Suggestions that the government is planning a new ‘sin tax’ on vaping, in order to raise an additional £40m in tax revenue to help fund its commitment to a £20bn boost in NHS funding, have been strongly opposed by the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) on the grounds the move risks damaging public health

Potential plans for the Charity Commission to introduce a charging system in order to plug a funding gap resulting from Treasury cuts to its budget have come under fire from a newly formed campaign led by the Directory of Social Change (DSC)

Individuals working in the financial services sector accounted for the largest share of income tax payments made via PAYE in 2016-17, the seventh year in a row that finance workers have topped the list according to HMRC data

EY has declared its intention to shake up the legal services market with the acquisition of technology specialist Riverview Law, with plans to use its software and outsourcing concept to expand the firm’s legal managed services globally

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is calling for further work on the potential for a new form of trading vehicle, the sole enterprise with protected asset (SEPA), which would be simpler to administer

The UK government has signed its largest ever tax partnership programme to help Ethiopia transform its tax system to increase its annual revenues so that it can better finance its own services and development, becoming less reliant on aid