HMRC has updated its factsheet on tax avoidance and accelerated payment notices (APNs), first published in August 2014, providing more detail on what taxpayers should do if they disagree with an APN

The European Commission has introduced new rules which mean that member states have to automatically disclose information on all cross border tax rulings, in an attempt to increase transparency

The latest CCH Daily CPD module focuses on tips and advice on how to write effective engagement letters for tax clients to ensure certain levels of protection in the event of increasingly tough tax sanctions and penalties

Nearly 4,000 large businesses can expect significantly higher tax bills upon the introduction of interest deductibility for corporation tax, says Alvarez & Marsal Taxand managing director Kevin Hindley

Taxpayers remained in the party spirit this year with 8,390 (34%) less people choosing to submit their self-assessment tax return online on New Years Eve, compared to last year’s record breaking figure of 24,546

Nearly two thirds of buy-to-let landlords are worried that they will be hit by the April 2017 changes to income tax relief and stricter mortgage affordability checks, although the majority plan to retain their property investments

Accountants, bankers, lawyers and other advisers who enable offshore tax evasion face tough new sanctions from the start of 2017, including being publicly ‘named and shamed’

With the self assessment online deadline closing at the end of the month the UK’s sole traders are set to spend 9.5 hours doing their tax returns, according to research by expenses management app provider 1Tap Receipts which also identified very low levels of understanding about HMRC’s making tax digital (MTD) plans

Jackie Hall ACA CTA, partner at RSM on Apprenticeship Levy, compliance issues with the rise of the sharing and gig economies, Australian backpacker tax

A move to counter tax-driven phoenix practices creates uncertainty for legitimate company liquidations. Peter Rayney FCA CTA considers the options to avoid HMRC’s so-called ‘unacceptable arrangements’

In our annual review, we talk to leading tax and accounting experts about their concerns and hopes for 2017 from Brexit scenario planning to the rushed move to HMRC Making Tax Digital and a host of new financial reporting requirements. By Rachel Willcox

 This month's review of tax cases and tax news including notifications on complex offshore financial arrangements, no delay for Making Tax Digital, inaccuracy penalty suspended, research and development (R&D) relief denied