Plans to extend the hallmark regulations for the disclosure of tax avoidance schemes (DOTAS) regime risk casting too wide a net and capturing straightforward tax planning, warns Chris Williams, senior manager, national tax team at Mazars and chair of CIOT's succession taxes sub-committee

With only four weeks to go until the rollout of digital tax accounts to all UK individual taxpayers, HMRC's communications strategy is likely to be dominated by online messages and YouTube videos, rather than any direct letters from HMRC.

UK tax rules on pensions relief are under review as the cost to the Exchequer rises but constant changes to the rules creates uncertainty, says Bill Dodwell, senior partner and head of tax policy at Deloitte

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has launched a consultation setting out proposals for increasing the fee payable for an application for a grant of probate which is expected to raise an additional £250m a year to contribute to court operational costs

The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has accused HMRC of an ‘inadequate’ communications strategy which has left most taxpayers in the dark about key upcoming changes to the tax system relating to savings and dividend payments, and criticised plans to move to quarterly online tax updates as part of HMRC's Making Tax Digital strategy

The Treasury select committee is challenging HMRC’s plans for making tax digital (MTD) over concerns that the proposals to make digital tax accounts and quarterly updates mandatory for all businesses will increase, rather than reduce, the administration burden for many companies

An Australian citizen who worked on a short-term contract in the UK as a tax manager for an international company has won part, but not all,  of his appeal to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) in the Ward case over tax assessments and penalties relating to salary and travel costs, with the tribunal finding that while resident, he was not ‘ordinarily resident’ for either of the years in question

As the government sets its sights on the property market, Yvette Nunn, principal at Berkeley Associates, warns that couples facing divorce need to consider potential stamp duty pitfalls

The government is to abolish Air Passenger Duty (APD) in economy class for children under 16 from 1 March 2016, joining kids under 12 who are already exempt from paying the tax

De Silva judicial review dismissed, LLP member loses in Vaines case over settlement agreement, appeal allowed over disputed P35 errors, buy-to-let landlords urged to review personal tax liability, Google tax agreement with HMRC under fire from MPs and duo of Big Four firms top Whitehall hospitality stakes 

The latest CPD module from CCH Daily inc Accountancy Live focuses on expenses, tax relief and tax compliance issues for homeworkers and the self employed

With five weeks to go until the introduction of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT) for Scottish resident taxpayers, there are indications of a bumpy start to the new regime with some individuals who believe they qualify as Scottish taxpayers reporting that HMRC has sent tax coding notices which do not include the new Scottish ‘S’ prefix