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The HMRC investigation showed that between 2009 and 2015, Brown had been a successful sales representative for Safestyle UK, featuring in the company’s TV advertising earning him £300,000 in untaxed sales commission.
Brown had signed an employment agreement with the window company, agreeing to be responsible for his own Income Tax and National Insurance contributions, but instead chose not to declare his earnings to HMRC. He owed £50,000 for tax returns from February 2009 onwards. He also worked as an entertainer, using the trading name Brown Loaf Entertainment, as a match host for several football clubs including Burnley Football Club, Accrington Stanley Football Club and Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club. But he stopped submitting tax returns from 2001 and never registered the business for legitimate trading, pocketing all the cash he charged the clubs for his services. HMRC also discovered that he used a fake home address on his employment records in an attempt to evade detection and taxes.
Anyone with information regarding fraud is encouraged to contact the Customs Hotline on 0800 59 5000 or report it online .
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Government Gateway migration project 16 September 2016
The current Government Gateway 2 (GG2) is due to close from March 2018. HMRC need input from software developers to determine if they need to replicate the public API.
As part of the decommissioning of GG2, HMRC is migrating Enrolment and Agent-Client functionality and data from GG2 into HMRC (EMAC Project).
Post March 2018 onwards, a new Government Gateway (GG3), will provide online service credential management only for organisations wishing to utilise government digital services.
The change This will require the current Government Gateway public API to be replicated on the HMRC platform if this service is still required. Impact on Software Developers As the public API is read only HMRC can’t see who uses it. If no software developers use this API then it can be discontinued with no impact. If the public API is used and needs to be replicated this will result in a change in domain name.
Next steps To understand if HMRC need to replicate the public API, please complete this short questionnaire .
Please note: Some Software Developers stated that they could not access the google forms survey due to proxy issues, if this is the case please view the attached PDF and send the answers via email to the SDS Team . The preference is via google forms as the responses can be collated quickly.
The original closing date for responses was 15 th August 2016, although this has been extended to 23 rd September.
HMRC’s Software Development Support Team (SDST) will communicate the results / impact during October.
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HMRC launch Worldwide Disclosure Facility 20 September 2016
Anyone who wants to disclose a UK tax liability that relates wholly or partly to an offshore issue can use the Worldwide Disclosure Facility.
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