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Tax | Pension salary sacrifice: what’s changing and what do I need to do?

Sweeping changes to salary sacrifice pension rules will hit both employers and pension savers but are there any ways to mitigate the tax hit? Andrew Timpson, employment tax partner, and Aimee Pain, assistant manager at RSM, consider the impact of the new £2,000 limit

9 Feb 2026

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Tax | 800k low earners will be dragged into tax, warns TaxAid

Nearly a million low-income earners will enter the tax system for the first time due to endless frozen thresholds, warns Sonya Quigg, director of tax at charity TaxAid

6 Feb 2026

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Tax | Top 10 tax tips for year end planning

Laura Suter, director of personal finance at AJ Bell, highlights 10 tax mistakes to avoid before the end of the tax year on 5 April

6 Feb 2026

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Tax | MTD trial users hit by major payment on account problem

Taxpayers signed up to the Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax trial face major problem settling payment on account as financial information held in separate HMRC systems

4 Feb 2026

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Tax | 10,483 calls to HMRC helpline on SA deadline day

Last minute decision to keep phone lines open on self assessment day saw 10,483 people call HMRC helplines while over a million taxpayers face automatic £100 fine

3 Feb 2026

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Tax | Second MTD letter going out to £50k landlords and sole traders

Nearly a million landlords, sole traders and self employed set to receive Making Tax Digital letters in next six weeks

3 Feb 2026

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Tax | Record £5.7bn tax paid by top 100 taxpayers

Hedge funds, sports retailers and gambling giants top Tax List while Premier League stars Erling Haaland and Mo Salah enter the list for the first time

2 Feb 2026

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Tax | Replacement Lifetime ISA for first-time buyers only

HMRC confirms new ISA product to replace the Lifetime ISA is intended to help first-time buyers only and will not be available for retirement saving

29 Jan 2026

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Tax | HMRC will keep phone lines open on SA deadline day

Dedicated self assessment helplines will be open this Saturday for taxpayers after HMRC caves to pressure and reverses decision to provide no service

29 Jan 2026

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Tax | HMRC claws back £325m in late tax return penalties

Taxpayers had to pay over a third of a billion pounds in fines and interest to HMRC after missing self assessment tax deadline last year

26 Jan 2026

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Tax | Avoidance scheme promoter wound up over £20m tax bill

High Court rules umbrella company Purity Limited can be wound up under HMRC’s powers to tackle promoters of tax avoidance schemes over multimillion pound tax debt, the first time this has happened

26 Jan 2026

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Tax | HMRC phone lines closed on self assessment deadline day

HMRC issues warning phone lines closed on self assessment deadline day as over three million taxpayers still need to submit tax returns and pay outstanding tax bills

23 Jan 2026

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Tax | CGT hike causes 8.4% drop in tax take in 2025

Sales of assets were down in 2025 with tax on capital gains falling to £13.6bn, down from £14.9bn the previous year as taxpayers swerve higher rates

22 Jan 2026

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Tax | Will 2% property income tax rise be last straw for residential landlords?

Caroline Foulger, partner at Hunters Law considers the impact of the 2% increase in property income tax rates from April 2027 and compares the tax position for residential landlords if incorporation is taken

21 Jan 2026

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Tax | 40% taxpayers need to actively claim pension tax relief

Millions risk missing out on pension tax relief if they are higher rate taxpayers and do not file a self assessment tax return or use HMRC online claim service

19 Jan 2026

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Tax | Can’t pay self assessment bill by 31 January? Here’s what to do

For some small business owners and sole traders, the run-up to 31 January comes with a stressful reality: tax is due but the cash simply isn’t there, says Lee Murphy, managing director of The Accountancy Partnership

16 Jan 2026

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