HMRC

National Insurance (NI) contributions are due on pre-6 April 2006 employer payments into funded unapproved retirement benefit schemes (FURBS), the Court of Appeal has ruled.

SIPP

Advisers have been warned not to mislead and confuse HMRC by claiming to offer investment management services - a VAT chargeable activity - while lacking the necessary permissions to do so.

LOOSE ENDS

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

An unregulated property investment company has retracted claims its investments were approved by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to be purchased with a pension.

Andrew Tyrie, the chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, has asked George Osborne to respond to suggestions from Barclays that retrospective tax action taken against the bank earlier this year was "unwarranted".

The government has launched an online tax calculator enabling people to work out how much tax they have paid and how it is spent.

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed 310 more employer Pay As You Earn schemes are scheduled to join its real time information pilot.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has responded favourably to the bulk ISA transfer draft regulations released by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).