Barcelona football striker Neymar has had a 188.8m Brazilian reals (£49m) fine for tax fraud halved after a Brazilian tax appeals court ruled in his favour and reduced an earlier penalty for alleged non-payment of income tax

The Treasury has unveiled plans to create a new watchdog and published updated money laundering regulations in a bid to tackle potential weaknesses in the supervisory system that criminals may be trying to exploit

 The £25bn raised in annual business rates is going to be protected by government whatever happens but it needs to be reformed as business evolves, says Mark Cawthron 

Chancellor, Philip Hammond has abandoned plans to increase self employed Class 4 National Insurance Contributions (NICs), announced as part of the spring budget last week, after he received criticism for breaking a 2015 manifesto pledge

As the deadline for triggering Article 50 approaches, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has criticised the threat from government ministers to turn the UK into a ‘low-tax, low-regulation, tax-haven economy’ if they are unable to reach a deal with the EU within two years

HMRC has published guidance on its disclosure programme for businesses which take payments via credit or debit card transactions, but which may have failed to declare all the tax due on their income

Our essential snapshot of the key measures announced in Budget 2017, Finance Bill 2017 and NICs Bill, including NICs hike for self employed, dividend tax-free allowance slashed to £2k, overseas pensions transfers (QROPS) face potential 25% tax surcharge and Making Tax Digital rollout delayed for smallest companies and landlords sub-VAT threshold

In our roundup of the Spring Budget 2017 essentials, we review the key tax measures announced in a slimline event, from the unexpected hike in national insurance rates for the self employed to a cut in the tax-free dividend allowance, potential tax liability for pensions transferred overseas, corporation tax cuts and VAT roaming charges for long haul travellers for the first time

The farming community will be hard hit by the arbitrary mandation of quarterly reporting under HMRC's plans for Making Tax Digital due to roll out from April 2018. Michael Parker CTA, head of tax at the National Farmers Union (NFU) is critical of the inflexibility of the system and high compliance costs for farmers

HMRC's Making Tax Digital research confirms that the project will not be an 'easy sell' with it facing backlash over the low threshold for quarterly reporting, despite the implementation date being pushed back to April 2019

Chancellor Philip Hammond, in his spring Budget speech, announced the rates for the soft drinks industry levy, which is set to come into force from April 2018, setting them at 18p per litre for the main rate and 24p per litre for the higher rate

Chancellor Philip Hammond confirmed a number of simplifications in reporting for oil and gas companies and extensions to investment allowances in Budget 2017, as well as announcing a future consultation on the tax arrangement for the transfer of late-life assets, in a bid to support recovery in the sector