Tax | MTD to cost £380m for £20k earners

HMRC warns landlords and sole traders ‘may incur significant transitional and continuing costs’ when Making Tax Digital threshold is lowered to £20,000

30 Jun 2026

Tax

Making Tax Digital

HMRC

Tax | Legal updates: High Court confirms no special status for HMRC

Sophie Brookes and Debbie Shaw examine rulings on HMRC opposition to restructuring and use of cross-class cram down in Waldorf Production, warranties in M&A transactions in Hoffman and share purchase agreements in Veranova Bidco LP

30 Jun 2026

Tax

HMRC

Finance

Law and Regulation

Tax | ‘Greed’, ‘entitlement’, and ‘intellectual superiority’, prosecution closes in £2m trial of tax barrister

Prosecution gives closing argument in £2m trial of top tax lawyer, stating defendant ‘had a delight in getting one over on HMRC’

30 Jun 2026

Tax

Case Reports

Tax | Q&A: salary sacrifice and leased cars

In this week’s Q&A, Danni Walker, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the salary sacrifice implications and arm’s length basis on cars provided by business

30 Jun 2026

Tax

Business Tax

Personal Tax

Tax Compliance

Tax | Treasury forms child trust fund ‘taskforce’ as £1.6bn unclaimed

Taskforce opened to encourage young people to access funds, with more than 750,000 accounts unclaimed worth £1.6bn, although charity states Treasury ‘not going far enough’

29 Jun 2026

Tax

Politics

Tax | Corporate hospitality and VAT: what can be claimed?

As Wimbledon fortnight starts and the England New Zealand test series plays out, VAT expert Neil Warren CTA (Fellow) explains the nuances of VAT relief on corporate hospitality and entertainment costs

29 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Tax | HMRC ‘working tirelessly’ as 375k sign up for MTD

With less two months to go before the first quarterly filing date for wave one of MTD for Income Tax, HMRC creeps up on halfway mark with 375,000 sign ups

26 Jun 2026

Tax

Making Tax Digital

Tax | Vape shops excluded from Scottish tax relief

Reform to business rates will exclude high street vape shops from tax relief, as vape industry warns of 'disastrous consequences'

26 Jun 2026

Tax

Business Tax

International Tax

Tax | ‘I would trust him’ former High Court judge testifies in barrister’s £2m tax trial

Retired High Court judge gives evidence under oath in trial involving top barrister, telling jury ‘he’s a cautious man, a careful man’

26 Jun 2026

Tax

Case Reports

Tax | £12.9m tax bill for King Charles III

In a ‘commitment to transparency’, Royal Household publishes annual finances showing King Charles has paid £30m in tax since taking to the throne

26 Jun 2026

Tax

Personal Tax

Tax | Register for webinar on 5% summer VAT rate

Join our expert webinar on Mastering the 5% Summer VAT Rate at 2pm on 7 July

26 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Summer VAT discount for attractions and kids’ meals starts

Special summer VAT promotion goes live with options to slash VAT from children’s menus and certain attractions but not mandatory to participate

25 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax | VAT and PAYE payments will have to be made by direct debit

HMRC set out plans to require mandatory direct debit for VAT and PAYE payments affecting up to 87% of current registered businesses and sole traders 

25 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Consultations

Tax | Online VAT avoidance clampdown to net UK businesses

In a raft of consultations Treasury signals tougher action to tackle VAT non-compliance across online marketplaces with an extension of the current rules for overseas businesses to UK based sellers

25 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

Consultations

Tax | HMRC angles for ‘reckless, untrue statement’ offence for tax

In a push for more power to combat tax evasion, HMRC sets out plan for new charge for providing ‘reckless untrue statements’ in direct tax cases

25 Jun 2026

Tax

HMRC

Consultations