The Court of Appeal considered whether a restriction imposed by UK inheritance tax law on charities violates the EU law principle of freedom of movement of capital

From January, individual taxpayers will not be able to use personal credit cards to settle tax bills with HMRC as a result of EU rules on recharging credit card fees

Lloyds Banking Group has won a significant tax case, worth over £5.6m, after the tax tribunal determined that redundancy payments were not subject to VAT. David Wilson, VAT associate director at RSM, examines a case of HMRC refusing to back off

The Treasury has confirmed the new fiscal calendar, highlighting that the Budget will be the primary fiscal event, supported by a Spring Statement on 13 March and release of draft legislation in July

HMRC has updated its warnings on disguised remuneration avoidance schemes with guidance on the use of schemes designed to avoid the new ‘loan charge’

Ireland’s finance ministry has announced that it is to start collecting €13bn (£11.4bn) in back taxes from US tech giant Apple, which it had previously held off from doing following a hotly disputed European Commission ruling relating to the use of illegal state aid

The EU is calling for a review of the global approach to digital taxation and a rethink on cross-broder tax rules in the era of the digital economy, particularly the use of transfer pricing rules, according to the economic and financial affairs council (ECOFIN)

The European Commission has formally adopted VAT e-commerce rules which extend the existing ‘one stop shop’ for distance sales and reduce the cost for online businesses of complying with VAT obligations, with the aim of tackling the €5bn (£4.4bn) lost to fraud each year

The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against a High Court ruling that money held in a non-UK bank was relevant property and so should incur a tax charge 

The EU has issued a list of 17 countries who fail to comply with EU tax rules and have no tax transparency

Corporation tax receipts from the UK’s biggest companies rose by 33% in the past year to £6.39bn while employers' national insurance contributions (NICs) were the largest tax burden estimated at £25.7bn, according to research by PwC with the 100 Group, which includes most of the FTSE 100 along with some of the largest private firms

Italian high end fashion brand Gucci has been the subject of a police raid over suspected tax evasion amounting to around €1.3bn (£1.15bn).