Business | US tariff refund claim process goes live on 20 April

Following the overturning of Liberation Day US tariffs, US Customs & Border Protection issues details on refund process via new online portal

17 Apr 2026

Business

Companies

Tax

Tax Compliance

Tax | 95% of accountants say clients ‘increasingly’ struggle to pay tax

As company insolvencies jump 7% month-on-month, accountants report clients are ‘increasingly struggling’ to pay tax bills with corporation tax fuelling woes

17 Apr 2026

Tax

Business Tax

Employment Tax

VAT

Tax | Higher earners gained most from £23bn Help to Buy

Scheme championed by former chancellor George Osborne mostly helped higher earners in cheaper areas buy their first property, says IFS

16 Apr 2026

Tax

Property Tax

Politics

Tax | HMRC clarifies MTD exemption rules and year one waiver

Following some confusion about exemptions to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, HMRC updates guidance to clarify situation for those claiming averaging relief in year one waiver

16 Apr 2026

Tax

Making Tax Digital

Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Brits quitting the Gulf over war have 60-day tax window

With nearly 50,000 Brits estimated to have upped sticks and returned to the UK due to the war in the Middle East, complex statutory residence test (SRT) rules, benefits in kind and critical day counts could trigger high tax bills 

15 Apr 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Tax | 250k sign up to MTD but two thirds are accountants

One week since Making Tax Digital for Income Tax became mandatory, HMRC confirms 250,000 signed up but mostly accountants and agents, not individual landlords and self employed

14 Apr 2026

Tax

Making Tax Digital

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Tax | Economic stagnation as 75% of taxpayers say taxes too high

Rising costs and stagnant wages, coupled with record high tax rates for individuals and businesses, stifles growth, with majority of taxpayers ‘pessimistic’

14 Apr 2026

Tax

Business Tax

Personal Tax

Tax | Q&A: property investment company and IHT

In this week’s Q&A, David Woolley, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, examines the inheritance tax reliefs from seven-year rule to group shares and potentially exempt transfers

14 Apr 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

Property Tax

Inheritance Tax

Tax Planning

Tax | 2.2m pensioners will pay tax on winter fuel payments

Highly contentious decision on eligibility for winter fuel payments means over two million pensioners with income over £35,000 will have to refund full £200 amount via tax system 

13 Apr 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

Tax Compliance

Tax | 69% of SMEs have never used e-invoicing

Many small businesses do not understand requirements for electronic invoicing and this issue is likely to become more problematic with HMRC move to compulsory e-invoices from 2028

13 Apr 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Planning

Consultations

Tax | HMRC loses patience with abuse of VAT domestic reverse charge

Construction sector warned as renewed focus by HMRC leaves users of the VAT domestic reverse charge at risk of a tax enquiry, says Tony Cochrane, director at VITA

13 Apr 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax | Register for webinar on handling tax disputes and litigation

Sign up for expert webinar on the cost of tax litigation at 2pm on Tuesday 14 April

10 Apr 2026

Tax

HMRC

Tax | HMRC to clamp down on director’s loan accounts

In a sweeping consultation, HMRC plans draconian reporting requirements on director’s loan accounts and participator loans to connected companies 

10 Apr 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Planning

Consultations

Tax | Company car tax rises from April 2026 include EVs

Company car tax bands increase across the board including electric vehicles going to 4%, up to maximum 37% for highest emitting vehicles, affecting over 700,000 employees

9 Apr 2026

Tax

Business Tax

Employment Tax

Tax Compliance

Tax | Designing a wealth tax is harder than proposing one

Talk of a wealth tax to raise billions may sound appealing in these straitened economic times, but it is fraught with complexity and risks the law of unintended consequences, argues Anthony Whatling, managing director, Alvarez & Marsal Tax

9 Apr 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

Property Tax

Politics