A leading barrister who has been involved in a long running dispute with HMRC over more than £1m of penalties imposed for late self assessment returns has won his case in the Court of Appeal on the grounds that there was no sign of ‘deliberate concealment’

Suggestions that the government is planning a new ‘sin tax’ on vaping, in order to raise an additional £40m in tax revenue to help fund its commitment to a £20bn boost in NHS funding, have been strongly opposed by the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) on the grounds the move risks damaging public health

The UK government has signed its largest ever tax partnership programme to help Ethiopia transform its tax system to increase its annual revenues so that it can better finance its own services and development, becoming less reliant on aid

Individuals working in the financial services sector accounted for the largest share of income tax payments made via PAYE in 2016-17, the seventh year in a row that finance workers have topped the list according to HMRC data

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is calling for further work on the potential for a new form of trading vehicle, the sole enterprise with protected asset (SEPA), which would be simpler to administer

A low corporation tax bill does not tell the whole story about Amazon's approach to tax compliance. Chris Denning, head of corporation tax at MHA MacIntyre Hudson argues that there are wider issues at play and job creation, employment taxes and employer NICs

Following a meeting with HMRC on 21 June 2018 to discuss proposals for the rollout of off-payroll working to the private sector, ICAEW has published an in-depth letter calling for improvements

Dawn Register, partner in the tax dispute resolution team at BDO LLP considers the implications of the extension of the offshore time limit to 12 years and the increasing powers of HMRC as data from the Common Reporting Standard starts to flood in from global tax jurisdictions

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has overhauled the way data is stored and used, and payroll is just another area where data compliance is critical. Hannah Wright, payroll product marketing manager at Sage reviews the implications for payroll

News that Amazon’s UK tax bill almost halved last year to £1.7m, despite a near-trebling of profits at the online retail giant, has prompted renewed calls for changes to the tax regime for multinational digital companies

Law firm Mishcon de Reya has filed a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), citing concerns over the use of the common reporting standard (CRS) and beneficial ownership registers

HMRC wasted no time in raising interest rates for late payments following the rise in the Bank of England base rate at the beginning of August