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Tax | Former Chelsea footballer hit with £466k tax bill

HMRC has won a victory at the tribunal after former footballer Craig Burley was told to pay a six figure tax bill related to historic investments in two film scheme partnerships

21 Aug 2025

Tax | Unwarranted discovery assessment for jointly owned property

Kerry Costello, enquiries consultant at Croner-i My VIP Tax Team, explains how a thorny issue with HMRC over the tax status of a property jointly owned by a married couple was resolved

21 Aug 2025

Tax | Ex Tesco boss wins £1.5m pension tax dispute over Portugal DTA

A retired Tesco CEO has won a case against HMRC over an £1.5m claim for tax relief for SIPP pension withdrawals when he was living in Portugal, in an appeal centred around the UK-Portugal double tax treaty

21 Aug 2025

Tax | 170k scams against taxpayers reported to HMRC

Scammers are ramping up their activity as HMRC warns of risk of dodgy tax refund offers and even threats of arrest for failure to pay a tax bill

20 Aug 2025

Tax | AI chatbot hallucinates cases in failed £13k tax appeal

A taxpayer has been rapped by tribunal judge after using AI chatbot to justify his argument against HMRC using non-existent tax cases

19 Aug 2025

Tax | HMRC cuts late payment interest rate to 8%

Following the latest quarter percent cut in the base rate, HMRC will reduce late payment interest rate but not until late August

18 Aug 2025

Tax | Debunking TikTok tax myths

With over 12,000 TikTok posts offering tax advice, accountant issues warning about swathe of misleading tax advice and unverified content

15 Aug 2025

Tax | 864k landlords and self employed dragged into MTD

With just seven months to go until mandatory Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax, HMRC has confirmed that 864,000 landlords and self employed will be caught by the quarterly reporting rules from day one

14 Aug 2025

Tax | Delays see ADR tax cases take longer to resolve

The number of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) cases missing HMRC’s four-month resolution target has more than doubled in just 12 months

12 Aug 2025

Tax | Tax deadline to opt out of winter fuel payments

HMRC has set a cut-off date of mid September for pensioners to opt out of winter fuel payments to avoid tax clawback of whole amount

12 Aug 2025

Tax | Number of people paying dividend tax doubles

Nearly four million people are expected to pay dividend tax this year, with one in five higher rate taxpayers caught in the net as the tax-free allowance is whittled down

11 Aug 2025

Tax | Alternative dispute resolution – trade-off or solution?

Rocky Webb, enquiry consultant at Croner-i My VIP Tax Team, explores the benefits of entering into an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process with HMRC

7 Aug 2025

Tax | Q&A: director’s loans and bed & breakfasting

In this week’s Q&A, Sana Naveed ATT, adviser at Croner-i VIP Tax Team, explains the tax rules on repayment of director’s loan accounts and bed & breakfasting arrangements

6 Aug 2025

Tax | Standish case – a warning for tax professionals

The Supreme Court decision in Standish on the use of inheritance tax planning in a divorce has implications for accountants as HMRC ramps up investigations, warns Rachel Cook, counsel, Peters & Peters

6 Aug 2025