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Tax | Care home loses £880k tax case as ‘R&D tests not met’

The tribunal ruling in Tanglewood Care Services over six-figure R&D tax relief dispute failed as ‘no valid R&D work completed’, says Hugh Wragg, R&D compliance manager at randd

10 Sep 2026

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Tax | Tax fears prompt 61% of millionaires to consider exit

Six in 10 millionaires consider leaving UK due to high taxes with fears of another exodus of high earners following talk of the departure of billionaire Chris Rokos

8 Sep 2026

Tax | Less than four weeks to implement vaping tax rules

Vape shops, manufacturers, and importers must prepare for incoming vaping liquid duty and stamp scheme before end of month or face civil or criminal sanctions

7 Sep 2026

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Tax | Tax filing deadlines: Sep – Jan 2027

Corporation tax filing deadline for accounting periods ended 30 September 2025, second quarterly update for MTD

1 Sep 2026

Tax | IoM luxury property developer loses £5.4m tax appeal

Upper Tribunal rules for HMRC in tax dispute with Isle of Man based property developer over interpretation of UK-IoM double tax treaty, with potential £1bn of corporation tax at stake as lead appeal

1 Sep 2026

Tax | Register for webinar on company car tax

Join our live webinar on company car tax at 2pm on Tuesday 1 September

28 Aug 2026

Tax | Pub and hotel business rates review branded ‘piecemeal’

Treasury calls in ‘business rates guru’ announcing turnover-based valuation method for pubs and hotels, as industry criticises ‘continued piecemeal approach’

24 Aug 2026

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Tax | HMRC launches tax filing and payment deadline tool

HMRC releases handy new online tool to allow taxpayers to check filing and payment deadlines, and add key dates to calendar apps for instant reminders

17 Aug 2026

Business | Comedian’s bakery back in the mix after rescue deal

Bakery once co-owned by Romesh Ranganathan saved after Commons apology from minister over tax changes

14 Aug 2026

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Tax | HMRC claws back £104m as landlords disclose unpaid tax

Voluntary landlord disclosures hit seven-year high as HMRC nets £104m ahead of MTD expansion

4 Aug 2026

Tax | Q&A: capital goods scheme threshold rises

In this week’s Q&A, Danni Walker, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the latest changes to the capital goods scheme and input tax claims

4 Aug 2026

Tax | HMRC delays leave R&D tax relief ‘too unreliable’, warn SMEs

SMEs face lengthy waits for HMRC responses to R&D tax relief enquiries, as ‘uncertainty has left the relief impossible to count on’

30 Jul 2026

Tax | Q&A: capital allowances and eligibility

In this week’s Q&A, Alexander McCarthy, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the capital allowance rules on plant and machinery for a container business

28 Jul 2026

Tax | 31% jump in HMRC winding up petitions over unpaid tax

HMRC steps up efforts to recover outstanding tax debt, increasing number of winding up petitions while planning to recruit over 2,000 debt management officers

27 Jul 2026

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Tax | HMRC recklessness conduct offence extends scope of powers

Plans for new criminal offence of giving reckless untrue statements or declarations to HMRC by taxpayers, and publication of personal liability notices (PLN) breaches, signal major shift in tax compliance landscape, warns Adam Craggs, head of the tax and investigations team at RPC

22 Jul 2026

Tax | Close companies and director’s loans in firing line

Stephanie Levin, partner at Blick Rothenberg, explains the proposed rules and potential pitfalls for close companies and owner managed businesses as HMRC ramps up scrutiny of directors’ loans

15 Jul 2026

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Tax | Care home loses £880k tax case as ‘R&D tests not met’

Tax | Tax fears prompt 61% of millionaires to consider exit

Tax | Less than four weeks to implement vaping tax rules

Tax | Tax filing deadlines: Sep – Jan 2027

Tax | IoM luxury property developer loses £5.4m tax appeal

Tax | Register for webinar on company car tax

Tax | Pub and hotel business rates review branded ‘piecemeal’

Tax | HMRC launches tax filing and payment deadline tool

Business | Comedian’s bakery back in the mix after rescue deal

Tax | HMRC claws back £104m as landlords disclose unpaid tax

Tax | Q&A: capital goods scheme threshold rises

Tax | HMRC delays leave R&D tax relief ‘too unreliable’, warn SMEs

Tax | Q&A: capital allowances and eligibility

Tax | 31% jump in HMRC winding up petitions over unpaid tax

Tax | HMRC recklessness conduct offence extends scope of powers

Tax | Close companies and director’s loans in firing line