HM Revenue and Customs News

HM Revenue & Customs has today published guidance on the operation of Special Annual Allowance Charge (Protected Pension Input Amounts) Order 2010 - Statutory Instument 429/2010.

From 15 March 2010 HM Revenue & Customs will start to send penalty notices where records show that you have not sent your 2008-09 form P11D(b) Class 1A National Insurance contributions Annual Return.

Read our consultation on how we are starting to change our face to face (Enquiry Centre) service to support customers who need it. Tell us what you think by 3 June 2010.

Payment of tax even though your case may be under appeal with the Tribunals Service and HMRC looks back at the first nine months of the new review process.

New ss17/18 TMA Guidance Notes and Magnetic Media Specifications have been published for use with reports for tax year 2010-11. We have also published a new Security Bulletin. The rules on deeply discounted securities are still unchanged from 2005-06.

A first-time comprehensive Double Taxation Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Bahrain was signed in Manama on 10 March 2010.

This document, published on the HMT website, summarises the responses to the consultation false self-employment in construction: taxation of workers, including the Government´s response to stakeholder comments. This consultation ran from 20 July 2009 until 12 October 2009.

Economic Operator Registration Identification ( EORI) frequently asked questions update.

The Government has published a consultation document about the impact of the EU Solvency II Directive on the taxation of insurance companies. It explores the implications for both life and general insurers, and invites wider debate about the future of life company taxation.