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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 | Inheriting a pension, a taxing experience

As unused pension pots enter the inheritance tax orbit, Oliver Smyth, director at YorWealth, explains the implications of the changes and potential tax mitigation options

18 Aug 2025

Tax | HMRC cuts late payment interest rate to 8%

Following the latest quarter percent cut in the base rate, HMRC will reduce late payment interest rate but not until late August

18 Aug 2025

Tax | Register for webinar on tax and EOTs

Join our webinar on tax issues for share schemes and employee ownership trusts on 19 August

18 Aug 2025

Tax | Debunking TikTok tax myths

With over 12,000 TikTok posts offering tax advice, accountant issues warning about swathe of misleading tax advice and unverified content

15 Aug 2025

Business | Scottish finance director filed £1.5m in false VAT returns

The finance director of a century-old Scottish agricultural machinery business has been banned after under-declaring VAT to HMRC by more than £1.5m

15 Aug 2025

Business | Trial date set for tax evasion case against Stockport accountants

The first ever case involving the corporate criminal offence of facilitating tax evasion has been brought against a Stockport accountancy firm by HMRC with trial date set for 2027

15 Aug 2025

Tax | HMRC warns companies miscalculating tax marginal relief

HMRC is running a one-to-many letter campaign targeting companies that have miscalculated corporation tax marginal relief in their company tax returns

15 Aug 2025

Tax | 864k landlords and self employed dragged into MTD

With just seven months to go until mandatory Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax, HMRC has confirmed that 864,000 landlords and self employed will be caught by the quarterly reporting rules from day one

14 Aug 2025

Tax | Is inheritance tax in the chancellor’s crosshairs?

Budget speculation is already gathering, and inheritance tax seems to be the talk of the town as the attention shifts from ISA reform to IHT

13 Aug 2025

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Tax | Germany extends accounting record retention to curb tax evaders

The German government plans to extend the retention period for accounting records to 10 years to tackle tax evasion and stop cum-ex fraud

13 Aug 2025

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Tax | 165k whistleblowers tip off HMRC on tax cheats

Whistleblower numbers are up by nearly 10% in a year but the quality of tips appears to be falling as only £882,000 was paid out by HMRC

13 Aug 2025

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Tax | Company car tax – the pros and cons

An ever changing tax landscape means buying a company car could be one of the least tax efficient methods of ownership, explains Cheryl Sharp, CEO, Pink Pig Financial

13 Aug 2025

Tax | Delays see ADR tax cases take longer to resolve

The number of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) cases missing HMRC’s four-month resolution target has more than doubled in just 12 months

12 Aug 2025

Tax | Tax deadline to opt out of winter fuel payments

HMRC has set a cut-off date of mid September for pensioners to opt out of winter fuel payments to avoid tax clawback of whole amount

12 Aug 2025

Tax | Q&A: tax and employee homeworking expenses

In this week’s Q&A, Andrew Gilderdale, VIP Tax Team adviser at Croner-i, explains the tax issues to consider when paying homeworking costs when HMRC comes to call

12 Aug 2025

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

Tax | Inheriting a pension, a taxing experience

Tax | HMRC cuts late payment interest rate to 8%

Tax | Register for webinar on tax and EOTs

Tax | Debunking TikTok tax myths

Business | Scottish finance director filed £1.5m in false VAT returns

Business | Trial date set for tax evasion case against Stockport accountants

Tax | HMRC warns companies miscalculating tax marginal relief

Tax | 864k landlords and self employed dragged into MTD

Tax | Is inheritance tax in the chancellor’s crosshairs?

Tax | Germany extends accounting record retention to curb tax evaders

Tax | 165k whistleblowers tip off HMRC on tax cheats

Tax | Company car tax – the pros and cons

Tax | Delays see ADR tax cases take longer to resolve

Tax | Tax deadline to opt out of winter fuel payments

Tax | Q&A: tax and employee homeworking expenses