HMRC checks move to Maidstone
HM REVENUE & Customs (HMRC) has an- nounced an extension of its business records checks programme into Maidstone. The programme involves checks on the adequacy of small and medium-sized enter- prises’ business records and was piloted ear- lier this year in eight large towns and cities. The pilots found that around 44% of busi- nesses visited had issues with their record- keeping, while around 12% of those visited
had seriously inadequate records. HMRC has now extended this activity to
cover a number of other areas across the UK, including: Maidstone, Brighton and Woking. As part of this, the number of full- time staff employed on the programme will rise from 30 to 120. HMRC plans to complete up to 12,000 business record checks by the end of the current financial year, with 20,000 provi-
Charity gives taste of Kent Life
A FUNDRAISING event paid for a trip to a rural heritage museum for residents at St Martins resi- dential home in Larkfield. A summer fete at St Martins raised more than £1,000 and residents decided to split the money between days out and a donation to Abbeyfield Kent’s Who Cares? initiative. Residents, staff and volunteers enjoyed a sunny
day at Kent Life, Sandling, on their first trip. They learned all about local life in years gone
by, including Kent’s hop picking heritage. Sev- eral residents reminisced about hop picking holi- days and recalled spending their time in specially prepared “hoppers huts”, some of which are on display at the museum. Jan Moulton, St Martins home manager, said: “Everyone had a wonderful time at the Kent Life museum and we’re all looking forward to a few more days out before the end of the year.” The Who Cares? initiative of-
fers a bursary fund to help keep older people in their home when they can no longer afford the cost of care. St Martins is part of the Abbeyfield Kent Society.
sionally planned for 2012/13. HMRC is in- creasing the number of visits, so it can re- fine the process, before final decisions on a national roll-out are taken in the New Year. Initially, HMRC will only levy a record- keeping penalty in the most extreme cases of poor record-keeping. In the longer term, HMRC intends to issue penalties of up to £3,000 for serious inadequacies in record- keeping.
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we are considering our exposure to that. “It was supposed to be finished in April.
But there was a problem with the survey and an extension of 11 weeks was given by the administrator. The official date for the contract completion was then July 5.” There have been four elements to the fur-
ther hold-up – connection of power, duct- ing, the lift and a number of design issues. Cllr Garland said: “The contractor says
Kid goats bring a sunny smile to Ivy Hitchman, with volunteer Christine
Mystery of missing wheelie bins TWO wheelie bins were removed from outside homes in Larkfield. CCTV footage, from just after midnight onWednes-
day, September 21, shows a group of men take the bins from properties in Lunsford Lane. They were wheeled into Leybourne Lakes Country Park where the contents were found but no trace of the bins.
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The free contest has been open to children aged three months to three years and attracted over 1,200 votes and more than 40 free portrait sittings at the Headcorn studios of Maidstone Photo Factory. Downs Mail readers have been able to view all entry photographs and vote for their favourite.
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there should be an extension of time and our architects, who are also the contract ad- ministrators, want to see evidence to sup- port that.” He added: “We have pulled in additional officers to make sure the contract is com- pleted.” The council, which has contributed £400,000 to the scheme, secured a £1.7m Heritage Lottery Fund grant for the project but has struggled to attract further monies during the recession. Major efforts have been made to woo Japanese culture and finance bodies to part- sponsor the project because of the mu- seum's high-quality Japanese collection.
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