Chair of the 2025 loan charge review, Ray McCann looks back on his time in the hot seat of this contentious review, the settlement terms, the level of online abuse and why this must never be allowed to happen again

Millions of side hustlers warned as HMRC receives huge tranche of £55bn worth of sales data from online platforms including eBay, Airbnb and finfluencer sites

In this week’s Q&A, Andy Gilderdale, advisor at Croner VIP Tax Team, considers inheritance tax implications of residence nil rate band (RNRB) where non-resident UK couple living in Spain plan to leave property in trust to daughter

Sweeping overhaul of ISA allowances leaves great uncertainty about HMRC’s proposed anti avoidance measures and the sense it may be a return to pre-2014 rules. Chris Etherington, private client tax partner, and Becky Thompson, tax associate at RSM UK assess the tax implications

With £9m of funding already paid out to cover lost client money, liquidators for PM Law reveal a £279,000 tax bill and £2.9m owed to Virgin Bank

Chancellor gives £50m to local councils to support low income households deal with soaring heating oil costs, which have seen prices more than double in a few weeks, due to the war in the Middle East

Mandatory requirement for financial services businesses including private capital investment managers to register as a tax adviser delayed for 10 months

Modernisation of corporate tax filing will see move to prescribed XBRL tagging framework from autumn 2027 to improve corporation tax computations, HMRC confirms

Tax expert Dan Neidle wins at High Court after judge strikes out £8m libel case over barrister’s alleged connection to tax avoidance scheme

British high net worth individuals considering a quick return to the UK to escape conflict in the Middle East face a number of tax traps from statutory residency to the 10-year rule and worldwide tax liability, but there are options to mitigate the risk, explains Eamon Shahir, co‑founder of Taxd

Only one in 10 taxpayers in first wave of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax signed up to the new quarterly reporting due to start in three weeks’ time

Join our webinar on payroll year end tax compliance at 11.30 on Wednesday 18 March