HM Revenue and Customs has now publicly identified five firms or individuals involved in vehicle sales or repair this year that it has branded "deliberate tax defaulters".
The number of people opting for company cars has risen for the first time in six years, according to data from HM Revenue and Customs.
The mastermind behind a seven-strong gang who set up 90 bogus companies to steal more than £800,000 in a VAT and car finance fraud has been jailed for six years.
The HMRC’s updated tax guidance that will categorise double cab pick-ups as company cars rather than vans from July will risk impacting their forecourt appeal.
HMRC has is introducing a new VAT return scheme for dealers that buy cars in Great Britain and plan to resell them in Northern Ireland or the EU.
Car retailers have been the target of a “veiled threat” from an overstretched HMRC after the Government body identified the sector as a VAT risk area, MHA has revealed.
HMCR is increasing its focus on reviewing Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims and there is an increased chance of motor retailers being selected for review.
A call for “more context” has been issued after Harratts, Marshall Motor Group and Vertu Motors appeared in the HMRC’s ‘name and shame’ list of businesses who failed to pay the National Minimum Wage.
Does HMRC’s new VAT policy on the costs of charging electric vehicles (EVs) stack up with the government’s wider environmental goals?
As we come out of the pandemic and motor retailers start to think about the road ahead, Making Tax Digital (MTD) should definitely be on your agenda.
HMRC has opened a consultation period for feedback on its plan to roll-out its Making Tax Digital (MTD) platform for corporation by April 2026.
HMRC has opened its claims period for the newly-extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) as officials “grapple with its regulatory control” to prevent erroneous and fraudulent claims.
The HMRC has updated its guidance on how to perform usual hours calculations where employees come off furlough partway through a claim period.
As the post COVID-19 lockdown period places ever more demand on automotive retail businesses being lean and efficient, Alun Oliver, managing director of E³ Consulting, explains why now might be the time for a thorough property tax review.
Car dealers are among businesses across the UK who have been told that they must pay back any overclaimed funds from Government’s coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) – deleting any online claims made in error within 72 hours.
Car retailers who have sought government support during the COVID-19 lockdown period are being warned to be on their guard as scammers posing as the HMRC launch an opportunistic fraud campaign.
The HMRC online portal allowing businesses to register employees for Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CRJS) is set to feel the strain when applications flood-in following its launch today (April 20).
Franchised car retailers have been accused of abusing the Government’s Job Retention Scheme (JRS) as businesses across the UK prepare for the opening of the HMRC's portal to register for the salary support.
Car dealers have until next month to forge digital links to the HMRC’s VAT returns systems as the Making Tax Digital (MTD) enters the next phase of its roll-out to UK businesses.
The former owner of Bolton’s IGW car dealership group has won a £310,000 VAT battle with the HMRC from his jail cell while serving a life sentence for the 2011 murder of his wife.
