Accountax Update Seminar 2008
An essential, practical update.

A comprehensive 2 hour seminar covering the new Income Shifting rules, HMRC's new powers and penalties, the latest on CIS refusals, and a summary of the most important case law developments of 2007/2008.

  • CPD / CPE points
  • No quibble money back guarantee
  • Full course notes on CDROM

THE TOPICS

Income Shifting
The new rules explained.
The impact of existing cae law.
3 loopholes to consider?
How to deal with an Income Shifting challenge.
How to risk assess your clients' exposure.

HMRC's New Powers & Penalties
The fundamentals of the strict new regime fully explained.
Why you need to understand the new behaviours of HMRC - how to avoid huge penalties.
How compliance reviews will be affected
What HMRC promise in return for a stricter approach to penalties.

CIS Refusals Update
Cancellation of gross payment status.
Reasonable excuse - what is acceptable?
HMRC failures - use them as a defense!
Automated systems - curse of the computer.

HMRC Case Law & Tactical Update
Round up of the most important cases of 07/08.
5 tactics for handling cases everyone must know.
HMRC radar - who's on the hitlist now?
HMRC myths dispelled.

THE SPEAKERS

David Smith LL.B CTA (Fellow) Founding director of Accountax Consulting and ex-HMRC. Dave is widely regarded as a leading speaker and has considerable practical experience defending cases at the Commissioners, his victories include Lime IT v Justin, Tilbury v Gittins, Ansell v Richardson, MAL Scaffolding v HMRC and Parade Park v HMRC.

Matt Boddington LL.B Director of Accountax Consulting and ex-HMRC. Matt has an unrivalled track record in successfully defeating CIS Certificate refusals and Holiday Pay disputes at the Employment Tribunal. His recent victories include R J Prentice Brickwork v O'Brian, D&B Scaffolding v Kirk, and the First Word Software IR35 case.

Sarah Thomson LL.B Actively involved with Status and CIS. In the time Sarah has been at Accountax she has defeated many HMRC challenges and defended many Construction Industry workers against attack.

David Harmer Actively involved with Managed Service Companies legislation and Umbrella Companies. David advises on the practical impact of the new rules as well as working many IR35 and Status cases with HMRC. He has huge practical knowledge.

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1st Delegate £119+vat
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