New tax penalties: Unrepresented taxpayers don't stand a chance

Posted by AccountingWEB PM | on Fri, 13/06/2008 - 14:58 4925 1 comment

"Unrepresented taxpayers will not stand a chance under HMRC’s new penalty regime," according to Accountingweb.co.uk’s tax editor Nichola Ross Martin, after attending her institute's Tax Faculty’s London conference, The new HMRC powers and their effect on your practice. "Many accountants are in for a bit of a shock too."

She writes:
"It was an unhappy coincidence that shadow home secretary, David Davies happened to chose the same day to resign his parliamentary seat on account of “the insidious erosion of civil liberties in the UK”.

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Is it any wonder

Nick Graves | Mon, 16/06/2008 - 17:56 | Permalink

that with people downsizing cars, quitting smoking and pubs closing, the gov't has to fine - I mean find - a new horse to whip?

I'm glad to read that it's now being revealed that HMRC is merely paying ear service to consultation; I've long believed that these changes are usually bashed through as a fait accompli; and as a half-arsed one, usually.