Retailer Sports Direct has scored a second victory against HMRC in a dispute over VAT rules relating to distance selling, with the Upper Tribunal agreeing with an earlier First Tier Tribunal (FTT) that HMRC was wrong to say the appeal should be struck out

Ireland is one of three jurisdictions to have been judged as compliant with international standards for the exchange of information on request between tax authorities following a new and enhanced peer review process conducted by the OECD’s global forum on transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes

Property transactions over the past twelve months have remained largely flat, but the Treasury has gained an extra £2bn in tax due to the 3% stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on additional residential properties, according to analysis by Blick Rothenberg