HMRC is planning an overhaul of self assessment system with earlier payment dates set to be introduced in a blind side in the small print of the Budget Red Book
Over £23bn in tax rises, one million more people dragged into higher rate tax and endless tinkering made Budget the ‘most damaging in living memory’, argues Nimesh Shah, CEO of Blick Rothenberg
A last-minute amendment to farm and business inheritance tax changes due next year will see spouses and civil partners able to transfer unused allowances
The chancellor is clamping down on tax advantages of employee ownership trusts with reduction in allowance for capital gains tax (CGT) for businesses sold
Long awaited McCann review into loan charge calls for HMRC to set up a new settlement opportunity for those who used loan schemes and provides damning insight into extent of problem
Landlords and self employed caught by phase one of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax rules will not have to pay penalties if late filing quarterly updates
Moir Management Services given maximum seven figure penalty for failure to disclose a notifiable arrangement over payment model and absence of a reasonable excuse
Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw examine Wishart decision on restrictive covenants in share sale agreement, directors’ duties and the Duomatic principle in Fang Angkong, and commercial contract warranties in Atten Bidco
Fraudster from Northern Ireland jailed for construction fraud in the US after getting compassionate leave from prison in County Londonderry and heading stateside
Government extends sugar tax to sugary milk drinks including shakes, iced coffee and yoghurt drinks ending days of 11 spoons of sugar in a single serving