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

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has announced a 100% tax on the signings of foreign players to curb transfer fees, which could stop players such as Diego Costa and Wayne Rooney from joining the Chinese Super League this summer

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has made the abolition of Scottish limited partnerships a key plank of its armoury against tax evasion in its 2017 election manifesto

From 2019, signatories to the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) framework will have to provide details of all current tax treaties and any potential abuse of double tax treaties on an annual basis

A judge clarifying a tax dispute between HMRC and partnerships set up by Ingenious Media has said the decision reached by the First Tier Tribunal was done so with 'misgivings and reluctance'

HMRC has updated the inheritance tax (IHT) calculator to include details on the nil-rate band for inheritance tax, which came into effect in April and gives married couples and civil partners a higher IHT allowance, set to reach £1m by 2020

Neither the Conservatives’ nor Labour’s manifestos address the long-term challenges faced by the public sector, according to assessment by the Institute for Fiscal Studies

The two main political parties are failing to address the majority of businesses’ top targets for tax reform, with both the Conservative and Labour manifestos meeting less than half of their key priorities, according to research by Moore Stephens

Spain's Supreme Court has confirmed a 21-month jail term for Barcelona striker and Argentinian football international Lionel Messi, for charges of tax fraud, but the player is unlikely to be sent off the pitch to serve time in prison

Looking for low risk, high returns alternatives to tradtional pensions savings is one of the big worries these days but is property such a safe bet anymore? Investment expert Lars Kroijer considers the options for investors, warning that over-reliance on property assets is not always the best policy or a sure fire profit income

HMRC has won a £3.1m case at a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) where part of the argument centred on whether or not the tax authority could challenge calculations derived from third party software developed to meet its own technical specifications, which may have implications for Making Tax Digital implementations

Only 16% of UK businesses support the idea of an EU-wide corporate tax rate, and just 6% of those in Ireland, compared to the majority of European businesses which are in favour of a common approach, according to research by Grant Thornton