Taxpayers taking money out of their pension pots before they retire have been landed with tax bills amounting to a record £56m in the last three months
The tribunal ruling in the IR35 Lineker case unusually centred around partnership employment status but what are the wider implications, ask Nick Bustin, employment tax director and Riocard Hoye, senior manager at haysmacintyre
As more people are dragged into higher rate tax, the government is taking action to ensure that anyone liable for the high income child benefit charge (HICBC) will not be able to avoid the tax
The Treasury is considering tax breaks for provision of occupational health services as it grapples with the large number of workers signed off on long-term sick
In a slew of legislation issued this week, the government plans to change income tax rules for people who inherit pensions to make them liable for marginal rate income tax
The administrators of logistics company Tuffnells have warned that HMRC is highly unlikely to be paid £10.5m in unpaid tax and VAT following its collapse last month
HMRC has delayed the introduction of claim notification forms about research and development tax claims by a week to give companies more time to prepare
HMRC will be given extra powers to collect information about the amount of dividend payments earned by owner managed business directors while employers will have to report the number of hours worked by individual employees
The government is going to create a criminal offence for promoters of tax avoidance who ignore HMRC Stop Notices with potential for a two-year prison sentence
In this week’s Q&A, Croner-i tax adviser Kabita Tank, examines whether tax relief is available when a property purchase falls through and the deposit is lost