Philip Fisher
Member Since: 28th Feb 2012
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25th Aug 2022
HMRC turns theatre relief case into farce
Has nobody told the powers that be in HMRC’s legal department that a) the Revenue is massively under-resourced and b) in the midst of the...
Business tax
29th Mar 2022
Has HMRC given up on debt collection?
In November 2021, the National Audit Office (NAO) issued the first salvo entitled Managing tax debt through the pandemic. Last week, using...
HMRC & policy
23rd Mar 2022
Spring Statement: Is that all there is?
Ever since he took over as Chancellor of the Exchequer, poor Rishi Sunak has found contradictions between his instincts and the actions...
HMRC & policy
4th Mar 2022
Rishi Sunak sets out his tax policy philosophy
In recent weeks, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has kept his head down, allowing the media to speculate about his desire to become prime...
HMRC & policy
11th Feb 2022
MPs attack HMRC’s ‘soft on fraud’ performance
The Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) headline message is that HMRC’s approach to recovering fraudulent payments sends the wrong signals...
HMRC & policy
11th Jan 2022
Who are the unaffiliated tax agents?
HMRC seems intent on waging war against what it refers to as “unaffiliated tax agents”, which are those not holding what it deems to be...
HMRC & policy
14th Dec 2021
Stop notice penalties could hit £1m
HMRC’s output of publications on tax avoidance continues to expand. The latest pack introduces swingeing penalties for the failure to...
Personal tax
15th Oct 2021
Philip Fisher's 2021 fantasy Budget for the people
Madame Deputy speaker, this Budget contains measures designed to promote levelling up, climate change and Global Britain, while also...
Financial reporting
8th Oct 2021
HMRC to call out promoters of tax avoidance
Nowadays, whenever there is a Budget or equivalent financial event, the government seems to issue yet another consultation or draft...
HMRC & policy
21st Apr 2021
Dyson tax texts draw PM into lobbying furore
According to texts revealed by the BBC on Wednesday, vacuum cleaner manufacturer Sir James Dyson contacted Prime Minister Boris Johnson...
HMRC & policy