Hundreds of HMRC staff in Newcastle have kicked off eight weeks of strike action which will affect phone lines used by employers and the construction industry scheme
Six families with children in private school are taking their dispute to the High Court through a judicial review into the legality of imposing 20% VAT
A week long hearing has found the lawyer of Nadhim Zahawi guilty of misconduct over an aggressive email sent to tax campaigner Dan Neidle about the former Chancellor’s tax affairs
Over 1.8 million UK adults rent out furnished rooms in their home allowing them to qualify for up to £7,500 in tax free income under the rent a room scheme
A painting and decorating business has won an appeal at the Upper Tribunal against HMRC over an £800,000 loan made to a director through an employee benefit trust
With an increasingly complex indirect tax landscape, deciding what is the right mix of in-house, hybrid and external resources is critical to ensure compliance, says Peter Boerhof, senior director, VAT at Vertex
The number of UK businesses using tax havens in the Caribbean and closer to home has halved as HMRC gets access to more data on whether they are genuinely operating
In this week’s Q&A, we explain the tax interaction between business asset disposal relief (BADR) and furnished holiday lettings when converting to a property business