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Chartergates

Chartergates is the country’s leading tax, VAT and employment law expert.  Chartergates specialises in technical, advisory and contentious work, including, employment status, IR35, umbrella company compliance, HMRC enquiries, HMRC penalties, CITB levy, the cancellation of gross payment status and all areas of employment law.

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The cheered-on Covid Corruption Commissioner is set to back strictness for taxpayers and leniency for the taxman (not vice versa), as seen in Ark Angel Ltd v HMRC.

Vindicated for its 'reasonableness,' an NHS supplier won’t have to pay our unsympathetic taxman a £250,000 penalty for a late VAT return.

Labour looks set to crackdown on CJRS fraud, meaning Laser Byte Ltd won’t be the last to get bitten in court by HMRC.

What’s happened to TV’s Adrian Chiles, and what seven things contractors can do to avoid a similar fate. 

HMRC says that where car allowance payments have been or will be made for use of a qualifying vehicle, they may now benefit from a higher amount of disregard.

Getting an adviser in your corner for court is sensible, but relying on one for your tax return without reviewing it is folly -- and potentially pricey.

17th April, 2024 | Successful Contracting

When the cost of reading an email wrong is avoiding a £100 late filing penalty but not the subsequent HMRC enquiry.

An underway enforcement initiative by the taxman makes brolly regulation on November 22nd even less likely.

Even if more PSCs due to appear in the dock doesn’t worry you, still review CJRS claims if you took salary with dividends.

What MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have recommended; why, and when they want to hear how the taxman is getting on with implementation.

Key considerations for limited company directors facing the CJRS’s September claims deadline of October 28th.

19th October, 2021 | Coronavirus

Six characteristics kept Kickabout Productions Ltd’s contract for services onside.

22nd July, 2019 | IR35