Goodbye Vidya!

Goodbye Vidya! Well, it’s the end of our 4 week internship programme this summer. In an arrangement with Leeds University Business School and their nurturing talent programme, we’ve enjoyed the company of Vidya Prabhu as our intern for the last four weeks. Vidya has been a great help to us during her time here and we hope that she’s found it interesting getting more involved in the more practical aspects of being an accountant. Of course, we’re hoping that we might see her again and we wish her the very best in the final year of her Accounting and Finance degree at the univeristy. Thanks Vidya and good luck!...

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Taxman Deploys more Task Forces

As part of a £900m investment, HM Revenue and Customs are deploying extra task forces to curb the activities of tax dodgers.  These teams are expected to recover more than £30m for the public purse.  HMRC have several operations set up to target restaurants, hair and beauty businesses, pubs and nightclubs as well as motor trade companies in the South West, Yorkshire, the North East, and South Wales.  Their remit is to examine the records of business and individuals and carry out other necessary investigations to catch and deal with tax avoiders and evaders. The project follows similar successful operations last year targeting market stall holders, taxi firms, restaurants and property rental businesses.  Those task forces managed to collect more than £50m from tax dodgers, and the operations are now being rolled out more...

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