The Labour pledge to not raise taxes is ‘clearly not true’, the same Tory promise is doubtful as their plans would result in ‘taxing or borrowing more’

This month's HMRC and Treasury consultations focus on simplification of partial exemption and capital goods scheme and cross-border tax disclosure rules affecting intermediaries and tax advisers

The amount of VAT collected in the last year has risen by 5.3% to a record £133bn driven by the wholesale and retail sectors, despite widespread VAT evasion

Global action by OECD countries to reduce tax evasion has resulted in a 24% global reduction in foreign-owned bank deposits held in international financial centres (IFC)

Requests from foreign prosecutors to the UK for help with criminal tax investigations have gone up by 44% in the past year

The German finance ministry is to set up a new special unit to tackle large-scale tax fraud in the wake of the so-called Cum-Ex case, which has seen two British investment bankers on trial for their part in an alleged €440m fraud using complex financial transactions to engineer tax losses

The Scottish government is consulting on plans to introduce a tourist tax to  enable local authorities in Scotland to apply a visitor levy on short-term overnight stays

Convoluted payroll tax rules from compliance with national minimum wage to real time reporting and IR35 are making PAYE compliance increasingly difficult. Neil Cameron, payroll senior manager at Chiene + Tait, examines potential pitfalls and calls for higher standards of training for payroll teams

The SNP want to reduce tax on whisky sales, close tax avoidance loopholes and invest oil and gas revenue into building greener infrastructure

HMRC has published the latest advisory fuel rates (AFR) for company car users, effective from 1 December 2019 cutting standard 1600cc minus mileage rates by 1p per mile to reflect lower fuel costs

Hundreds of taxpayers could face unexpected tax bills for failing to declare pension contributions accurately on their self assessment returns

A childcare business has won an appeal overturning a £230,000 demand for VAT after a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) agreed its holiday camps should have the same VAT treatment as its after-school business