Tax | Making Tax Digital costs spiral to £1.3bn for HMRC

The rollout of Making Tax Digital is expected to cost HMRC five times the original forecast in 2016 following repeated delays

12 Jun 2023

Tax

Making Tax Digital

Tax | Kate Middleton’s parents’ party business goes bust

Party Pieces Holdings, the event specialist company owned by Kate Middleton’s parents, has gone bankrupt after significant financial difficulties

9 Jun 2023

Tax

Business Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Companies

Accountancy Firms

Restructuring & Insolvency

Tax | Wigan Athletic handed transfer embargo for HMRC issues

Wigan Athletic football club have fallen under a transfer embargo for conflicting with English Football League (EFL) rules related to tax owed to HMRC 

9 Jun 2023

Tax

Business Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Self assessment helpline closure highlights staff shortages

The three-month closure of HMRC’s self assessment helpline underlines the resourcing problems at HMRC and will be a ‘massive inconvenience’ for taxpayers

9 Jun 2023

Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Oil and gas windfall tax could be scrapped

The energy profits levy, which puts a marginal tax rate of 75% on North Sea oil and gas production, will remain in place for the next five years unless prices drop

9 Jun 2023

Tax

Business Tax

Politics

Tax | Tax tribunal backlog hits 55k cases

Taxpayers are in limbo as the Ministry of Justice has revealed a backlog of 50,000 unresolved tax cases at the First Tier Tribunal (FTT)

9 Jun 2023

Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Plumbing contractor loses £18k VAT appeal

A company director has lost a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal against VAT assessments and penalties for £18,681

8 Jun 2023

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Case Reports

Tax | Self assessment tax helpline closed for three months

HMRC is planning to close the self assessment tax helpline for three months over the summer to focus call centre resources on dealing with other problem calls

8 Jun 2023

Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | HMRC launches VAT self service time to pay

HMRC has confirmed that businesses can now set up a payment plan online if they owe less than £20,000 in unpaid VAT

8 Jun 2023

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax | HMRC app now available in Welsh

The HMRC app has been updated to give access to most tax services on the platform in Welsh for the first time

8 Jun 2023

Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Technology

Tax | A quick guide to the changes around P11Ds

Payroll experts at CIPP explain the key changes to P11Ds with tips and advice on how to complete the annual employee expenses returns online

8 Jun 2023

Tax

Employment Tax

Tax Compliance

Tax | HMRC loses £300k tax case over paddock

A homeowner has won a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal over a disputed stamp duty land tax (SDLT) bill related to use of a paddock

7 Jun 2023

Tax

Property Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Case Reports

Tax | Public trust in HMRC falls to lowest level

The UK public continue to lose trust in HMRC as it opens fewer tax enquiries and prosecutes far fewer people for tax evasion, warns the Fair Tax Foundation

7 Jun 2023

Tax

Business Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Duo of tax avoidance promoters face £100k fines

Two companies have been ordered to stop selling specific tax avoidance schemes immediately or face an initial penalty of £100,000

7 Jun 2023

Tax

Employment Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax | Government plans crackdown on umbrella companies

The Treasury is consulting on measures to strengthen protection for contractors who use umbrella companies by creating a legislative framework and reviewing employee pay processes and tax liability

6 Jun 2023

Tax

Employment Tax

Consultations