CCAB, the joint group representing the main UK accountancy bodies, has launched an initiative to provide easily accessible advice on choosing the right accountant or tax adviser, in a bid to improve access to services from regulated and qualified professionals

In this month's key employment tax updates, trivial benefits rule for PAYE excluded from Finance Bill 2015, dispensation on expenses deferred to 2016 and HMRC online checking service for share schemes now live, reports Lesley Fidler, associate director at Baker Tilly 

Our monthly roundup of VAT news includes final details of the EU VAT rules for micro businesses, changes to VAT valorisation as threshold rises to £82,000 and VAT refund boost for charities in Finance Bill 2015

The important HMRC filing deadlines for May to July 2015, including PAYE cheque payments, last date for employers to agree their PAYE settlement agreement for 2014/15 with HMRC and second self-assement payment on account for tax year 2014/15 

Download the latest CGT indexation allowance for January 2015, RPI Index for April 2014 and HMRC rates of interest, stamp duty land tax and land and buildings transaction tax rates, RPI index and more

The European Commission VAT committee published documents from its 102nd and 103rd meetings which included a document dealing with Skandia America Corp (USA), filial Sverige v Skatteverket (Case C-7/13)

HMRC has added the 2013 UK Netherlands double taxation convention - bank taxes document to its collection of treaty documents relating to the UK and Netherlands

Nine out of ten adults in marginal constituencies say tax dodging by large companies is morally wrong, according to a new ComRes poll for ActionAid, with nearly two thirds stating that political party promises to tackle tax avoidance have not gone far enough

CIOT has obtained an update from HMRC about the incorrect penalties imposed on trust and estate 2014 returns

As the general election campaign enters its final week Conservative leader David Cameron has reiterated his party’s commitment to a five year ‘triple tax lock’, and has said a future Conservative government would introduce legislation to ensure there would be no increase in the rate of income tax, VAT or national insurance contributions (NICs) over the term of the next parliament