HMRC is scoring big when it comes to football finance, with a £3.3bn total tax take from the Premier League in the 2016/17 season, up by 50% from 2013/14

Tax reliefs to support decommissioning of the UK’s offshore oil and gas infrastructure are set to cost £24bn, although the actual figure is highly uncertain according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO), which says there are there are gaps in the government’s understanding of the costs and benefits of changes to the tax regime

HMRC is investing more resources in technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and ground-breaking technology with the creation of the first innovation team at the tax authority briefed to collaborate with external IT specialists to develop innovative software to improve tax collection and close the tax gap

The arrival of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT reporting from April 2019 is forcing businesses to upgrade their accounting practices. David McGeachy and Alison Hobbs of Saffery Champness examine the future plans for the extension of MTD to all taxes

If building companies find the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) onerous, the extension of IR35 off-payroll working to private companies will create even more tax compliance work. Ross Stupart, tax partner at RSM, explains

The EU tax gap resulting from largely domestic tax evasion could be as high as €825bn a year, with up to €190bn also lost through corporate tax avoidance, according to a report from the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament

Spain is set to introduce a digital services tax (DST) which would be levied at 3% on the digital revenues of large tech companies, along with a financial services transactions tax, which together are expected to raise around €2bn (£1.76bn) a year

There are just over 70 days until Making Tax Digital (MTD) goes live in the UK. James Bunney looks at several other countries where digital reporting has been introduced in recent years

The UK has signed a new Israel tax agreement to update the double taxation convention (DTC) with the country, offering reduced dividend tax rates for inward investors

With less than 80 days to the rollout of Making Tax Digital for VAT, a number of professional institutes, inlcuding AAT, ACCA, ATT, CIOT and STEP, have released initial engagement letters defining client relationships under the new digital reporting framework

HMRC has updated its guidance on the use of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) service, providing taxpayers with improved information over when and in what circumstances the service can be used