The UK financial services sector paid a record £34.8bn in tax contributions in the last financial year, the highest amount of tax the sector has paid in the 10 years the data has been collected for the City of London Corporation

MHA MacIntyre Hudson tax director Nigel Morris provides a detailed round up of the tax changes for cars, vans, fuels and electric vehicles following the Budget, including for diesel cars and driverless technology 

Yvette Nunn CTA ATT, director of Berkeley Associates on how individuals are avoiding paying stamp duty land tax (SDLT) by simply staying put, with avoidance talk becoming more acceptable in social situations

HMRC has published the latest advisory fuel rates (AFR) for company car users, effective from 1 December 2017 reflecting the upward trend in forecourt fuel prices

Following the Budget, Mazars head of employment tax Vaneeta Khurana outlines the impact reform to employment taxes could have on the UK’s productivity problem

Alice Pearson ACA CTA, senior tax manager at Mercer & Hole, considers the key tax changes affecting corporate and individual landlords in Budget 2017 including the CGT indexation allowance impact on asset sales to rent a room review and mileage allowances

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned that anaemic growth and the likelihood of further cuts mean wages will be no higher in 2022 than in 2007

In a Budget bereft of detail on Making Tax Digital, the government did confirm that it will release a revised costings document on the impact of the introduction of the VAT reporting changes on 1 December

Plans to reduce the corporation tax rate to 17% from 2020 will be kept with the current 19% rate remaining unchanged, the Chancellor has confirmed

The Budget 2017 is unlikely to be looked back upon with particular sepia-tinged fondness by anyone, but the Chancellor did just enough to satisfy business, says the Institute of Directors head of taxation Stephen Herring

The number of people starting new apprenticeships has fallen sharply since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy on 6 April 2017

The plan to tax royalties posted overseas on the back of UK-based sales from April 2018 sets a clear pointer in terms of the government's general approach to clamping down on aggressive tax planning by the digital multinational giants like Amazon, Apple and Google. Philip Smith asks whether the Budget proposal will work