Business | £2.5m HMRC bill for rescued Leon restaurants

Fast food chain Leon saved from collapse with CVA deal after ‘unanimous support from creditors’ including HMRC despite £2.5m outstanding tax claim

1 Jun 2026

Business

Companies

Restructuring & Insolvency

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax | Tax filing deadlines: June – Dec 2026

Start date for discounted 5% VAT rate over the summer for children’s meals and attractions, not long until MTD quarter one filing deadline

1 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Tax | 69 days of summer VAT complexity with 5% rate

Greg McNally, managing partner at VITA, examines the complexities of implementing the reduced 5% summer VAT rate on kid’s meals and attractions at short notice with tips and advice on what businesses need to do 

1 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax | Prosecution claims tax barrister was ‘something of an adversary of HMRC’

London court hears senior tax barrister ‘ought to have been paying more tax than he was’, as defence states ‘nothing legally wrong with avoiding tax’

29 May 2026

Tax

Case Reports

Tax | HMRC will not appeal £470k giant marshmallow case

After recent win for taxpayer in the long-running giant marshmallow VAT case, HMRC decides not to appeal ruling sugary items are ‘not confectionery’

28 May 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | Amazon pays £1.3bn in UK business tax

Corporation tax, employer national insurance and business rates paid by tech giant Amazon jumps 30% in a year

28 May 2026

Tax

Business Tax

VAT

Technology

Tax | ‘Taxes are high and getting higher’, warns Blair

Former prime minister warns government against further tax rises stating ‘measures have given headwinds not tailwinds to British business’

27 May 2026

Tax

Politics

Tax | Should your business be registered for VAT?

VAT expert Neil Warren explains the VAT rules when it comes to registration, exemptions and exceptions, and flags potential pifalls

27 May 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Tax | Tax take up £6bn in single month of April as VAT spikes

April tax figures show big increase in income tax and capital gains tax as HMRC pulls in more revenue from high tax burden, and huge hikes at the forecourt see more VAT going to the Treasury

26 May 2026

Tax

Business Tax

Personal Tax

Inheritance Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Tax | Q&A: postponed VAT accounting

In this week’s Q&A, David Smith, adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains how to use postponed VAT accounting for imported goods

26 May 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax | ‘We are not expecting perfection’, HMRC issues update on MTD cohort

With half a million still to sign up for MTD for Income Tax, HMRC tells Accountex crowd ‘it is all about good enough’

26 May 2026

Tax

Making Tax Digital

Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | HMRC investigations into SMEs recover average £24k in unpaid tax

With SMEs the biggest contributor to the tax gap, HMRC improves recovery rate amid warning rules are far too complicated causing errors and confusion

26 May 2026

Tax

Business Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Chancellor cuts VAT to 5% for kids’ meals, 10p rise in tax free mileage rate

Summer cuts to VAT to 5% for children’s meals across hospitality sector and visitor attractions, tax free mileage rate increased and foreign branch exemption removed for oil and gas sector

21 May 2026

Tax

Business Tax

Personal Tax

VAT

HMRC

Politics

Tax | Salary sacrifice cap and the middle income trap

When the salary sacrifice NI threshold is capped at £2,000, there will be hidden costs for employers and staff alike, as the change cuts across different income bands, warns Adele Clapp, tax director at Bishop Fleming

21 May 2026

Tax

Employment Tax

Personal Tax

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Finance

Pensions

Tax | Inheritance tax waived for scandal hit NS&I customers

After NS&I admitted it ‘misplaced’ £367m in customer savings, interim chief executive and ex-HMRC boss Sir Jim Harra issues apology with planned tax exemption

20 May 2026

Tax

Inheritance Tax

HMRC