People in the public eye and other prominent figures who are believed to be participants in tax avoidance schemes are being blocked from receiving public honours if they are named on a list maintained by HMRC, according to reports

Concerns over long-term care costs are evident following rumours about the introduction of a care ISA with leftover savings being exempt from inheritance tax. Sara White, editor of Accountancy, outlines some of the problems faced by government and urges MPs to focus on the longer term rather than the parliamentary cycle

Despite some high-profile run-ins between elite football players and the taxman, while football club finance directors remain concerned about tax compliance risks, few are expecting difficulties in defending any actions HMRC may take, according to analysis by BDO

HMRC paid informants more than £343,000 last year for providing information on potential tax evasion, down from a peak of £605,000 in 2015, but still a potential ethical challenge according to City law firm RPC

A tax agent who sought to challenge HMRC’s view that he had engaged in dishonest conduct by creating false invoices to reduce a client’s tax liabilities has lost his appeal at a tribunal

HMRC has published the latest advisory fuel rates (AFR) for company car users, effective from 1 September 2018 introducing a 4p advisory electricity rate for fully electric cars

HMRC is warning people about the potential risks of using some remuneration arrangements offered via agencies and umbrella companies which are marketed as saving tax and increasing take home pay, but are in effect tax avoidance schemes and open to challenge

The Treasury's tax revenue in the last 12 months was £602bn, the first time this threshold has been passed in a 12-month period, according to analysis by Blick Rothenberg

Capital gains tax is being extended to non-residents for gains arising from property and land sales in the UK from April 2019. Stephanie Webber ACA CTA, specialist tax writer at Croner-i, examines the draft rules and potential pitfalls 

HMRC has supplied a further update to its guidance on the new requirement to correct (RTC) rule, which comes into effect from 30 September, with information about penalties and other sanctions, ways of making a correction and the information required when making a disclosure that no tax is due

When an employee is made redundant and is receiving statutory maternity pay (SMP), Lizabeth Lay, tax & payroll adviser at Croner Taxwise explains the employer liability for payments, tax code calculations and PAYE compliance issues 

The Chancellor has indicated he will be announcing proposals for new tax measures to reduce the use of plastics at Budget 2018, after the Treasury received 162,000 responses, the highest in its history, to a recent call for evidence on how the tax system can be used to reduce plastic waste