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Tax | Budget 2017: changes to double taxation relief TAAR

The Budget included proposals for two changes to the double taxation relief targeted anti-avoidance rule (TAAR), in a bid to bring it into line with similar anti avoidance measures and to cut down on abusive arrangements

23 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: stopping abuse of employment allowance

The Budget contained a measure aimed at tackling employers who have a history of misusing the employment allowance (EA) to avoid paying the correct amount of national insurance contributions (NICs), by requiring employers to pay a bond equivalent to the amount of relief

23 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: points-based penalty system for late tax returns

Plans unveiled as part of the Budget papers to move to a points-based penalty system for late or missing tax returns have been criticised by the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT), over concerns the decision could result in unintended consequences, particularly when the Making Tax Digital regime starts

23 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: close companies gateway to tackle disguised remuneration

As part of the clampdown on abuse of disguised remuneration by company directors, the government plans to introduce further measures in Finance Bill 2018 to tackle existing, and prevent future use of, disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes

23 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: reverse charge to curb construction industry VAT fraud

The Chancellor included an early warning in the Budget of the government’s plans to tackle VAT fraud in the construction industry, by introducing a domestic ‘reverse charge’ VAT scheme for construction services

23 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: offshore investigation time limits extended

The government has outlined plans in the Budget to increase the time limits for assessing all offshore case of potential tax avoidance to at least 12 years where non-compliant behaviour is involved, with a consultation on this in spring 2018

23 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: rather more than first meets the eye

Mark Cawthron LLB CTA assesses the first autumn Budget in 20 years, outlining the key measures and stressing that a far from radical Budget actually disguised a number of significant tax measures

23 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: employment tax at a glance

Julie Clift CTA reviews the key changes to employment tax in the autumn Budget from company car tax changes to plans to widen the reach of IR35 legislation to the private sector and measures to tackle disguised remuneration

23 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: avoidance and evasion priorities for government

Meg Wilson CTA, specialist tax writer at Croner-i, unpicks the key avoidance and evasion measures announced in the Budget including disguised remuneration, abuse of the NICs employment allowance and related party schemes involving intangibles

23 Nov 2017

Tax | Dodwell: the iceberg Budget

There was little in the way of substantive announcements in the Budget and many with an arguably small impact on Exchequer but significant changes lurk beneath the surface, warns Bill Dodwell, head of tax policy at Deloitte

23 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: marriage allowance allows claims for deceased

The government is now accepting claims for the marriage allowance in cases where a partner has died before the claim was made, with such claims being able to be backdated by up to four years provided all other conditions for the allowance are met

22 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: air passenger duty frozen

Short-haul air passenger duty (APD) rates for 2019-20 will remain frozen as they have been since 2012, and there will be no increases in long-haul rates for economy passengers, although there will be an increase in the business class multiplier, the Chancellor announced in the Budget

22 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: fuel rates frozen for eighth year

In his Autumn budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced that the fuel duty rise, which was scheduled for April 2018, has been cancelled and rates have been frozen at 57.95 pence a litre for the eighth year, saving the average driver £160 a year

22 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: private sector set to face IR35 review

Chancellor Philip Hammond shied away from announcing confirmed action on a number of employment-related tax issues in his Budget speech, but the Treasury has said it will be consulting on how to tackle non-compliance with IR35 intermediaries legislation in the private sector next year

22 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: company car tax on diesel cars increases by 1%

From April 2018 the company car tax diesel supplement will increase to 4% from 3% for diesel cars that do not meet emission standards, while cars that do meet the standards will have the diesel supplement scrapped

22 Nov 2017

Tax | Budget 2017: higher rate SDLT rules clarified for divorce-related sales

The Chancellor has introduced a measure to grant relief from tax due under the higher rates of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) in certain cases, including where a divorce related court order prevents someone from disposing of their interest in a main residence

22 Nov 2017