HMRC umbrella company ‘checking tool’ looms for workers
Umbrella company consultation response and guidance due from HMRC, as more details come out on Tax Administration and...
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More than 180,000 low-income earners with no tax to pay in the 2020-21 tax year were issued fines by HMRC for not filing tax returns – after appeal 126,000 fines remained for this cohort.
“Until 2011, a late-filing penalty would be cancelled if, once a tax return was filed, there was no tax to pay,” The Guardian reports.
Tax Policy Associates founder Dan Neidle told The Guardian: “We believe the law and HMRC practice should change. Nobody filing late should be required to pay a penalty that exceeds the tax they owe.”