As the UK begins to plan for economic recovery, RSM’s George Bull looks at how a public debate will influence tax reform, calling for certainty, simplicity and fairness

In our regular Q&A series from Croner Taxwise, tax adviser, Laura Burrows CTA explains the tax consequences which apply if a businesses debtors are unable to pay their debts

The estimated number of residential property transactions in April was 53.4% lower than April 2019 and 46.1% lower than the previous month this year, as coronavirus restrictions brought the housing market to a halt, HMRC statistics reveal 

The UK’s top 1% of the ‘super rich’ received a far greater, and faster growing, share of the nation’s income pre-crisis than previously thought, if capital gains are included in official statistics, according to new research

BrightHR, the international HR software and employment law advice service, has made a £1m investment in an online tool called the Back to Work Navigator

Taxpayers can choose how and when they can delay making a second payment on account for the 2019-20 tax year following updated guidance from HMRC

In this month’s VAT updates, Graham Elliott considers costs of staging productions and taxable supplies of catering in the Royal Opera House case, historical VAT claim at NHS Lothian and refurbishing an empty dwelling

HMRC has won a landmark case at an Upper Tax Tribunal, which has ruled that tax relief cannot be claimed on ‘in-specie’ or non-cash contributions to personal pensions, potentially opening the way for the tax authority to reclaim millions

In our regular Q&A series from Croner Taxwise, VAT adviser, Priyesh Mistry explains the VAT implications of restaurants providing a delivery service, whether they need to account for standard rate VAT and the liability of the delivery fee

Augean, one of the UK's leading specialist waste management businesses, is seeking to claw back £11.1m of landfill tax it has paid, following successful legal challenges to HMRC rulings brought by other operators

HMRC’s suspension of its inheritance tax investigations during the coronavirus crisis gives taxpayers an opportunity to get their affairs in order, said Pinsent Masons

The government has bowed to pressure to address the additional costs of working from home during the coronavirus crisis, and has announced a temporary tax exemption and National Insurance disregard to ensure that home office equipment purchase by employees will not attract tax and NICs liabilities where reimbursed by the employer