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Tax | Updated R&D rules fight fraud and abuse

With £300m lost in fraudulent R&D tax credit claims last year, the government’s new PAYE cap for innovative firms will crack down on abuse while giving genuinely innovative businesses vital cash, says GovGrant’s Stephanie Taylor

28 Jan 2021

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Tax | Tax and electric vehicles: what you need to know

Stephen Relf, senior tax writer at Croner-I, examines the tax implications of buying electric vehicles and the impact of first year allowances (FYA)

27 Jan 2021

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Tax | Q&A: top five Brexit questions from our VAT helpline

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise, VAT advice consultant, Sally Atkins, explores the most answered Brexit questions from the VAT advice helpline, covering tax on sales, B2C services and more

26 Jan 2021

Tax | EU tax haven list ‘ineffective’

The European Parliament has called the current EU list of tax havens ‘confusing and ineffective’, claiming it is not catching the worst offenders and should apply more stringent assessments

25 Jan 2021

Tax | Self assessment scam warning

With just a week to go until the 31 January tax self assessment deadline, scammers posing as HMRC are using various scams to try to defraud people, ICAEW has warned

22 Jan 2021

Tax | HMRC penalties double in six months

The value of penalties HMRC is imposing on taxpayers each month shot up in the last six months, following the lull in compliance activities during the first lockdown, according to analysis by tax investigation insurance specialist PfP

20 Jan 2021

Tax | MPs slam HMRC’s out of date tech

MPs have criticised HMRC’s response to the Covid-19 crisis, claiming some groups of taxpayers have been unfairly excluded from support packages, while the department’s strategy for property and IT systems has been shown to be wanting

20 Jan 2021

Tax | Call for HMRC to extend self assessment deadline

ACCA has added its voice to calls for HMRC to extend the deadline for self-assessment tax returns on January 31, with the professional body warning that failure to do so could land millions of hard-hit entrepreneurs with fines totalling £250m

19 Jan 2021

Tax | Q&A: freight transport changes

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise, VAT adviser, Arti Sonpal, explores changes to the VAT liability of supplies following the end of the Brexit transition period

19 Jan 2021

Tax | Q&A: define an SME for R&D purposes

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise, tax consultant, David Woolley, explains how to define when an SME becomes a large business for research and development (R&D) purposes

12 Jan 2021

Tax | Feedback sought on VAT and value shifting rule changes

HMRC is consulting on planned revisions to the rules for apportioning the VAT consideration between supplies with mixed liabilities in a single transaction, in a bid to tackle ‘inappropriate’ value shifting when providing bundles of goods or services

7 Jan 2021

Tax | DAC 6 to be replaced by OECD rules

There are to be changes to the way UK intermediaries report cross border tax arrangements post-Brexit, with the EU DAC directive set to be replaced by OECD rules later this year

6 Jan 2021

Tax | Q&A: VAT changes to B2C professional services

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise, VAT adviser, Priyesh Mistry, explores whether accountants continue to charge UK VAT on tax returns for individuals living in the EU, or if they become the same as the work for non-EU clients

5 Jan 2021

Tax | Environmental tax breaks would drive green tech investment

Lower rates for entrepreneurs in green technology would help to inspire investment in the UK, creating jobs and export opportunities as part of the Green Recovery Plan, argues Blick Rothenberg’s David Hough

5 Jan 2021

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Tax | Richest 1% hold almost a quarter of UK wealth

The UK’s wealthiest 1% of households hold almost £800bn in assets official statistics show, raising their share of household wealth to 23%, according to the Resolution Foundation

4 Jan 2021