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Tax | CPD module: MTD for Income Tax from April 2026

This month’s exclusive CPD module focuses on the reporting requirements for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax for landlords and self employed starting in April 2026

20 Nov 2025

Tax | Pension tax hikes will push NHS workers out

Tax rises at the Budget will be damaging for NHS workforce with threat of income tax tweaks, threshold freezes and costly partnership national insurance, warns Katie Collin, partner at Ramsay Brown LLP

20 Nov 2025

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Tax | HMRC showed ‘cavalier’ approach to child benefit checks

MPs on the influential Treasury Committee criticise HMRC crackdown on potential abuse of child benefit system, leaving parents without crucial payments and giving little time to respond to checks

19 Nov 2025

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18 Nov 2025

Tax | Private mileage rates frozen at 45p per mile for years

Employees who use their own car to travel for work business ‘stranded on the roadside’ by absurdly low mileage rates, which have lost touch with inflation, warns Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT)

18 Nov 2025

Tax | Winter fuel payments land in bank accounts

Not all the nine million pensions receiving a winter fuel payment into their bank accounts from today will be able to keep the benefit as it will be taxable for several millions

12 Nov 2025

Tax | Christmas hustlers risk big tax bills

People selling homemade crafts and Christmas cards at markets this December need to keep within the £1,000 side hustle threshold, or face a demand from HMRC

12 Nov 2025

Tax | Two thirds of ISA savers would not use shares ISA

Plans to slash the cash ISA allowance may backfire as little appetite to transfer funds to a stocks and shares options as risk too high

12 Nov 2025

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Tax | Will chancellor cut £5.1bn pension salary sacrifice tax break?

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has written to MPs warning of the dangers of ending salary sacrifice arrangements for pension contributions

10 Nov 2025

Tax | Understanding the tax implications of buying crypto

A surge in HMRC letters to crypto investors is causing widespread concern about a lack of awareness about their individual tax liability, warns Neil Tipping, lead tax enquiry consultant at Croner-i VIP Tax Team

6 Nov 2025

Tax | Letter blitz as HMRC cracks down on crypto investors

In a big push to improve tax compliance, HMRC sent out over 65,000 nudge letters to hobby crypto traders it suspects of underpaying tax on gains, while holders not clear about tax rules

30 Oct 2025

Tax | Q&A: tax liability when converting loans to shares

In this week’s Q&A, David Woolley ATT, tax adviser at Croner-i VIP Tax Team, explains the tax considerations for funding bonds when converting a loan to a company into shares under s322(4) debt to equity rules

28 Oct 2025

Business | Partnership NICs will deal damaging blow to accountants

The LLP model for accountancy firms is under threat from latest talk of a wholly new concept of Partnership NICs, and brings more than just higher tax bills, warns Ivor Gwilliams, legal director at Fox & Partners

27 Oct 2025

Tax | Paper tax return deadline on 31 October final reminder

Any taxpayers still doing a paper self assessment tax return must file their 2024-25 forms by Friday 31 October, which means getting them in the post sharpish

24 Oct 2025

Tax | Bombshell as chancellor considers 1% income tax hike

As the Treasury stays tight lipped about potential tax rises in the Budget, officials are busy briefing behind the scenes about a 1p increase in income tax, potentially breaking Labour’s big three tax pledge

24 Oct 2025