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HMRC casts light on new compliance checks regime

HMRC casts light on new compliance checks regime

HM REVENUE AND CUSTOMS News Release (Ref:NAT 15/09) issued by COI News Distribution Service. 16 February 2009

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today launched a podcast on the new compliance checks regime, which comes into effect in April 2009.

The eight-minute podcast features HMRC's Simon Norris discussing the new, streamlined regime, and what it will mean in practice for small businesses and tax advisers. It covers new record-keeping requirements, new time limits for tax assessments, and outlines the safeguards that will be in place.

You can listen to the free podcast, or download it to your computer, by visiting the HMRC podcast pages at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/podcasts.

Notes for editors

1. HMRC has recently launched two audio podcasts on forthcoming changes to PAYE in-year online filing for large employers, and reform of the tax tribunal system. These changes also come into effect in April 2009. Both podcasts are available to download free from the HMRC podcast pages at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/podcasts.

2. Simon Norris is Head of HMRC's powers review team.

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