The Chancellor may be waiting until the summer for the final report from Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the RSA, into the wider implications of different employment practices and the gig economy, but he used the Budget speech to set out the general direction

The Air Passenger Duty (APD) rates for tax years 2018-19 have been announced in the spring Budget showing continued year-on-year increase for long-haul flights, reflecting a continuous increase in the tax level for far away destinations such as Asia and Australia

The following five measures announced in the Budget 2017 by Chancellor Philip Hammond are effective immediately, with a particular focus on curbing tax avoidance activity

The Chancellor has confirmed that from September 2017, free childcare for three and four year olds will increase from 15 to 30 hours, worth up to £5,000 for each child

A two percentage point increase in national insurance contributions (NICs) paid by the self-employed has been met with fury by the self employed and entrepreneurs, although it creates more of a level playing field with PAYE workers, reports Philip Smith

The government is to introduce a 25% charge on transfers to qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (QROPS) as part of its measures against tax avoidance, it has been confirmed in the Budget 

As part of the spring Budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond is increasing Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) rates for cars, vans and motorcycles registered before April 2017 in line with Retail Prices Index (RPI), estimating to cost individuals no more than £5 extra in VED

Measures to ensure those marketing tax avoidance schemes cannot circumvent the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS) regime by re-organising their businesses have been introduced by the Chancellor

Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced that the income tax personal allowance will rise for the seventh year in a row to £11,500 and the higher rate threshold will increase to £45,000, from April 2017

In a surprise move, the Chancellor has announced a cut in the dividend allowance from the current £5,000 to £2,000 from the new tax year in April 2018, reports Sara White

More tax is lost to onshore evasion or non-compliance than to offshore evasion and avoidance, and HMRC is armed with a raft of tools to curb the practice.  In the second of a two part series, Jason Collins, a member of the CIOT’s management of taxes sub-committee and partner at Pinsent Mason, reviews government strategy and changes to the rules

From next month purchasers of new cars valued £40,000 and more will have to pay a five-year charge as well as the annual road tax rate, while cars registered before 1 April 2017 will not be affected