If you haven’t ticked the right box
The “Taxman” is clamping down on salary sacrifice schemes and traders and private tutors using e-commerce websites to run small businesses. Computer programmes known as “webrobot” software, enables HMRC to trawl the internet for traders who may not have paid tax. However, should anyone have a problem, HMRC have also changed their approach to resolving disputes, and are seeking to deal with them as efficiently, and at the least cost. HMRC is looking at the “collaborative” approach which includes using mediation as a vehicle to aid resolution.
http://www.taxjournal.com/tj/articles/mediating-tax-disputes-hmrcs-adr-pilots-28822
PW 22.08.11
