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Tax Compliance

Tax | Barrister named as tax avoidance promoter by HMRC

For the first time a practising barrister has been publicly named by HMRC as a promoter of tax avoidance schemes

4 Sep 2025

Tax Compliance

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Business | Trio jailed after posing as police officers in courier fraud scam

Three men who impersonated police officers to trick victims into handing over tens of thousands of pounds have been jailed

4 Sep 2025

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Tax | Rayner admits to underpaying stamp duty

The deputy prime minister has referred herself to the independent adviser on ministerial standards after admitting to underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 seaside property

4 Sep 2025

Property Tax

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Business | Dains acquires TBAT Innovation to broaden R&D services

Private equity backed mid-tier firm Dains Group has acquired research & development specialist TBAT Innovation in its third acquisition since securing private equity backing

4 Sep 2025

Accountancy Firms

Private Equity

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Tax | Plastic packaging tax could be shifting behaviour

Introduced in 2022, plastic packaging tax (PPT) requires UK manufacturers and importers of plastic packaging products to pay tax on plastic packaging, but behaviours towards it could be changing, says RSM partner Philip Munn

4 Sep 2025

Tax | Chancellor confirms Autumn Budget date

Rachel Reeves has announced she will be presenting this year’s Autumn Budget on Wednesday 26 November after Keir Starmer shuffled his cabinet around earlier this week

3 Sep 2025

Budget

Politics

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Finance | Avoid year‑end panic when preparing accounts

Robin Maxwell, partner at Rogers Spencer, explains how early and accurate accounts preparation can help avoid last-minute stress, stay compliant and even uncover some potential tax savings

3 Sep 2025

Business | AI Essentials: the future of information access

Jude Fletcher, director of search and generative AI explains how AI is reshaping workflows in tax, audit and compliance

3 Sep 2025

Business | Brothers sentenced for insider dealing

Two seasoned traders have been sentenced for insider dealing after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) uncovered a scheme in which they profited from confidential information

3 Sep 2025

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Business | Britons still put more trust in human financial advisers over AI

Most Britons remain sceptical of artificial intelligence (AI) when it comes to financial advice, favouring human interaction over fully automated platforms

3 Sep 2025

Companies

AI & Technology

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Tax | Company loses tax case on the meaning of life

Those hoping for a more existential exploration of the subject matter might soon be disappointed to see that it only extends to a discussion of the definition of life in the context of specific inheritance tax (IHT) provisions, says Chris Etherington

3 Sep 2025

Case Reports

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Tax | Accounting software glitch excuse thrown out in CJRS appeal

Appellant pleads to tribunal not to ‘ignore substantive evidence of actual wage payments’ as director claims Quick Books software was not recording Real Time Information (RTI) submissions

3 Sep 2025

Case Reports

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Business | Conveyancing scammer jailed for £8.5m fraud

A London based fraudster has been jailed for 10 years after admitting to a large-scale conveyancing scam which saw him sell 75 properties that he did not own

2 Sep 2025

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Tax | Q&A: swimming pools and zero rate VAT relief

In this week’s Q&A, our Croner-i VIP advisers explain whether zero rated VAT relief for energy saving materials can be applied to domestic swimming pools, or only for heat pumps and solar in dwellings

2 Sep 2025

VAT

Tax Compliance

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Finance | Cooper Parry picks up £300k TPXimpact audit

Private equity backed Cooper Parry has won the audit business for AIM listed tech company, TPXimpact Holdings, following a robust competitive tender

2 Sep 2025

Finance

Auditing

Corporate Governance

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Tax | CPD module: Are you trading in property?

This month's exclusive CPD module focuses on the tax issues to consider when trading in property

2 Sep 2025

Business | Debt collectors wound up after pocketing £50,000 from clients

Three debt collection firms that posed as experienced professionals while retaining tens of thousands of pounds collected on behalf of clients have been wound up in the High Court

2 Sep 2025