Barcelona and Argentina football star Lionel Messi is set to face trial for alleged tax evasion after a Spanish court rejected the striker's appeal against his prosecution on the grounds that his father was responsible for his finances

The government has confirmed plans to clampdown on the use of hybrid mismatches as part of moves to tackle aggressive tax planning, and is to set out the proposals in the Autumn Statement in December

The University of Huddersfield has lost its case against HMRC at the Upper Tribunal (UT) over a claim that the use of a complex leasing scheme to claim a £600,000 VAT refund amounted to tax avoidance, in a reversal of an earlier decision by the First Tier Tribunal (FTT)

HMRC has updated the employment intermediaries guidance to add new reporting requirements from 6 July 2015

HMRC has published a consultation document on the effect of withdrawing three of their extra-statutory concessions (ESCs), two on income tax and one on capital gains tax (CGT), for comment by 8 January 2015

The tax authorities will have new powers set in law from October 2014 to increase the limits on coding out statements for PAYE so that employees could potentially have half their earnings over £30,000 clawed back by HMRC to settle tax debts

Graham Elliott, transaction tax consultation at Withers Worldwide reviews the latest VAT news from the ongoing dispute between the Direct Mail Association and HMRC over zero rate liability under the 'package test', the future of blocking orders for new house developers post Taylor Wimpey case and GMAC win at ECJ

The key tax filing deadlines for the next quarter from corporation tax returns to PAYE cheque payments

Chancellor George Osborne has signalled the government’s intention to prevent multinational IT firms from diverting profits offshore in order to avoid corporation tax in a move which could clamp down on the use of Ireland as a primary tax jurisdiction to avoid UK tax liability