Tax Agents and Advisers
Agent Update 47 publication delayed 10 April 2015
Agent Updates from HMRC are usually published bi-monthly and the latest would have been due out shortly but as the pre-election period is underway, the next edition will not be published until a new Government is formed after the General Election on 7 May.
More information on the pre-election period is available here
HMRC Agent Update 46 is the latest edition which was published at the end of February.
Key tax deadlines for tax agents 2015-2016 16 April 2015
HMRC has published a calendar with key tax deadlines.
The calendar has been published to help tax agents establish when their clients’ key tax deadlines are, including the variable deadlines that need to be considered.
Tax deadline calendar 2015-16
HMRC Agent Update 47 26 May 2015
The latest Agent Update from HMRC includes the usual helpful round-up of news and reminders, including updates on Agent Online Self Serve, Regional Agent event update and how HMRC investigate NMW complaints.
Read the latest Agent Update for developments on tax, HMRC service, consultations and Working Together
This issue includes details to assist you if you have to file expenses and benefits information along with links to online training material and useful resources for tax agents and advisers. Other news includes Budget Updates, enhancements to HMRCs Online Payment Service, an update on Agent Online Self Serve and links to forms and guidance to help your clients and their employees to administer and claim Shared Parental Pay.
There are also two interesting items under ‘Your Queries answered’ on page 12:
National Minimum Wage - how the hours worked by the workers are checked; and How Employers’ notify a change of address or update Employee Addresses for Clients.
Agent Update 47
FATCA Filing Penalties & Service Updates 1 June 2015
HMRC want you to be aware that some people are experiencing difficulties in validating FATCA (The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) registrations in advance of the 31 May 2015 deadline.
HMRC’s advice is that you should continue to file your return as soon as possible. HMRC will not seek to apply a late FATCA filing penalty while these online delays continue- accepting that there was a reasonable excuse for the late filing. Returns filed after the 31 May deadline, and at a time when the delays have been addressed, will be subject to penalty.
HMRC’s published guidance is being updated to include a specific reference to reasonable excuse.
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