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There have been many criticisms of the delivery of tax credits and the handling of overpayment disputes [11] [12] [13] Criticisms have centred on: • That the dispute process is not independently adjudicated. • The number of HMRC errors claimants are expected to spot. • The level of understanding of tax law HMRC assumed claimants would have.
A Self Assessment (SA100) tax return. In the United Kingdom, a tax return is a document that must be filed with HM Revenue & Customs declaring liability for taxation. Different bodies must file different returns with respect to various forms of taxation. The main returns currently in use are: SA100 for individuals paying income tax; SA800 for ...
At the end of March 2009, HMRC was managing 20 million 'open' cases (where the department's systems identify discrepancies in taxpayer records or are unable to match a return to a record) which could affect around 4.5 million individuals who may have overpaid in total some £1.6 billion of tax and a further 1.5 million individuals who may have ...
Under MTD, taxpayers will send HMRC summaries of their income and expenditure at least four times a year. HMRC says this will enable a more ongoing and accurate projection of tax due, as opposed to the current system of one tax bill at the end of the year. To do this, taxpayers will need to integrate their accounts with software in some way.
Equitable recoupment is a judicially created defense most commonly applied in legal cases in the federal and state tax systems of the U.S.. [1] [2] This doctrine can allow, under specific circumstances, the government to defeat a refund claim or a taxpayer to avoid an assessment on the basis of a past underpayment or overpayment that is outside the statute of limitations period.
In India, there is a provision of refund of excess tax along with interest. For claiming a refund one has to file the income tax return within a specified period. However, under Sections 237 and 119(2)(b) of the Income Tax Act, the Chief Commissioner or Commissioner of Income Tax are empowered to condone a delay in the claim of a refund. [15]
H&R Block Tax Software, formerly called H&R Block at Home, is a set of software packages for American income tax preparation offered by H&R Block. They are a main competitor of TurboTax and TaxAct. [1] As of 2014, both the online and software versions of the product go by the flagship name, H&R Block. [2] It was previously called "TaxCut".
The 'tax gap' is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be collected by HMRC, against what is actually collected. The tax gap for the UK in 2013–14 was £34 billion, or 6.4 per cent of total tax liabilities. [71] It can be broken down by tax type