Download the current HMRC CGT indexation allowance applicable from December 2017 onwards, RPI index for April 2019 and HMRC rates of interest, and the current stamp duty land tax (SDLT) and land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) rates, and more

This month’s exclusive Accountancy Daily CPD module will look at the tax pros and cons of disincorporating a business

HMRC has deployed new defensive controls to protect abuse of its phone lines in a bid to put an end to fraudster’s spoofing the tax authority’s most recognisable helpline numbers

In this month’s tax updates, cases include tax return uncertainty over 'discovery' decision in Tooth case, DIY housebuilder wins VAT refund case in Swales, managed service company status in Costelloe Business Services, plus lifetime giving rules for inheritance tax and HMRC ordered to delete illegally held voice records

In this month’s VAT roundup of significant cases, Graham Elliott CTA (Fellow), VAT specialist at City & Cambridge Consultancy, considers the judgments on the timing of a tax point in Budimex, non-owners’ import obligations, and when prescription drugs can, and cannot, be zero rated following Pearl Chemist decision

The OECD has set a timetable to develop a global framework for the digital taxation of multinationals with 2020 set as a deadline to finalise the rules, which are likely to include a wider remit than just digital tax to capture intangibles and IP

The European Commission has issued warnings about more than 380 potentially unlawful tax breaks in the last five years, with France being singled out for contravention of state aid rules, as well as low-tax jurisdictions like Ireland, Netherlands and Luxembourg

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a report on crypto assets, focusing on work underway, regulatory approaches and potential gaps, warning that regulators are taking a divergent approach

Multinational oil giant Shell has told members of the Dutch finance committee that it plans to publish details of its global tax strategy following criticism of how the multinational uses the tax system to minimise tax liability and pays zero tax in the Netherlands, where it is headquartered

The number of companies applying to use tax reliefs such as the enterprise investment scheme to attract investors has risen slightly in the last 12 months with over £2.1bn in funding approved as investors look to maximise returns

This month's HMRC and Treasury consultations focus on extending royalty withholding tax rules, social investment tax relief review and extension of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive to tax advice and overhaul of Companies House disclosure regime

The key HMRC filing deadlines from June to August 2019 including deadline for corporation tax first quarterly instalment payments for £20m turnover companies, forms P46(Car) for quarter ended 5 April, P60 payroll reporting to employees and confirmation statements showing benefits that have had tax collected through payroll in 2018/19