Your tax account Your tax account is the digital service that enables small businesses to access everything they need to manage their tax affairs quickly and simply through a single, easily accessible and secure online space. Your tax account provides a personalised homepage with an overview of tax records, a summary of current liabilities, direct links to actions and transactions (e.g. filing returns and making payments) that need to be completed; and access to help, education and interactive tools. HMRC will continue to add new features to enhance and expand the service. During February and March the first live version was trialled with around 750 SME volunteers. We’re now beginning to open up the service to more customers as our tests show that it is safe and sensible to do so. The service is still in a trial (known as ‘beta’) stage – so that we can try out new features and check that we’ve got things right. We’ll also carefully control and monitor the number of users so access is by invitation only for the time being. We’re starting off with about 1000 volunteers and aim to increase by another 3000 or users every week. This will provide valuable feedback, which we’ll use to improve the service before it’s formally launched (again, when various tests show that it is right to do so), and replaces ‘Your HMRC services’ and the Business Tax Dashboard. Digital Self Assessment This new digital service gives SA customers the option to receive communications electronically instead of on paper. Following a pilot (private beta) launched in February 2014, we aim to expand the service to more SA customers from April onwards. The digital messages customers will be able to view online will be tested to make sure they are effective. We will then add to the online messages available to customers throughout the year. PAYE for employees This new service enables PAYE customers to tell us online about changes affecting their tax code. The initial service has been limited to car and car fuel benefits but we plan to involve more customers from the summer onwards.
Agents will be able to use this service on behalf of their clients once AOSS is available and they have been through the registration process.
HMRC Agents Strategy
9 May 2014
HMRC has issued a briefing note which gives the key points from the recent review of how they work with paid agents.
The note below outlines HMRC’s workplan to take the proposals forward and explains how they aim to obtain your views to develop them.
Agents Strategy – April/May 2014
We have provided updates about our work with the Government Digital Service (GDS) and the progress we’re making on introducing new digital services for agents through Agent Online Self Serve in previous Briefing Notes. We plan to pilot a limited agent service (known as a private beta) to a small number of users by the end of the year and we’ll continue to provide regular updates as this work progresses.
Alongside this important work we’re also thinking ahead – about the way we will work with agents in future. Changes in the commercial market, evolving business expectations and the
CIPP Policy News Journal
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