There are reports that Boeing is about to be hit with a claim for up to $9bn (£7.23bn) in the latest stage of a long-running battle over claims of illegal tax breaks, with indications that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is set to find in favour of the EU which brought the latest complaint that the US aerospace manufacturer has broken state aid rules

Chancellor Philip Hammond missed the opportunity to make the tax code more equipped for the digital age with a root and branch review, says Grant Thornton head of tax Jonathan Riley

Bill Dodwell, head of tax policy at Deloitte and president of the CIOT considers the key tax measures announced in the Budget and the impact on businesses from interest deductibility to lower corporation tax, a curb on salary sacrific and increased national insurance costs for employers

Opinion is divided as to the impact on company car provision following the Chancellor’s announcement in the Autumn Statement of a radical overhaul of the current salary sacrifice arrangements, with suggestions that there is likely to be a rush of purchases pushed through before the April 2017 start date for the new tax regime

Chancellor Philip Hammond’s real bombshell was that the twice a year Budget/Autumn Statement cycle is to be broken, but not scrapped, says ACCA head of taxation Chas Roy-Chowdhury

The Autumn Statement contained measures to incentivise take-up of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs), by reforming the appropriate percentage banding structure used in establishing the taxable benefit for ULEV company cars and funding more development work. 

Museums and galleries are set to benefit from tax relief for permanent exhibitions, an extension of the touring exhibitions relief already in place

From 6 April 2017, the cap on the investment limit for investors in social enterprises will rise to £1.5m for organisation up to seven years old using social investment tax relief (SITR)

The government will legislate to provide HMRC and taxpayers earlier certainty on individual matters in large, high risk and complex tax enquiries, it was confirmed in the Autumn Statement

The last Autumn Statement signalled a fairly light approach to significant tax changes which will be a welcome respite for tax advisers and businesses. Here our team of expert Wolters Kluwer tax writers run through the tax implications of key measures

The government has confirmed in the Autumn Statement it is to press ahead with the introduction of restrictions to interest deductibility for corporates

The abolition of the Autumn Statement and shift of the Budget to the third quarter of the year will reduce churn in the tax code, says the Institute of Directors' head of taxation Stephen Herring