HMRC’s latest statistics show it collected over £2bn in stamp duty land tax (SDLT) in the first quarter of the year, but the number of transactions is falling, partly as a result of the changes to the taxation of additional properties

The European Council has adopted legislation, known as the Protection of the Union's Financial Interests (PIF) directive, designed to protect the financial interests of the EU by having common rules for the prosecution and sanctioning of crimes against EU finances, including VAT fraud, making it easier to recover misused EU funds

Newcastle United's managing director, Lee Charnley, has been released without charge following his arrest on 26 April as part of HMRC's investigation into possible tax and national insurance fraud at several football clubs

HMRC has updated the HS288 partnerships and capital gains tax summary notes to reflect 2017/18 tax rates and clarify reporting requirements for carried interest and gains affected by entrepreneurs’ relief

The government ‘remains committed to the digital future of the tax system’ despite the forthcoming general election, financial secretary to the Treasury Jane Ellison claimed in a letter to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee

LibDem MP Greg Mulholland has tabled an early day motion calling for HMRC to review the tax treatment of those using avoidance schemes which have been challenged, although the proposal is highly unlikely to get a hearing before Parliament is dissolved

Changes to the rules on inheritance tax charges on residential property for non UK domiciles have been dropped from the rushed Finance Bill, creating uncertainty for high net value individuals, warns Mercer & Hole 

President Trump’s administration has revealed plans for what it is calling ‘one of the biggest tax cuts in history’, which include slashing corporation tax to 15%, but has given few details of how the new regime would work or the timeline for its introduction

In a regular timetable update for HMRC's Making Tax Digital, CCH Daily sets out the key dates for the start of quarterly reporting and the subsequent year end reconciliation tax report, based on company or partnership size and turnover. This list will be updated regularly to reflect any changes to reporting requirements

Bill Dodwell, head of tax policy at Deloitte, is critical of HMRC's failure to address a computation problem on self assessment, which has resulted in miscaluations of tax liability and hints that many taxpayers will end up paying the wrong tax and may even have to revert to filing paper tax returns

The amount of self assessment income tax paid in the UK has increased 18% to £599m in March 2017 compared to £333m last year, with HMRC collecting £33bn more taxes over the past year, according to HMRC’s tax collection statistics

The revised Finance Bill 2017 appears to have clarified earlier confusion on changes to overseas pension taxation and the employer-financed retirement benefits schemes (EFRBS), setting out grandfathering provisions, although there are still potential pitfalls