by Claire Aston | Jan 7, 2025
Error and fraud within R&D tax relief reached £1.1bn in 2020-21 (24% of all claims) before HMRC took action to stem the losses and tighten up the claims processes. New disclosure facility launched for businesses who overclaimed R&D relief wanting to set their...
by Claire Aston | Nov 23, 2023
The fiscal event favourite, R&D tax reliefs, produced further conundrums for businesses and advisers and, therefore, HMRC. The government’s Autumn Statement 2023 confirmed the planned changes to the two main R&D tax relief schemes, which will create a...
by Sarah Walton | Jul 26, 2023
The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) today published a report1 about the complicated world of tax reliefs. Last year TaxWatch provided written evidence to the Committee on this enquiry and in December last year, TaxWatch’s then acting director, Alex Dunnagan, gave oral...
by Claire Aston | Jul 20, 2023
£1.13bn – revised estimate of error and fraud in 2020-21 (previously £338m) 24.4% – revised rate of error and fraud in SME scheme (previously 5.5%) £1.05bn – estimated error and fraud in 2022-23 HMRC have finally published initial data from their random enquiry...
by Alex Dunnagan | Dec 28, 2022
TaxWatch Acting Director Alex Dunnagan gave evidence to the Treasury Select Committee (TSC) on Monday 19th December highlighting the abuse of tax reliefs. Written evidence In November we submitted written evidence to the TSC for their inquiry on tax reliefs, focussing...
