Italy has revealed plans to introduce a ‘web tax’, which is expected to bring in €114m annually via a 6% levy on digital sales made by technology companies to consumers based in the country

Personal income taxes are playing an increasingly significant role in the tax mix of countries around the world as revenues from social security contributions and consumption taxes fall, and corporate tax collections remain low, according to an OECD report

The UK financial services sector paid a record £34.8bn in tax contributions in the last financial year, the highest amount of tax the sector has paid in the 10 years the data has been collected for the City of London Corporation

MHA MacIntyre Hudson tax director Nigel Morris provides a detailed round up of the tax changes for cars, vans, fuels and electric vehicles following the Budget, including for diesel cars and driverless technology 

HMRC has published the latest advisory fuel rates (AFR) for company car users, effective from 1 December 2017 reflecting the upward trend in forecourt fuel prices

Plans to reduce the corporation tax rate to 17% from 2020 will be kept with the current 19% rate remaining unchanged, the Chancellor has confirmed

The Budget 2017 is unlikely to be looked back upon with particular sepia-tinged fondness by anyone, but the Chancellor did just enough to satisfy business, says the Institute of Directors head of taxation Stephen Herring

The number of people starting new apprenticeships has fallen sharply since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy on 6 April 2017

The plan to tax royalties posted overseas on the back of UK-based sales from April 2018 sets a clear pointer in terms of the government's general approach to clamping down on aggressive tax planning by the digital multinational giants like Amazon, Apple and Google. Philip Smith asks whether the Budget proposal will work

Elements of the hybrid mismatch regime are to be amended, it has been confirmed in the Budget, although the changes are not intended to alter the scope of the scheme

As the Chancellor leans on anti-avoidance and evasion measures to raise revenue, CIOT tax policy director John Cullinane raises concerns over the way some policies in the Budget were formed

Paul Davies ACA, specialist tax writer at Croner-i, gives a round-up of the key changes to corporate taxes announced in the Budget, from freezing the indexation allowance on chargeable gains to the increase in R&D relief and tightening of the corporate interest restriction rules