Billionaire Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has predicted that in future there will be a need for robots to pay taxes, as increasingly automation replaces more jobs, in order to prevent inequalities

NHS workers are being targeted by a scam run by tax rebate companies that claim they offer services where they can get a refund, according to a warning put out by Action Fraud, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime

There has been a sharp drop in the amount of unpaid stamp duty land tax (SDLT) collected by HMRC over past year, which was a third of the previous year’s total, suggesting the crackdown on property-based tax avoidance schemes is having an impact, according to law firm Collyer Bristow

Making Tax Digital will be back in the spotlight on Wednesday as sneior HMRC officials are called up to give evidence at the House of Lords committee reviewing the draft clauses of the Finance Bill 

Concerns are mounting that some self-employed workers are at risk of missing out on future pension payments because of a lack of clear communication between HMRC and the National Insurance office (NI office) over payment of Class 2 National Insurance contributions (NICs)

HMRC has added two disguised remuneration structures which used annuities to avoid income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs) to its list of tax avoidance schemes

Restrictions on the VAT relief available for disabled people when buying cars could increase the costs of changing vehicles and make it harder for disabled drivers to swap to a more suitable vehicle when their circumstances alter, warns the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG)

HMRC is to close the online service for managing qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (QROPS) in six weeks’ time, while plans to limit overseas transfers have come under fire

Anyone receiving a penalty from HMRC for late filing of a self assessment form for tax year 2015/16 must complete an SA370 appeal form within 30 days if they dispute the fine, although only the basic £100 fine appeal process is available online

Last week saw an interesting few days. We had the vote on triggering Article 50 in the Commons and a day later the publication of the Brexit White Paper. Getting in just before the filing deadline of 31 January, HMRC’s response to the six consultations on Making Tax Digital landed with a thud. Jonathan Reilly, head of tax at Grant Thornton reacts to the digitisation plans  

HMRC is consulting on draft legislation to extend ISA tax advantages to investments held within an account after the death of the account holder to reduce the taxable charge

Effective user testing for Making Tax Digital is critical if HMRC’s plan for quarterly reporting and digitisation of tax is going to work but the delay in confirming the exemption threshold is creating uncertainty for small businesses, warns Paul Aplin, vice president of ICAEW