HMRC paid informants more than £343,000 last year for providing information on potential tax evasion, down from a peak of £605,000 in 2015, but still a potential ethical challenge according to City law firm RPC

The use of tax incentives to drive growth in the UK’s video game industry has risen by over 30% in the last year and is helping to reverse the sector’s decline in recent years, according to analysis by Moore Stephens

Janis Kirkham, VAT advice consultant at Croner Taxwise, considers whether zero rating VAT is applicable to building work for a disabled customer taking into account reliefs in VATA 1994 Schedule 8 Group 12

A tax agent who sought to challenge HMRC’s view that he had engaged in dishonest conduct by creating false invoices to reduce a client’s tax liabilities has lost his appeal at a tribunal

HMRC has published the latest advisory fuel rates (AFR) for company car users, effective from 1 September 2018 introducing a 4p advisory electricity rate for fully electric cars

If the UK leaves the EU without an agreement in place after 29 March 2019, the government will introduce postponed accounting for import VAT on goods being brought into the UK and UK businesses will no longer be able to use the MOSS portal to pay VAT on sales of digital services, according to one of the many no deal Brexit papers released

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has indicated his party is considering the introduction of new taxes on digital media providers in order to provide funding for more traditional media outlets including local newspapers and broadcasters and ensure a ‘free and democratic’ media

HMRC is warning people about the potential risks of using some remuneration arrangements offered via agencies and umbrella companies which are marketed as saving tax and increasing take home pay, but are in effect tax avoidance schemes and open to challenge

The Treasury's tax revenue in the last 12 months was £602bn, the first time this threshold has been passed in a 12-month period, according to analysis by Blick Rothenberg

HMRC is giving out mixed messages about compliance with Making Tax Digital for VAT, warns Yvette Nunn, director of Berkeley Associates, after spotting a mistake in guidance released by HMRC in July

The lack of progress on agreement on a trading model and customs arrangements post-Brexit highlights the inherent differences between current EU trade and the customs rules governing non-EU trade. David McGeachy, partner and national head of VAT at Saffery Champness explains

Capital gains tax is being extended to non-residents for gains arising from property and land sales in the UK from April 2019. Stephanie Webber ACA CTA, specialist tax writer at Croner-i, examines the draft rules and potential pitfalls