Four men and one woman have been arrested on suspicion of fraud in connection with promoting arrangements designed to avoid paying the loan charge

With weeks to go until the IR35 rules come into force, the government has released the findings of its off-payroll review, with no backtracking on initial plans

A change in the way ONS calculates the income of the highest paid using tax data from HMRC has made the wealth gap worse  

Veteran TV presenter Eamonn Holmes has lost a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal regarding his status as a freelancer under IR35 rules, with the judge determining his contract with ITV’s This Morning programme amounted to employment

An accountant has been left facing a potential £431,400 tax bill after losing a case at First Tier Tribunal (FTT) over a claim for goodwill on the sale of his business, with HMRC arguing it did not exist

HMRC has been accused of being ‘out of step’ with other large commercial organisations over its ban on the use of credit cards by individuals to pay their tax bills, leaving some unable to pay and facing penalties

The twice-delayed changes to national insurance contributions (NICs) on termination payments are finally scheduled to come into effect in April. Martin Jackson ATT, head of employment taxes at Croner-i, explains

Take up of the government’s tax-free childcare (TFC) scheme, intended to replace childcare vouchers, has been hampered by a lack of understanding about who is eligible and the financial benefits

Tax reliefs introduced to support government economic and social objectives now cost £155bn a year, but the HMRC and the Treasury are failing to monitor and evaluate the spiralling costs, and need to make substantial progress in improving how these are managed

A dispute between a taxpayer and HMRC over the format of tax data provided for an information notice for disclosure under schedule 36 of Finance Act 2008 could only be resolved at a tax tribunal. Neil Tipping, senior tax consultant at Croner Taxwise, examines the issues

Hundreds of campaigners demonstrated outside parliament earlier today to protest the off-payroll working rules which will increase tax for private sector contractors from April

The taxation of crypoassets and digital currencies is evolving as regulators try to get a grip on this fast moving, complex alternative to traditional hard currency. Ben Saunders CTA, tax writer at Croner-i, examines income tax and corporation tax compliance issues based on the current HMRC guidance