazine. Within the article, Amit examines HMRC’s Worldwide Disclosure Facility (WDF) statistics and asks the question – where are we now? Most tax practitioners will be aware the deadline […]
HMRC Let Property Campaign – Where Are We Now?
In September 2019, Amit Puri (Tax Director) shared an article regarding HMRC’s Let Property Campaign (LPC) statistics. Following a further Freedom of Information Act 2000 request to HMRC, Amit now shares an updated version of his article which includes the latest LPC disclosure figures from HMRC. Let Property Campaign – Introduction: Making any kind of […]
HMRC – Business as Usual?
Our Head of Tax Investigations and Disputes practice, Amit Puri, has been keeping his ears close to the ground during the coronavirus outbreak, trying to understand what moves HMRC are making in order to best inform Pure Tax’s clients. What is the current state of play? From his previous experience of working with HMRC in […]
PT Update: Our Response to COVID-19
With advice from the Government being updated daily and business across the UK adapting to new ways of working, we wanted to reassure you that Pure Tax is implementing measures to protect the safety and wellbeing of both our clients and employees during the coronavirus pandemic. First, we remain fully open for business. We are […]
Supreme Court Rules Gift to Jersey Trust Exempt from IHT
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has ruled in the case of Routier & Venables v HMRC that a gift by will to a Jersey charitable trust is exempt from UK Inheritance Tax. Beryl Coulter passed away in October 2007, leaving her UK estate of £1.8 million to a trust set up to build […]
Let Property Campaign Disclosures – Latest Statistics
Let Property Campaign Following on from a recent article by Tax Director, Amit Puri, regarding the current state of play with HMRC serious civil tax investigations, Amit continues the analytical theme with a look at the Let Property Campaign statistics. This follows a Freedom of Information Act 2000 request to HMRC. The Let Property Campaign […]
UK Tax Investigations – Latest Statistics
The latest statistics for serious civil tax investigations were recently obtained by Pure Tax’s Amit Puri, in response to a Freedom of Information Act 2000 request to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Prior to joining the team at Pure Tax, Amit spent almost 11 years working as a senior tax inspector with HMRC. In this […]
‘Failure to Correct’ – a whole new world
Amit Puri explains in this recently published Taxation article the passing of the Requirement to Correct deadline and the implementation of FTC penalties.
Consultation: Extending HMRC’s Information Gathering Powers
HM Revenue & Customs’ (‘HMRC’) recent proposals to amend their civil information gathering powers come with a timely reminder of what their powers currently are and how advisers should ensure that HMRC do not overstep the mark. This article briefly summarises HMRC’s powers for requesting information they consider they need and how they propose to […]
Extension Of Time Limits For Assessments
Extension of time limits for assessments involving offshore matters: Income tax (IT), capital gains tax (CGT) and inheritance tax (IHT) On 6 July 2018, HMRC published draft legislation on the extension of statutory time limits to raise formal assessments. The new legislation notably affects ‘non-deliberate’ behaviour resulting in a loss of IT, CGT or IHT […]
Sikh Channel interviews Amit Puri
Amit Puri, Tax Director at Pure Tax, talks to the Sikh Channel in a televised interview. He candidly talks about his formative years at HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) as a Tax Inspector, before moving into private practice and putting his specialist skills in to commercial use to support entrepreneurs and businesses during difficult times […]
Amit Puri considers the impact of the Common Reporting Standard
Amit Puri, Tax Director at Pure Tax, considers HM Revenue & Customs’ activities following its receipt of rich banking/tax information from around the world under the Common Reporting Standard. He provides a steer on what advisers and taxpayers should be considering ahead of the deadline date of 30 September 2018 to make voluntary tax disclosures […]
Clients reminded of EBT & EFRBS Settlement Deadline
Clients who used EBTs, ERTs, EFRBS or similar structures only have until 31 May 2018 to register their interest in settling their tax position with HMRC. If not, they face losing the settlement terms currently on offer and further strong action from HMRC. Currently, settlements can be negotiated for various users of “Disguised Remuneration” (DR) […]
Tackling Tax Avoidance, Evasion and Non-Compliance
HMRC have recently published a paper entitled “Tackling Tax Avoidance, Evasion and Non-Compliance”, which details over 100 measures introduced by the Government since 2010. These are summarised in an appendix to the paper but fall broadly within the following four areas:
Brexit – a brief review of the possible economic and tax impact
With the result from the UK’s EU referendum still reverberating loudly in our ears, the political ramifications have been swift and brutal. We now have a new Prime Minister, with a largely new Cabinet, who have the monumental task of trying to unpick the UK’s
UK Property Taxes – A Review of the Recent and Upcoming Changes
Recent Budgets have not been kind to buy-to-let landlords and property investors in terms of their UK property taxes liability. Tax changes of seismic proportions are being phased in