The UK’s accounting and tax compliance regime is rated amongst the top 20 countries worldwide for ease of doing business, according to research by TMF Group which also found that the Cayman Islands is the easiest overall

A bid by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) to launch a tax crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gangs has hit a roadblock, as the president of the Hells Angels has avoided conviction for fraud after his accountant took the blame for tax irregularities

With days to go until the general election on 8 June, CCH Daily gives a snapshot of the key tax measures from income tax to the doubling of the employer charge for non-EU workers announced by the UK's political parties in their manifestos

The significance of inheritance tax and succession planning has shot to the top of the agenda as the question of long-term care costs has erupted. Liz Cuthbertson, partner at Mercer & Hole, examines the key IHT points to consider and the importance of taking action in good time

Gibraltar's favourable tax status may be put at risk when Brexit talks as the territory is set to play a pivotal role in negotiations. Stuart Gray, senior editor at Wolters Kluwer Global Tax Weekly, examines what is at stake for this low-tax financial centre

After a raft of senior departures from HMRC, two temporary director generals have been appointed to replace Jennie Granger and Ruth Owen at the tax authority on an interim basis, taking over responsibility for the critical portfolios of business tax, Making Tax Digital and compliance, and customer services, although neither are permanent appointments

There are claims that ‘hundreds’ of KPMG partners could face large tax bills as a result of an ongoing and unresolved dispute between HMRC and the firm over historic eligibility claims

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has accused HMRC of breaching civil service purdah rules after contracts for its plan to move 60,000 staff to regional hubs were signed in the pre-election period

HMRC carried out 362 reviews into businesses' transfer pricing practices last year, with the amount of tax potentially unpaid or in dispute rising to £3.8bn, according to figures compiled by law firm Pinsent Masons

HMRC needs to learn lessons from its unpopular, defunct business record checks programme and needs to begin to invest in its systems ahead of Making Tax Digital, says Yvette Nunn, director of Berkeley Associates 

US President Donald Trump has applied for an extension to the deadline for filing his 2016 tax returns, amid continuing controversy over his failure to make the data public, but has not given the reason for his decision

Peter Rayney FCA CTA TEP, examines the impact of dividend tax changes to trusts and their beneficiaries from bare trusts to interest in posession trusts, starting by highlighting some very important anti-avoidance rules, which effectively take precedence over all the other provisions, with worked examples of how to use trusts effectively