With six months to go until IR35 off-payroll rules for contractors are extended to the private sector, HMRC is coming under fire over the lack of detailed information about liabilities about employment status

The key HMRC filing deadlines from October to December 2019 including notification of chargeability for income tax/capital gains tax for 2018-19 if not registered for self assessment, loan charge payment deadline and Making Tax Digital for VAT reporting for deferred entry businesses

Download the current HMRC CGT indexation allowance unchanged since December 2017, RPI index for August 2019, HMRC rates of interest, and property tax rates including SDLT, Scottish LBTT and Welsh LTT

The accounting treatment of student loans and a miscalculation in corporation tax revenue has led to a £17.8bn hike in government borrowing reveals analysis by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)

Croner-i tax writer Paul Davies FCA CTA examines the tax consequences of the disposal of asset types, including intangible fixed assets and capital allowance assets

Starbucks has won a long-running tax case against the European Commission over accusations that it subverted state aid rules to reduce its tax bill in the Netherlands

Campaigning group Fair Tax Mark is to launch a research and development project looking at ways to expand its existing accreditation scheme to include businesses headquartered outside the UK, in response to fears of ‘bottom of the barrel’ kitemarks appearing

Ireland and Italy have lost a lengthy battle to overturn an EU demand for the recovery of millions of euros in taxes from two aluminium metal manufacturers, following a judgment that a tax exemption amounted to illegal state aid

Two US subsidiaries of financial services giant Prudential Financial have been censured by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing to disclose conflicts of interest and making misleading disclosures, after they were reorganised so that Prudential received over $200m (£160m) in tax benefits to the detriment of funds they advised

IT giant Apple and the Irish government are at the EU general court this week, challenging a ruling that the company should pay €13bn (£11.5bn) in back taxes

In our regular Q&A series from Croner Taxwise, Alexander McCarthy explains when a claimed capital allowance is allowable in the event that a hire purchase agreement on a car has not been paid off

Small business taxpayers feel that HMRC does not understand their needs and are worried that any mistakes will be perceived as intentional and result in penalties