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Tax | ‘I’m not trying to trick you,’ tax barrister and prosecution clash in £2m trial

Top tax barrister takes to witness box again telling prosecution ‘If only I had a year to educate you in tax on trusts’

17 Jun 2026

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Case Reports

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Tax | Q&A: LLPs, tax and property transactions

In this week’s Q&A, David Woolley, adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the capital gains tax implications when members of a limited liability partnership want to sell out

16 Jun 2026

Tax | HMRC delays full rollout of payrolling for benefits in kind

After endless hesitations, HMRC quietly updates technical guidance confirming plan to delay most of the elements of mandatory real-time payrolling for benefits in kind, except for cars and medical insurance

16 Jun 2026

Tax | Bolt loses TOMS dispute with HMRC over charging VAT on fares

Court of Appeal rules against Bolt in dispute with HMRC about whether the ride hailing app is eligible to use tour operators’ margin scheme (TOMS) to avoid paying VAT

16 Jun 2026

Tax | Citadel ‘simply wasn’t on my horizon,’ tax barrister tells court

Tax barrister denies Citadel ‘used as a tax evasion scheme’, stating HMRC ‘really needed educating on the basics of tax’

15 Jun 2026

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Case Reports

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Tax | Making Tax Digital: are you ready for the first filing deadline?

Only a third of wave one cohort for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax have signed up so far. Paul Attridge, partner at Gerald Edelman explains what you need to do before first quarterly reporting deadline on 7 August

15 Jun 2026

Tax | Register for webinar on property tax

Join our expert webinar on tax and private residences at 2pm on 16 June

15 Jun 2026

Tax | Graduates paying 9% extra ‘tax’ as student loan costs hurt

Teachers and nurses earning £39,000 worse off than similar earners without a degree as student loan deductions hit 9% over certain thresholds

12 Jun 2026

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Tax | Tax barrister claims ‘incandescent’ HMRC tried ‘to cancel me’

Taking to witness box tax barrister defends his reputation, saying HMRC tried to ‘cancel me’ as they were ‘incandescent’ and ‘furious’ over past court losses over tax disputes

12 Jun 2026

Tax

Case Reports

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Tax | Tax fraud warning on use of bills of exchange

HMRC warns taxpayers not to fall for bills of exchange and money order schemes sold by scurrilous promotors as not accepted as payment for tax debts

11 Jun 2026

Business | Coming soon… Croner Intelligence AI virtual assistant

Exciting news for accountants and finance professionals as we prepare to launch Croner Intelligence, our brand new AI virtual assistant

11 Jun 2026

Tax | IT downtime closes multiple HMRC online services this weekend

Majority of HMRC’s digital services from agent services accounts (ASAs) to Making Tax Digital, some PAYE and VAT affected by major IT maintenance planned for most of weekend

10 Jun 2026

Tax | Ted Baker collapsed owing £789k tax bill

Fashion retailer fell apart due to ‘significant level of arrears’ owing £50.3m to creditors, including £789,000 in tax due to HMRC

10 Jun 2026

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HMRC

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Tax | Michelin chef backs campaign for 10% VAT rate

Celebrity and Michelin chef Tom Kerridge joins VAT initiative with #VATsTheProblem petition

9 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

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Tax | 528k landlords and sole traders not signed up for MTD

With less than 60 days to go before the first quarterly filing date for wave one of MTD for Income Tax, over 400,000 taxpayers have not even registered

9 Jun 2026

Tax

Making Tax Digital

HMRC