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Tax | What you need to know: PAYE settlement agreements

The imminent introduction of mandatory benefits in kind payrolling means it is time to ensure PAYE settlement agreements are up to date to avoid problems with HMRC over year end corrections, explains Caroline Harwood, partner and head of national tax at BDO

16 Sep 2026

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Tax | Q&A: business asset disposal relief

In this week’s Q&A, Eleanor Bradshaw, adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the tax treatment of business asset disposal relief (BADR) for joint ventures

15 Sep 2026

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Tax | Families hit by £315m inheritance tax bill on gifting breaches

Complex gifting rules see rise in number of families hit with unexpected inheritance tax (IHT) bills totalling over £1bn in just four years due to mistakes when using the potentially exempt transfer (PET) period rules

14 Sep 2026

Inheritance Tax

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Tax | When is a director’s loan written off for tax purposes?

The Quillan decision at the Upper Tribunal addresses an important issue concerning the taxation of loans, particularly the meaning of a loan being written off, explains Matt Greene, partner, tax disputes at Stewarts Law

14 Sep 2026

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Tax | ‘Not my job to say how an accountant does their job’, says HMRC MTD chief

Head of Making Tax Digital says HMRC has not yet decided how it will bring £30,000 cohort into quarterly reporting as officials weigh future role of automatic enrolment, stressing accountants still have major role to play

11 Sep 2026

Making Tax Digital

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Tax | Deadlines for MTD quarterly reporting 2026 to 2028

Key tax filing dates for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax from quarterly reporting updates to year end self assessment tax returns, plus start dates for new lower thresholds

10 Sep 2026

Making Tax Digital

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Tax | Inheritance tax for farms and businesses: discretionary trusts

Overhaul of APR/BPR for farms and family businesses creates inheritance tax headache, but there are potential planning options from discretionary trusts to liquidity planning and asset transfer, explain Sunir Watts, partner, and Natalie Spong, associate at Hunters

8 Sep 2026

Inheritance Tax

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Tax | Q&A: VAT time of supply and tax points

In this week’s Q&A, Joshua Hamley Deane, adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the difference between basic and actual tax points under VAT time of supply rules

8 Sep 2026

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Tax | HMRC urges loan charge group to accept settlement offers

Latest stage in the turbulent loan charge issue sees HMRC pressing taxpayers to respond to settlement offer, but legislation indicates may be some leeway for 90-day acceptance deadline

3 Sep 2026

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Tax | HMRC fuel advisory rates from September 2026

Fuel advisory rates for company cars effective from September to 1 December 2026

2 Sep 2026

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Tax | Tax filing deadlines: Sep – Jan 2027

Corporation tax filing deadline for accounting periods ended 30 September 2025, second quarterly update for MTD

1 Sep 2026

Making Tax Digital

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Tax | Q&A: splitting businesses for VAT purposes

In this week’s Q&A, Melody Jagus, adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains HMRC’s approach to VAT disaggregation and potential pitfalls of splitting businesses to avoid VAT threshold

1 Sep 2026

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Tax | Making Tax Digital is creating one long silly season

The first MTD filing deadline created a headache for overstretched accountants, with new quarterly reporting rules contributing to already rising workloads, warns Louise Walpole, commercial director of Advancetrack

1 Sep 2026

Making Tax Digital

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Tax | Register for webinar on company car tax

Join our live webinar on company car tax at 2pm on Tuesday 1 September

28 Aug 2026

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Tax | Hardman’s Tax Data - free access for subscribers

Business & Accountancy Daily subscribers have free access to the full suite of Hardman’s Tax Data, part of Croner Navigate Tax, as part of their member benefits

27 Aug 2026

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Tax | Families could face 91% tax hit on inherited pension pots

Tax on unused pensions could result in extra tax bill up to 91% of inherited pensions when unspent pots are brought within the inheritance tax net, warns NFU Mutual

25 Aug 2026

Inheritance Tax

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