Post Office Horizon IT scandal: Fujitsu won £4.9bn in contracts since 2019 January 10, 2024 Contractor Fujitsu received £4.9bn in government contracts following a crucial 2019 court judgement which determined culpability in the Post Office scandal.
As the Post Office Horizon scandal deepens Fujitsu posts £22m UK profits January 9, 2024 Fujitsu has recorded £22m in UK profits amid the escalating Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
‘Side hustle tax’ to see online platforms like Ebay, Airbnb and Amazon share seller details with HMRC January 2, 2024 This will allow tax authorities to detect and tackle tax evasion, while also levelling the playing field with how traditional businesses are treated for tax purposes, according to HMRC.
Government profits from surging insurance costs as tax on policies soars December 21, 2023 HMRC tax receipts for the first two-thirds of the 2023-24 financial year showed that £6bn was collected in IPT. This was an 11 per cent jump on the £5.5bn raised over the same period last year.
One third of tech giants under digital services tax faced investigations by HMRC December 4, 2023 One third of tech giants that pay the UK’s new digital services tax have already been subjected to checks by HMRC, says national law firm Pinsent Masons. The digital services tax was introduced at the 2020 Budget in a move to ensure tech giants pay their fair share of tax, as they would be charged [...]
Honest Burger locks horns with HMRC over tax bill December 3, 2023 Posh fast food chain Honest Burger was locked in a legal dispute with HMRC after a plea to get an extension on paying a tax bill was ignored, it has been revealed.
HMRC digital transition set to cost £1.3bn – four times over budget – MPs warn November 25, 2023 Transitioning HMRC to a digital system is now expected to cost as much as £1.3bn - and has gone four times over budget, MPs have warned.
Entain: Coral and Ladbrokes owner to pay £585m after bribery investigation November 24, 2023 Entain said it had reached an agreement with HM Revenue & Customs which would see it paying £585 million in penalties and disgorgement of profits.
JCB’s Bamford Brothers ‘could owe as much as £500m’ in HMRC probe: reports October 23, 2023 Prominent Tory donors and JCB owners Anthony and Mark Bamford may have to foot a bill of over £500m to resolve a three-year long investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Tax receipts: Five things we’ve learnt from today’s data October 20, 2023 Total HMRC receipts for April to September came in at £392.5bn, up £23.1bn from the same period last year.