The rates for calculating personal tax liability for the van benefit charge and the car and van fuel benefit charges are set to increase in 2017-18

The OECD has updated its guidance on Action 4 of its Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project relating to interest deductions, with particular reference to the group ratio rule and the risks posed by the banking and insurance sectors

HMRC is to replace the current free PDF filing software for company tax returns for unrepresented companies and charities with straightforward tax affairs with an online only system from April 2017

The government’s consultation process for HMRC’s flagship making tax digital (MTD) proposals has been heavily criticised as being too rushed and leaving little time for a successful implementation in an end of year report on tax policy from the Tax Professionals Forum

Irish airlines Ryanair and Aer Lingus face paying back millions of euros in air travel taxes after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that they had benefited from unlawful state aid and said the money must be recovered regardless of whether they had actually been able to exercise an unfair economic advantage

As the final online shopping parcels hit the doormat in time for Christmas, HMRC says it has registered a ten-fold increase in the number of internet retailers registering for VAT since gaining new powers in regards to overseas sellers

A cross-party group of MPs is pushing the government to force the UK’s overseas territories to publish public registers of beneficial ownership, in a bid to tackle the abuse of tax havens in countries including the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands

In keeping with the move to digital tax reporting, HMRC has introduced an online service for submitting a landfill tax return

Government is investing in HMRC in order to strengthen the tax authority’s anti-avoidance capability, warns KPMG tax director Kevin Elliott

As the regulatory environment around companies tightens in the quest for tax transparency and to curb use of tax havens, new rules on Automatic Exchange of Information and Common Reporting Standard will overhaul the tax reporting environment for companies. Scott Freedman, director, product strategy at Sovos Compliance considers the key issues to consider

Businesses owe £1.8bn in late corporate tax payments, a 15% increase over the past year, according to research by online business finance supermarket Funding Options, which warns arrears could rise further if Brexit uncertainty causes the economy to slow down

Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has denied an MP’s claims that the footballer is involved in tax avoidance based on the way his image rights are handled with his spokesman saying all the striker’s tax dealings are complian