Due to social distancing restrictions, there has been a reduction in face-to-face HMRC tax investigations. HMRC staff are mainly working from home and not carrying out customer-facing compliance work. They have therefore given taxpayers extensions and/or the option to suspend compliance work. However, compliance works have not completely stopped and some taxpayers are being notified of new tax enquiries. We as accountants are also receiving correspondence regarding ongoing enquiries on a regular basis. Whilst this is certainly a quiet period for tax investigations, this will not continue in the long term. Tax Investigations Into Coronavirus Support Claims Many of the […]
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Update On Part-time Furlough, Changes To The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme And The Second Self-employed Income Support Scheme. On the 28th of May, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced plans to end the eight-month coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) and self-employed income support scheme (SEISS) by gradually withdrawing taxpayers’ contributions from August. Whilst outlining his plans Mr Sunak said that he intends to reduce contributions to the furlough scheme as it “cannot continue indefinitely”. This means that in the final phase of the eight-month scheme employers will be asked to “contribute, alongside the taxpayer, towards the wages of their staff”. CJRS […]