HMRC has announced technical changes to interest restriction rules ‘to make sure the regime works as intended’ in line with the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) framework

Alongside the Finance Bill 2020-21 draft legislation, the government has released details of an ambitious ten-year strategy to create ‘a tax system fit for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century’, with a strong focus on increased use of technology and moves to real-time reporting and tax payments

Navigating the UK tax system for Hong Kong investors, immigrants and BN(O) passport holders can be very complex, as rules change and poor planning create extra tax bills, says Alfred Liu, senior associate at law firm Forsters

The government has signalled its intention to crack down harder on the promotors and enablers of tax avoidance schemes, with proposals for wider information powers for HMRC and tougher sanctions included in Finance Bill 2020-21

HMRC has issued draft legislation for 2% additional stamp duty land tax (SDLT) for non-UK resident purchasers of residential property, set to be introduced from 1 April 2021 and forecast to raise £250m over five years

HMRC’s flagship Making Tax Digital online quarterly reporting is to be significantly extended, with legislation in the Finance Bill 2020-21 bringing all VAT-registered businesses into the system from April 2022, and plans to include income tax self-assessment from April 2023

The Treasury is consulting on plans for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to regulate the promotion of certain types of cryptoassets for the first time, and to strengthen its role in approving financial promotions by unauthorised firms

In our regular Q&A series from Croner Taxwise, tax consultant, David Woolley explores the inheritance tax implications of applying a deed of variation

Eight of the UK’s overseas territories have committed to introducing publicly accessible registers of company beneficial ownership within the next three years as part of attempts to improve financial transparency, leaving the British Virgin Islands (BVI) as the only significant financial centre still to do so

Over 80 millionaires from around the world, including British film director Richard Curtis, have signed a pledge asking to pay more tax, as their contribution to fund the economic recovery from coronavirus

The Irish government and Apple have won a landmark appeal at the European Central Court which means the US tech giant will not have to pay Ireland €13bn (£11.6bn) in back taxes, in a major blow to the European Commission’s bid to challenge the tax arrangements of multinationals

The Chancellor has asked the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) to undertake a review of capital gains tax (CGT) and aspects of the taxation of chargeable gains, in relation to individuals and smaller businesses