On 11th September HMRC announced a change to the rules on CJRS claims for those who return to work from furlough mid a claim period, which applies from 14th September. The legislation for the scheme from 1st July was issued on 25th June, and many employers and advisers did not initially understand that under the Treasury Direction, anyone who was furloughed under this version was in fact technically flexi-furloughed.

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HMRC furlough compliance is now underway. The HMRC mantra is: No one who has tried to do the right thing, but made an honest mistake, has any need to be concerned, as long as they put it right.

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As a result of the requirements laid down by the Fifth Money Laundering Directive, the pre-existing Trust Registration Service (TRS) (which had already been beset with technical issues since its introduction) was considered inadequate. Following a welcomed consultation on the matter, HMRC created a new ‘micro-service’ Trust Registration Service, but is it working?

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The government’s £26 million grant scheme to aid the preparation of customs declarations after Brexit is more likely to be used to scale up the customs agent community than help importers complete the declarations themselves.

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