Both the MPs who are contenders for the leadership of the Conservative party have released details of their tax affairs, with front runner Theresa May providing five years’ worth of information and Andrea Leadsom just a single year’s calculations

London accounts for the biggest share of the UK’s tax revenue, with the capital generating just under 30% of national ‘economy taxes’ in 2014/15, according to research from the Centre for Cities, which found that the tax take in the capital has far outpaced that of other major UK cities over the past decade

Footballers and other athletes and entertainers often become embroiled in marketed tax avoidance schemes, but there is recourse explains Withers special counsel Tessa Lorimer

Footballer Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after a Barcelona Court has found him guilty of three counts of tax fraud

Business secretary Sajid Javid has backed the Chancellor’s plans for a cut in the corporation tax rate, and called for reductions in the personal tax rate, in order to avert a potential downturn following the Brexit decision in the EU referendum vote

More than 1.5m people have already renewed their tax credits, with many choosing to go online, despite there still being four weeks left until the 31 July deadline

The taxation regime for childcare support has become very complex and it is difficult for parents to understand how different schemes interact according to analysis by the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG), which is warning there is a risk this confusion may lead parents to make the wrong financial decisions on which support scheme or combination of schemes to use

The five candidates who are standing in the Conservative party leadership election are coming under pressure to publish their tax returns as part of a move to ensure greater transparency over the financial affairs of the MP who goes on to become prime minister

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The rapid move to digital tax accounts means that HMRC must improve the quality of its online messaging to ensure that the unfortunate case of Mr Halford (TC5048) does not become commonplace, warns Yvette Nunn, director of Berkeley Associates

A taxpayer has won her appeal at a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) against penalties for late submission of partnership and personal tax returns, on the grounds that her husband’s lack of co-operation on financial issues during an acrimonious divorce provided her with a reasonable excuse for the late submissions and for some of the late payment which resulted.

Three members of pop group Take That, plus their manager, have paid back over £20m owed to HMRC for their involvement in a tax avoidance scheme run by Icebreaker Management