Remote gambling operators are under pressure to meet new rules about the tax regime for ‘freeplays’, which were included in the original Finance Bill 2017, then dropped, and are now set to be enacted with effect from 1 August in the revised legislation

The government has bowed to pressure from charities and others in the social care sector and has temporarily suspended enforcement activity and is waiving historic financial penalties against employers who have failed to pay national minimum wage (NMW) rates to staff on overnight sleep-in shifts

For any employers working crossborder, there are many varying tax rules both across countries and in the US, by individual state, which makes tax compliance difficult for mobile workers, says global tax experts, with the US aiming to introduce a Bill to simplify matters for international workers

Paul Morton, tax director of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), details what to expect from the OTS in the next 12 months, including Making Tax Digital, the OTS's first review of VAT and implications of individual taxation

The Treasury has issued a briefing note on Finance Bill (No.2) 2017 setting out the key legislative changes with a very brief description of each measure and clarifying whether measures will be retrospective from non-doms to loss relief reform, but hints that changes to the dividend nil rate could be delayed

The government's decision to delay Making Tax Digital quarterly reporting until 2020 was welcomed by the tax profession and business, and signalled recognition that HMRC itself was not ready for the digital overhaul of tax reporting as the project was flagged as high risk amber/red in the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) annual report. Sara White, editor of Accountancy considers the implications 

Yvette Nunn, director of Berkeley Associates, welcomes the government's decison to delay HMRC’s Making Tax Digital project implementation until 2020, except for VAT, so that small businesses and landlords have more time to prepare, but warns that there are fundamental problems with current HMRC IT systems which need to be addressed

Penny Ciniewicz, chief executive of the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), has been hired as head of HMRC’s customer compliance group taking over from Jennie Granger who stepped down in May and Angela MacDonald, currently operational excellence director in HMRC, will take on Ruth Owen’s old role of customer services group head, although both are relatively new to tax

Any company facing an HMRC investigation needs to make sure they are prepared for an unwanted escalation to a criminal probe in the worst case scenario. Mark Wilson, partner at Richard Nelson LLP, provides tips and advice from identifying any actual or potential criminal element, the different courses of action available to taxpayers and explains HMRC's powers

Former Chancellor George Osborne picked up a five-digit redundancy payment when he was sacked in the reshuffle when Theresa May took over as prime minister after the Brexit vote

HMRC has started to gradually move its staff into its first regional hub in Croydon today, with 2,600 full-time equivalent employees to occupy the new offices by 2021 as part of its office restructuring plans

With just one week to go until the 31 July tax credit renewal deadline, HMRC is urging the 960,000 people that are still to renew to do it now or risk having their payments stopped and, in some cases, being required to repay the money they have received since April