A number of pension reforms were announced in the Budget including measures to introduce a tapered annual pensions allowance for top earners as well as confirmation of plans to reduce the lifetime allowance to £1m, both measures effective from April 2016

In a swift move to clamp down on the manner in which individuals claim non domiciled status avoid paying domestic tax on their earnings, Chancellor George Osborne said this would be abolished, with the effect of raising £1.5bn

Plans to restrict tax relief for buy-to-let landlords from April 2017 in a move designed to try to rebalance the housing market and create a fairer environment for resident home owners is likely to affect one in five private landlords 

As HMRC moves all its services online only, it has confirmed that more mortgage lenders will accept printouts of online self assessment documents to support loan and mortgage applications, although the new process is not fully operational as yet

The Premier League, together with its clubs and players,contributed £2.4bn in tax in the 2013-14 season according to an economic assessment prepared by EY, boosting Treasury coffers

In a landmark decision on the tax status of a non-dom taxpayer, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Mr Anson, a former private equity partner, who remitted income from a Delaware limited liability company (LLC) in US to the UK stating that he is entitled to double taxation relief (DTR), overturning earlier decisions on the issue at the Upper Tribunal (UT) and Court of Appeal 

The government's new tax-free childcare scheme will go ahead in 2017, a year later than expected as the Supreme Court has unanimously rejected an appeal brought by current voucher providers that the tendering process for the outsourcing of the service to Atos contravened EU procurement rules 

Our monthly round-up of significant tax cases includes business property relief denied in Green case over Flagstaff Holidays, non-cash consideration forms part of disposal proceeds, appeal allowed in Jackson case over takings claims, country by country reporting rules released and Monsanto considers relocating tax base to UK for tax advantage