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Directors are being warned to verify their identities with Companies House or risk prosecution after the Insolvency Service secured its first convictions for these offences.

Members of the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) are due to get letters from HMRC where errors have been identified in their monthly returns. The letters, due in October, are in response to three common errors identified by HMRC.

Britain’s companies are facing a critical challenge with over one in five working-age adults out of the workforce, with ill-health and disability as major drivers.

HMRC have clarified the position on Self Assessment tax return reporting requirements for directors of close companies and updated their guidance for directors of charities.