Businesses claimed back £11.5bn in overpaid corporation tax from HMRC last year as covid-19 losses hit says UHY Hacker Young 

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise tax adviser Ibrahim Nalla examines the tax implications of setting up an employee ownership trust for a privately held company

The latest Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) figures show that two million self employed individuals have claimed for the fourth grant

The European Commission has halted work on a proposed digital tax in a bid to increase the chances of reaching a global accord on corporation tax

HMRC has not been able to prosecute any case in which an account freezing order (AFO) had been obtained according to a freedom of information (FOI) request by law firm JMW Solicitors

The Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) has published its annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021, reporting that £242m in tax was raised during the last financial year to directly fund public services across Wales

The new president of the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has used his first speech in post to urge the government to make membership of a professional body mandatory for all providers of tax advice

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has welcomed milestone progress on international tax reform during the two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Venice 

R&D tax relief has been a valuable source of innovation funding for thousands of UK businesses since it was first introduced but HMRC’s approach to subsidised expenditure could soon see many of those claiming for customer-led R&D at risk of challenge, warns Jenny Tragner CA ATT, technical director at ForrestBrown

FTSE 250 listed Cairn Energy plc has secured a French court order to seize some 20 Indian government properties in Paris to recover part of a $1.72bn (£1.2bn) arbitration award over a long disputed tax bill

The application process for the fifth Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant will depend on details of two years of turnover and losses resulting from the pandemic

HMRC has issued guidance on how to claim relief from stamp duty land tax (SDLT) in freeport tax sites once they are approved