Tax | All HMRC phonelines down in major outage

The entire HMRC phone system has been hit by a serious technical issue which means inbound callers are only met with a recorded message saying the service is down

4 Jun 2025

Tax

Business Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | HMRC online accounts hit by unauthorised access

Up to 100,000 taxpayers’ online personal tax accounts have been locked down after HMRC security systems detected unauthorised access to some accounts, having identified the issue nearly a year ago

4 Jun 2025

Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax | Cruise ship passengers face Scottish visitor tax

Passengers arriving in Scotland onboard cruise ships could be forced to pay a visitor tax when they get off at local ports under Holyrood proposals

3 Jun 2025

Tax

Personal Tax

Consultations

Tax | Flooring directors lose £50k furlough claim against HMRC

HMRC has won an appeal after two directors of a flooring company failed to justify their claims for Coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) for almost £50,000

3 Jun 2025

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Personal Tax

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | Class 2 NICs calculation problem not resolved

An issue with employee Class 2 NICs calculations is still causing headaches for self employed taxpayers and HMRC is still trying to sort it out

2 Jun 2025

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Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Only one in four say HMRC provides ‘good customer service’

Less than a quarter of taxpayers have a favourable view of HMRC, the lowest proportion since tracking began in 2020

2 Jun 2025

Tax

Making Tax Digital

Business Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

Business | Salary or dividends: what’s best for company directors?

Cheryl Sharp, CEO, Pink Pig Financials, explains pros and cons of PAYE salary, dividends or a even combination of both, particularly in light of recent tax changes

29 May 2025

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Companies

Tax

Personal Tax

Tax Planning

Tax | IRS warns on filing deadline for overseas US taxpayers

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a deadline reminder to taxpayers living and working outside the US to file a 2024 federal income tax return by mid June

27 May 2025

Tax

Personal Tax

International Tax

Tax Compliance

Tax | Q&A: MTD for Income Tax reporting requirements and thresholds

In this week’s Q&A, Ewan Edwards, VIP tax adviser at Croner-i, explains the reporting obligations for taxpayers required to report under Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax from 2026

27 May 2025

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Making Tax Digital

Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Employer national insurance raises £2.1bn extra in single month

More than £2bn was raised from employer’s national insurance in April alone even before the full impact of rises are felt, while inheritance tax was up 14% in a single month

22 May 2025

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Business Tax

Employment Tax

Personal Tax

Inheritance Tax

Tax | Company cars, tax and benefit in kind

Chris Thorpe ATT CTA explains the key tax issues to consider when allowing employees to use their company cars and vans for private use from NI to benefits in kind charges

21 May 2025

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Employment Tax

Personal Tax

Tax Compliance

Law and Regulation

Tax | Chancellor backs off plan to slash £20k ISA limit

Savers can breathe a temporary sigh of relief as chancellor ditches plan to cut ISA tax-free limit but could see allowance split between shares and cash

20 May 2025

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Personal Tax

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Politics

Tax | HMRC collects £5.2bn from wealthiest tax avoiders

The National Audit Office warns that HMRC estimates of the size of the wealthy individuals’ tax gap ‘does not capture full scale of non-compliance’ while one in four do not have an accountant

19 May 2025

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Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Travelling musicians could be charged €25k penalty

British musicians heading to Germany to perform at the Dresden Music Festival must apply for all of the tax exemptions on offer or face harsh penalties

16 May 2025

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Employment Tax

Personal Tax

International Tax

Tax Compliance

Tax | Baxendale-Walker given stop notices for tax avoidance schemes

Paul Baxendale-Walker has been ordered to stop promoting two tax avoidance schemes with immediate effect by HMRC or face penalties or even prosecution if he fails to comply

15 May 2025

Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC