Rowley's Chartered Accountants Leicester

To reflect the changes in fuel prices, HMRC have issued new advisory fuel rates for employees driving employer provided cars. These take effect for all journeys undertaken from 1 July 2009

HMRC have published revised guidance on the completion of the corporation tax return form CT600.

The government has published its report Digital Britain which sets out the government's plans for the UK to be at the forefront of the global digital economy.

HMRC are warning that an email is currently being sent to some taxpayers advising them that HMRC have "approved them to receive monies". Apparently the email states that this is as a result of an HMRC program on 15 June 2009.

Proposals to introduce six months' paid paternity leave for new fathers have been put on hold by the government in the light of the current economic climate.

The House of Lords has ruled in the case of Stringer v HMRC that workers who are refused holiday pay while on sick leave can make a claim to an employment tribunal for an unauthorised deduction from wages (under the Employment Rights Act 1996).

Tax credits are state benefits which are generally available to lower income families. However, entitlement to the credits is significantly increased where individuals pay for childcare or suffer a drop in normal levels of income perhaps due to incurring trading losses or redundancy.

HMRC have announced some details of the New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO) which is due to take place this autumn. In order to encourage taxpayers to disclose an undeclared offshore account the penalty level has been set at 10%.

HMRC are advising taxpayers and employers that, as part of its ongoing plans "to improve customer service and efficiency", they are in the process of changing the way they process PAYE records. In order to make all PAYE records available on one computer system they are undertaking a major IT upgrade.