The Welsh government is consulting on proposals for a new small business rates relief (SBBR) scheme, due to come into force from 1 April 2018, which will replace the current temporary arrangements in place since 2010

HMRC has issued guidance on schemes that claim to avoid the 2019 loan charge on disguised remuneration, pointing out that it views these as tax avoidance schemes, which it warns will not work

In part one of our exclusive series on farming taxation and accounting, Phil Fenn, partner at Mercer and Hole, warns that although operating as a partnership is standard practice for many UK farms, there are potential pitfalls such as the risk of unlimited liability and the implications around each partner owning a share of the assets

Tonight sees the broadcast of a television documentary focusing on HMRC’s efforts to find out who is and who is not paying their share of taxes, and the work of teams targeting offshore accounts that could secure millions in unpaid tax

North west-based accountants, Hurst has created a tax compliance division to help companies, headed by a former tax inspector, amid a crackdown by HMRC on tax matters and the move to Making Tax Digital

The Booksellers Association has called for the UK’s tax system to be reformed after online retail giant, Amazon, revealed its corporation tax bill halved last year despite its sales passing the £1bn mark for the first time

Sarah Bradford ACA CTA director of Write Tax Ltd, assesses the various reporting requirements for employment intermediaries delving into the implications of agency rules alongside IR35 and managed service company rules

So-called ‘sin taxes’ on alcohol, tobacco and sugar will raise £24.7bn in revenues by 2018, more than amount the government spends dealing with the impact of drinking, smoking and obesity, according to research by the Institute of Economic Affairs, which says taxpayers are being unfairly demonised over their negative behaviours

HMRC has lost the first appeal to be heard at tribunal in relation to the senior accounting officer (SAO) regime, with the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) cancelling two penalties against a finance director on the basis that he had taken reasonable steps to ensure the company established and maintained appropriate tax accounting arrangements, as required

Dawn raids by HMRC on businesses and individuals are up by a third and are likely to remain high following the entry into force of new corporate criminal tax offences, according to analysis by Pinsent Masons

HMRC has published its latest monthly countdown bulletin covering issues for pension scheme administrators related to the ending of contracting out in April 2016

Waitrose has followed Tesco’s lead to become the second major UK supermarket to cut the price of women’s sanitary products in order to cover the cost of the 5% ’tampon tax’ for consumers