Download the HMRC CGT indexation allowance for December 2017 onwards, RPI Index for March 2019 and HMRC rates of interest, and the current stamp duty land tax (SDLT) and land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) rates, and more

HMRC plans to expand the online features on the Trust Registration Service where the majority of trusts and estates have to be listed, following criticism of the system, which is slow to navigate and offers limited services

The triple lock for the state pension should be removed, better-off workers over state pension age should pay National Insurance contributions (NICs) while they continue to work, and the ‘capricious’ inheritance tax (IHT) regime must be overhauled, says House of Lords committee

The Scottish government has announced further delays to its flagship plans to introduce an air departure tax (ADT) in Scotland, which would replace UK wide air passenger duty (APD) and offer a 50% reduction on the UK rate, to the fury of local airport operators

HMRC is warning young adults who may have less experience of the tax system to be especially vigilant about tax refund scams via smartphone, as fraudsters ramp up activity after the self assessment season

In our regular Q&A series from Croner Taxwise, tax adviser Amaira Badat considers the tax implications of the deemed domiciled rules for a non-domiciled long-term resident with foreign income below £2,000

HMRC is ramping up its action against businesses which fail to prevent facilitation of tax evasion by staff, but compliance levels are low. Businesses should act now given the risk of corporate criminal investigations, explains Ben Jones, tax partner at Eversheds Sutherland

Media star Kaye Adams, the presenter of ITV’s Loose Women programme, is the latest celebrity to win an IR35 challenge, with a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) finding the terms of her personal services contract (PSC) for BBC radio shows meant she was not an employee and did not have to pay some £125,000 of PAYE and National Insurance contributions (NICs), reports Pat Sweet

HMRC is claiming the new direct recovery of debt (DRD) powers to recover money owed directly from individuals’ bank and building society accounts have raised £178m of tax revenue, against a background of a low volume of complaints, objections or appeals, with the majority settling before direct intervention was needed

Actor Robert Glenister has lost a NICs appeal over the operations of his personal service company (PSC), Big Bad Wolff, at an Upper Tribunal

HMRC has published preliminary guidance on how to prepare for changes to the off-payroll working rules from 6 April 2020, even though the consultation on the extension of the rules to the private sector has yet to close for comment

HMRC has cancelled another 2,600 of its controversial accelerated payment notices (APNs) during the last year, according to law firm RPC, which says over 10% of APNs issued since 2014 have been withdrawn, raising concerns the process is becoming ‘commoditised’