As the National Living Wage comes into force bringing in a pay increase for over one million workers as the minimum rate rises to £7.20 per hour, the government has doubled the size of penalties for non-compliance

The overhaul of personal savings interest comes into force next week when individual savers will be allocated up to £1,000 of tax-free savings under the government's new personal savings allowance (PSA), although few savers seem to be aware of the changes which come into effect from 6 April

Due to a technical problem on the HMRC website, there are problems filing returns using the new code 04 for transactions using the 3% stamp duty land tax (SDLT) levy payable by second home purchasers and buy-to-let landlords which comes into effect from 1 April 

In the latest attempt to dampen overseas demand for UK property, the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED) charge has been extended to properties worth £500,000 upwards for non-natural persons and company acquisitions

In a hectic month for tax cases, the long-running Rangers EBT case heads back to court, while bankers at Deutsche Bank and UBS lose fight with HMRC over taxability of bonus scheme, Revell beats HMRC over wrong address claims, while rollout of digital tax accounts leave taxpayers confused about compliance

VAT expert Graham Elliott highlights key VAT cases this month from challenging occupancy issues over a dwelling in Richard Burton, taxable supplies in Norseman Gold and façade retention issues in Boxmoor

David Heaton, employment tax expert on how HMRC’s rush to move services online leaves tax advisers and payroll teams confused, progress on the employment status review and latest company car advisory fuel rates

HMRC has issued final technical guidance on how individual taxpayers can reclaim income tax relief for irrecoverable peer-to-peer (P2P) loans made through a regulated lending platform

Large businesses who are repeatedly accused of using aggressive tax planning and deemed to be 'uncooperative' with tax inspectors from HMRC are at risk of being put into a new ‘special measures’ regime which will apply to large business, as part of the government's crackdown on corporate tax avoidance

Moving services online from HMRC's much vaunted digital tax accounts to probate registration services with the Ministry of Justice has coincided with a worrying increase in fees for government delivered services. The latest target seems to be inheritance as probate charges are set to soar, warns Yvette Nunn, director of Berkeley Associates

New rules to force large businesses and some partnerships to publish an annual tax strategy are set to come into force later this year and will affect 2,000 of the UK’s largest businesses with a penalty regime in place for those companies that fail to comply 

Changes announced in the Budget to tackle disguised remuneration avoidance schemes, including employee benefit trusts (EBTs) are set to bring in more than £2bn in additional tax over the life of this parliament, according to ambitous estimates released by HMRC