New online services for agents
HMRC published their digital strategy in December 2012. This set out HMRC's ambition to deliver a transparent tax system that encourages voluntary compliance, enabled by customer-focused digital services.
As part of this work, the Tax Agent Strategy programme will introduce some new agent services by March 2015. These will:
help you take more control of your clients' tax affairs let you carry out the same tasks online as your clients reduce your need to contact HMRC make the information about your clients' tax affairs more accurate and up-to-date reduce costs to both agents and HMRC
This guide provides an overview of the new services and updates on their development.
SINGLE COMPLIANCE PROCESS – UPDATE FOR TAX AGENTS
8 August 2013
HMRC has published a briefing note explaining the outcome of the evaluation of the Single Compliance Process.
What is the Single Compliance Process (SCP)?
HMRC sees the SCP as a single framework within which the majority of future small and medium enterprise business compliance checks will be undertaken, catering for both single tax and cross-tax enquiries. The aim is to relieve the compliance burden on businesses and their agents and to increase the efficiency of their activities. A specially convened sub-group of the Compliance Reform Forum has been working closely with HMRC over the last couple of years to develop and trial a new enquiry process. During the design/trial stages, feedback and concerns were considered and agreement was reached on a revised opening approach under which the agent will be contacted in the first instance. The evaluation work has and will help HMRC to understand more about how customers can benefit from an SCP approach. It has also allowed the department to gather additional information to establish that indicative benefits will be seen across the broader range of cases.
For full details read HMRC’s briefing note .
Update on the Tax Agent Strategy
5 September 2013
The latest briefing note on the Tax Agent Strategy explains the latest position on HMRC's digital services and future plans.
Briefing Note – August 2013
Looking to the Future
HMRC had intended to publish a consultation this summer to ask for views from agents and the public on the next steps for the Tax Agent Strategy. After careful
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