Around 12,000 people file their tax returns electronically in the UK, but the number is growing. EU member states may have just two years to set up an electronic database of all their national tax returns because of an EC directive.
Speaking at a conference in London yesterday, Trivedi called on the government to create a single point of contact online, where citizens can conduct transactions such as registering births, filing tax returns and applying for housing benefit.
The government plans to make electronic filing of tax returns compulsory for large firms (250 plus employees) by 2005, and for medium-sized firms (50-250 employees) by 2006. Increasing concern is being voiced by industry at the decision by...
Still, the new system will include the filing of vehicle taxes, which affects a large portion of the population. Because salaried workers don't file tax returns, online filing will affect most directly the three million people who account for the...
It's time to pay your taxes.but the Inland Revenue site is down. Last year, of the approximately 9.5 million taxpayers who file returns, nearly 10 per cent missed the deadline and received an automatic £100 fine as a result; there's also an...
Small businesses don't know they could pick up on a tax-free payment from the government for filing their employers' annual return online. Smith said that small businesses still have time to move over to electronic filing before the 19 May deadline...