In a regular timetable update for HMRC's Making Tax Digital, CCH Daily sets out the key dates for the start of VAT quarterly reporting for those above the £85k threshold and the subsequent year end reconciliation tax report. Full rollout of quarterly reporting has been delayed until 2020/21 tax year at the earliest. This list will be updated regularly to reflect any changes to reporting requirements

The Treasury is calling for a review of inheritance tax (IHT), stating that it is too complicated and needs simplification for the 3% of estates affected

The UK government and the Welsh government have confirmed they have completed preparations for the introduction of the first Welsh taxes for almost 800 years, which will see stamp duty land tax (SDLT) and landfill tax replaced by land transaction tax and landfill disposals tax in Wales from 1 April 2018

There has been sharp rise in the number of cyber-attacks against financial services companies reported to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which were up by more than 80% last year

A Scottish scrap metal dealer who failed to pay more than £200,000 of VAT he charged his customers, has been jailed for 18 months, after he was investigated by HMRC

In the wake of its investigation into KPMG’s auditing of collapsed construction company Carillion, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has written to the boards of companies in the sector warning them of the need to pay particular attention to accounting issues, including going concern, risk and viability reporting, and their business models

The key HMRC filing deadlines from February to July including payroll benefits in kind, personal self-assessment balancing payment, online CIS returns

HMRC needs to reform its current plan on how to deliver the ongoing 250 projects in its portfolio after the tax authority is expected to add another 50 to its workload due to Brexit, says Bill Dodwell, partner and head of tax policy at Deloitte