Soaring tax receipts up nearly 10% in just 12 months as hike in employer national insurance reaps huge benefits for the Treasury, capital gains tax explodes, and record amount of VAT collected
Former banker at Royal Bank of Scotland stole £274,811 in ‘calculated and persistent manner’ from business clients to fund gambling despite earning six-figure salary
The Insolvency Service partners with Crimestoppers to increase number of tip-offs from public about company directors illegally operating while disqualified or bankrupt, or repeatedly phoenixing businesses
The Parliamentary Art Collection has acquired a portrait of Rachel Reeves, marking recognition as first woman to ever hold the job of chancellor in this country
In the latest instance of artificial intelligence (AI) messing up a legal argument, top 25 US law firm Sullivan & Cromwell falls foul of hallucinations in court motion
Massive overhaul of inheritance tax on pension assets will be difficult for executors to manage with HMRC’s lack of flexibility on short six-month IHT payment deadline
Gang of four Scottish businessmen took ‘as much VAT money as possible before HMRC cottoned on’ stealing £8.8m with plans to build luxury property in Bulgaria
Following loss at First Tier Tribunal, HMRC lodges appeal against decision on application of reduced rate VAT on community electric vehicle charging business
Intervention into sudden closure of Sheffield law firm ‘one of largest and most complex ever undertaken’ by regulator as investigates ‘sophisticated suspected fraud’
Greg Vincent, partner at Morr & Co LLP considers the tax pros and cons of using employee ownership trusts (EOTs) as an exit strategy for LLPs and accountancy firms, despite rise in rate of capital gains tax
In this week’s Q&A, Danni Walker, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains invoicing rules and VAT liability when selling for a client as an agent and splitting sale price
With just over two weeks to go until Scotland goes to the polls, we examine the tax plans of the front runners to see the impact on businesses and individual taxpayers