In this week’s career moves, partner promotions and hires at Azets, Crowe, TaxAssist, PKF Smith Cooper, KPMG, Insolvency Service, Centre for Public Interest Audit
President Trump has announced a review of all reciprocal tariffs on US imports, flagging VAT as an ‘unfair, discriminatory’ tax, which will capture UK companies in the trade war
Up to 17,000 people working in the animal welfare sector, which includes dog and cat breeders and sellers, could be made to register with HMRC to renew their licences
Following months of political turmoil, the French parliament has signed off the Finance Bill for 2025 with tax changes for people earning over €250,000
Stacie Cheadle, Croner-i technical writer, explains employer impact of changes to minimum access qualifications and length of study for apprenticeships
Steven Hurst, director of corporate learning at Arden University, discusses how degree apprenticeships can build a future workforce with the right skills to fill job vacancies
HMRC has lost a long running tax case after Supreme Court rules in favour of Royal Bank of Canada over disputed £19m tax bill related to North Sea oil payments
The government has launched a joint HMRC/DBT consultation on plans for the rollout of electronic invoicing and whether to make it mandatory for businesses in the UK
Growth was up in December as Christmas spending, hospitality and retail all reported strong performance, catching the experts off guard as they had predicted 0.1%
Stacie Cheadle, Croner-i content consultant, rounds up the key case law for employers to consider when hiring staff from avoiding bias in job adverts to no-go questions at interviews
An overhaul of the way VAT is charged on tickets to live virtual events in the EU means place of supply rules come into play for UK businesses selling tickets to delegates based in member states, explains Alex Baulf, head of global indirect tax at Avalara
Post-death planning can be a useful tool and deeds of variation present families with significant tax planning opportunities, but care must be taken when using deeds of variation, explains Jo Lawless FCA, CTA, senior technical writer at Croner-i
Five defendants in the Axiom Ince case have been told to appear at Southwark Crown Court at the end of April to submit defending statements before the trial
A building owned by Sarabande, a charity set up by the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen, has won its fight at the First Tier Tribunal against a tax dispute about the subleasing of an art gallery to a subsidiary
ICAEW has ‘severely reprimanded’ a property tax advisor for a breach of the ethics code for accountants and ordered him to pay £40,000 in tribunal costs
MPs on Public Accounts Committee criticise HMRC over its effectiveness in clamping down on tax evasion, saying it has a ‘lack of curiosity’ about extent of problem
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