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Tax | HMRC urges loan charge group to accept settlement offers

Latest stage in the turbulent loan charge issue sees HMRC pressing taxpayers to respond to settlement offer, but legislation indicates may be some leeway for 90-day acceptance deadline

3 Sep 2026

Tax | HMRC fuel advisory rates from September 2026

Fuel advisory rates for company cars effective from September to 1 December 2026

2 Sep 2026

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 | 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 | Salary sacrifice pension changes will cost businesses £2.9bn extra tax

Plans to carve out pensions from salary sacrifice with annual cap will increase tax bills by £2.9bn for employers while employees set to lose £800m a year

19 Aug 2026

Tax | Papa John’s manager who ‘insisted’ on paying tax wins tribunal

Former pizza takeaway manager wins employment tribunal after refusing cash in hand payments, demanding tax deductions and national insurance payments

5 Aug 2026

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Tax | Does hiring outside IR35 make more sense than umbrella-only policies?

After the tightening of off payroll rules for recruitment agencies with the introduction of joint several liability (JSL), the risk balance has shifted when hiring contractors, explains Dave Chaplin, CEO of IR35 Shield

4 Aug 2026

Tax | CPD module: tax on benefits and expenses

This month’s exclusive free CPD module focuses on the taxation for benefits and expenses

3 Aug 2026

Tax | ‘Cut employer national insurance for all under-25s’, say MPs

Work and Pensions committee calls on newly appointed chancellor to help businesses ‘take a chance on talented young people’ with tax cut

27 Jul 2026

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Tax | HMRC tax adviser register: how the rules affect payroll professionals

Roxanne Slevin MCIPP, policy officer at the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals, explains the new mandatory registration requirements for payroll providers from setting up an agent services accounts to new anti-money laundering oversight rules

6 Jul 2026

Tax | Minister ‘genuinely sorry’ over comedian’s bakery liquidation

Cabinet minister defends tax rises after bakery chain co-owned by Romesh Ranganathan closes blaming national insurance and business rate hikes

3 Jul 2026

Tax | HMRC delays full rollout of payrolling for benefits in kind

After endless hesitations, HMRC quietly updates technical guidance confirming plan to delay most of the elements of mandatory real-time payrolling for benefits in kind, except for cars and medical insurance

16 Jun 2026

Tax | Graduates paying 9% extra ‘tax’ as student loan costs hurt

Teachers and nurses earning £39,000 worse off than similar earners without a degree as student loan deductions hit 9% over certain thresholds

12 Jun 2026

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Tax | Q&A: VAT reclaim on work gym membership

In this week’s Q&A, Abdul Hussain, adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, considers the VAT position if an employer provides gym membership as part of salary sacrifice or as a benefit in kind

3 Jun 2026

Tax | IR35 risks: joint and several liability for recruitment agencies

Gemma Stack, employment tax principal at Ryan, explains how new PAYE clampdown on umbrella companies means recruiters and employers in the supply chain can be held jointly liable for unpaid tax and national insurance by HMRC

2 Jun 2026

Tax | Salary sacrifice cap will see 2.8m employees cut pension saving

Nearly three million pension savers in work set to reduce amount of money they pay into pensions show latest figures from HMRC in first indication of the sweeping impact of the change to tax relief

1 Jun 2026