Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has indicated the Labour party intends to increase taxes for those earning over £80,000, but has pledged to freeze all other taxes for the duration of the next Parliament, as part of a policy which he claimed would benefit 95% of taxpayers

HMRC has extended the deadline for responses to its consultation on the taxation of employee expenses, which is now set as 10 July, due to the announcement of the general election

Brazilian football international Neymar and his current club, Barcelona, are facing trial over allegations of fraud and corruption relating to the striker’s transfer from Brazilian team Santos in 2013

New car registrations fell 20% last month as the market felt the effects of the introduction of higher car tax rates for new cars valued at £40,000 plus from 1 April 2017, with people rushing to register cars before the deadline

Yvette Nunn CTA, director of Berkeley Associates, says HMRC is in a shambles as it tells some taxpayers to submit paper tax returns as the Revenue's IT systems fail to calculate the right tax

Jackie Hall ACA CTA, partner at RSM, unpicks the latest stamp duty land tax (SDLT) take on residential property to see who is really bearing the biggest tax burden from property taxes and whether the benefits of various tax reliefs mean the picture is less clear than expected

Botswana, one of the most popular destinations for safari holidays in Africa, is to introduce a tax on visitors starting next month, in a bid to raise funds for conservation and tourism improvements

A report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) suggests the UK deficit is now back to the level it was at prior to the financial crisis, helped by tax raising measures which have seen both tax revenues and spending rise to slightly above their pre-crisis levels, as the snap election called by Theresa May approaches

The work and pensions committee wants the next government to introduce an employment status of ‘worker’ and a roadmap for equalising the National Insurance contributions (NICs) made by employees and the self-employed in a bid to address ‘bogus’ self employment practices which it says are reducing the tax take and inflating the benefits bill

With less than a year to go until the rollout of Making Tax Digital quarterly reporting for unincorporated businesses, there are still a raft of unanswered questions about testing and software provision, not to mention the readiness and ability of HMRC to support such a radical overhaul of the tax system. Sara White and Calum Fuller report

The key HMRC filing deadlines from May to August 2017 including PAYE cheque payments, online CIS returns, PAYE settlement agreement

Newcastle United's managing director, Lee Charnley, has been released without charge following his arrest on 26 April as part of HMRC's investigation into possible tax and national insurance fraud at several football clubs