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Tax | Q&A: reclaiming VAT on private school fees

Under the VAT on private school fee rules, is it possible to treat the payment as a charitable donation? Steven Cosgrove, head of VAT at Croner-i VIP explains the rules

26 Aug 2025

Business | Selling a business: how much tax is payable?

Understanding the tax implications of a business sale is vital, particularly the implications and limitations of a number of useful tax reliefs for business owners, explains Dominic Lay, director of K3 Tax Advisory

26 Aug 2025

Tax | £17m saved in overseas child benefit crackdown

The government is cracking down on abuse of child benefit by people living abroad and enjoying the payments when they are not even eligible

22 Aug 2025

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Tax | Webinar on property ownership for landlords

22 Aug 2025

Tax | Self assessment tax take up £3.3bn in July

Tax revenue from self assessment soared in July to £15.4bn, up 20% on the same time last year

21 Aug 2025

Tax | Former Chelsea footballer hit with £466k tax bill

HMRC has won a victory at the tribunal after former footballer Craig Burley was told to pay a six figure tax bill related to historic investments in two film scheme partnerships

21 Aug 2025

Tax | Unwarranted discovery assessment for jointly owned property

Kerry Costello, enquiries consultant at Croner-i My VIP Tax Team, explains how a thorny issue with HMRC over the tax status of a property jointly owned by a married couple was resolved

21 Aug 2025

Tax | HMRC sets up bereavement service helpline

HMRC has created a dedicated bereavement service phone number and postal address to support families and representatives deal with tax issues

21 Aug 2025

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Tax | Ex Tesco boss wins £1.5m pension tax dispute over Portugal DTA

A retired Tesco CEO has won a case against HMRC over an £1.5m claim for tax relief for SIPP pension withdrawals when he was living in Portugal, in an appeal centred around the UK-Portugal double tax treaty

21 Aug 2025

Tax | 170k scams against taxpayers reported to HMRC

Scammers are ramping up their activity as HMRC warns of risk of dodgy tax refund offers and even threats of arrest for failure to pay a tax bill

20 Aug 2025

Tax | Chancellor eyes up property tax on £500k sellers

Refusal to raise income tax for working people to balance books is forcing the chancellor to review radical tax raising measures with a hike in property tax the latest option

19 Aug 2025

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Tax | AI chatbot hallucinates cases in failed £13k tax appeal

A taxpayer has been rapped by tribunal judge after using AI chatbot to justify his argument against HMRC using non-existent tax cases

19 Aug 2025

Business | Tips on R&D claims and defining qualifying expenditure

The cornerstone of any research and development (R&D) claim is nailing down qualifying expenditure, explains Richard Edwards, founder of The R&D Community

19 Aug 2025

Tax | Horse racing to strike over betting tax hike

Horse racing tracks will be silent on 10 September as the British racing community has called a day of strike action to protest against the chancellor’s plans to increase betting tax

18 Aug 2025

Tax | Lower league football clubs owe HMRC £1.2m

Football clubs down the pyramid are struggling with tax bills as cost pressures mount and PAYE bills are left unpaid putting staff and players at risk

18 Aug 2025

Tax | Accountant loses £60k CJRS appeal due to payroll company misconduct

An accountancy firm has lost an appeal against almost £60,000 of assessments into eight furlough claims made ‘in good faith’ after contracted payroll company did not send any documents to HMRC

18 Aug 2025

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Tax | Q&A: reclaiming VAT on private school fees

Business | Selling a business: how much tax is payable?

Tax | £17m saved in overseas child benefit crackdown

Tax | Webinar on property ownership for landlords

Tax | Self assessment tax take up £3.3bn in July

Tax | Former Chelsea footballer hit with £466k tax bill

Tax | Unwarranted discovery assessment for jointly owned property

Tax | HMRC sets up bereavement service helpline

Tax | Ex Tesco boss wins £1.5m pension tax dispute over Portugal DTA

Tax | 170k scams against taxpayers reported to HMRC

Tax | Chancellor eyes up property tax on £500k sellers

Tax | AI chatbot hallucinates cases in failed £13k tax appeal

Business | Tips on R&D claims and defining qualifying expenditure

Tax | Horse racing to strike over betting tax hike

Tax | Lower league football clubs owe HMRC £1.2m

Tax | Accountant loses £60k CJRS appeal due to payroll company misconduct