HMRC prepares for new disclosure opportunity

UK taxpayers with undisclosed income from offshore accounts will be invited to reveal their earnings and suffer a limited penalty under HMRC’s New Disclosure Opportunity, which is expected to run from Autumn 2009 until March 2010.

HMRC has begun briefing professional bodies on the new scheme, including the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), which has welcomed the proposals.

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