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Business | Croner Intelligence is not off the shelf Generic AI

Julien Gruhier, head of AI explains why Croner Intelligence is so different to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and is designed specifically for accountants and advisers, handling the complexities of actual tax and accounting issues

30 Jul 2026

Tax | Register for webinar on stamp duty tax traps

30 Jul 2026

Tax | Capital goods scheme claim threshold raised to £600k

Changes to VAT rules mean the capital expenditure threshold more than doubles and some IT kit no longer eligible under revised capital goods scheme

30 Jul 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

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Tax | HMRC delays leave R&D tax relief ‘too unreliable’, warn SMEs

SMEs face lengthy waits for HMRC responses to R&D tax relief enquiries, as ‘uncertainty has left the relief impossible to count on’

30 Jul 2026

Business | Complete the AI in Accounting & Tax Survey

Tell us how AI is shaping your business by completing the AI in Accounting & Tax Survey and enter the prize draw to win a luxury weekend break

30 Jul 2026

Tax | HMRC conviction rate at lowest level for seven years

Conviction rate for fraud and economic crime at lowest level since 2018-19

29 Jul 2026

Tax

HMRC

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Tax | How to avoid a large tax bill when cashing in pensions

With inheritance tax on pension pots just months away, beware the risk of cashing in pensions quickly without assessing tax implications, warns Mike Ambery, retirement savings director at Standard Life

29 Jul 2026

Tax | HMRC unrecovered tax loss hits £12.8bn

Accounts show 77% increase in HMRC tax losses, with billions of pounds of tax debt and unpaid penalties written off

28 Jul 2026

Tax

HMRC

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Tax | Number of millionaires drop 7% since election

Flight of wealthy from UK blamed on ‘hostile culture for wealth creators’, as calls for wealth tax grows

28 Jul 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

Politics

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Tax | HMRC inheritance tax probes claw back £1.3bn

Sporadic but large tax take from inheritance probes, with over £1bn collected over last five years

28 Jul 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

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Tax | Q&A: capital allowances and eligibility

In this week’s Q&A, Alexander McCarthy, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the capital allowance rules on plant and machinery for a container business

28 Jul 2026

Business | How Croner Intelligence improves accuracy

When using Croner Intelligence, six things happen between your question and the answer on screen, explains Julien Gruhier, head of generative AI

28 Jul 2026

Tax | Chancellor urged to end ‘circus’ of Budget speculation

Healey warned over past mistakes with leaks and speculation leading to billions of pounds being withdrawn early from pensions

27 Jul 2026

Tax | 31% jump in HMRC winding up petitions over unpaid tax

HMRC steps up efforts to recover outstanding tax debt, increasing number of winding up petitions while planning to recruit over 2,000 debt management officers

27 Jul 2026

Tax

Business Tax

HMRC