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Tax | HMRC to extend UTT disclosure rules to wealthy individuals

Review of uncertain tax treatment (UTT) rules will bring individual taxpayers and trusts within scope for the first time if they have used risky planning to achieve a £5m plus tax advantage

20 May 2026

Tax | ‘You’ve had plenty of time to get on with it’, MPs tell HMRC

MPs grill HMRC top brass over why they want more enforcement powers when it is not using current rules, and has ‘only once taken action to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion’

19 May 2026

Tax | Q&A: VAT and personal use of work double cab pickup

In this week’s Q&A, Joshua Hamley-Deane, adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the tax rules for a double cab pickup used for both business and personal use

19 May 2026

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Tax | HMRC spends £1.05bn in major IT overhaul this year

Latest tech deal sees HMRC sign £175m AI agreement with Quantexa to modernise data mountain and identify tax fraud using decision intelligence platform

18 May 2026

Tax | Deadlines for HMRC tax adviser register from 18 May

With a few days to go before mandatory tax adviser register goes live on 18 May, HMRC issues timetable for registration with dates for staggered introduction

18 May 2026

Business | £106k tax bill for store chain owned by former football chair

Scottish convenience store group owned by ex-Dundee United football club chairman wound up owing £3.1m to creditors and HMRC

18 May 2026

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Tax | Why does HMRC penalty regime seem so unfair?

Accountants are confused and surprised by the decision not to issue a penalty for Angela Rayner’s tax mistake on stamp duty as HMRC decided she had ‘acted with reasonable care’

15 May 2026

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Tax | HMRC releases last minute tax adviser register checker tool

With only days to go until start of HMRC’s mandatory tax adviser register, new tool to check eligibility on interaction launched but warning results do not provide a formal decision by HMRC

14 May 2026

Tax | Angela Rayner pays £40k underpaid tax but no penalty

Former deputy PM settles tax dispute over underpaid stamp duty on second property after HMRC decides Angela Rayner ‘acted with reasonable care’

14 May 2026

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Tax | Final P11D deadline for HMRC expenses and BiK filing

As HMRC moves to payroll filing of expenses and benefits in kind from the new tax year, this July will be the last P11D deadline for many employers

14 May 2026

Tax | Top tips: choosing the right software for Making Tax Digital

With less than three months until the first quarterly filing deadline for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax on 7 August, tax expert Andy Levett, principal at HW Fisher, provides tips and advice on what factors to consider

14 May 2026

Tax | High Court throws out farm tax case ‘at first hurdle’

Farmers lose judicial review challenge over ‘flawed’ consultation process as judge rules government not required to consult extensively before tax changes

13 May 2026

Business | HMRC’s hard turn on tax enforcement

Soaring number of winding up petitions after HMRC gained secondary preferential creditor status makes it more difficult to negotiate time to pay agreements to settle tax debts, warn Linton Bloomberg, partner, and Josh Beasley, trainee solicitor, at Reed Smith

13 May 2026

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Tax | Trickle of guidance on pension pot tax rules ‘leaves schemes struggling’

With under a year to go before pension pots are brought into the scope of inheritance tax, HMRC issues important technical note, with some left wanting more

12 May 2026

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Tax | Zoe Gascoyne named head of fraud investigation at HMRC

Shake-up at HMRC as Zoe Gascoyne OBE appointed as director of the fraud investigation service as Richard Las retires

11 May 2026

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Tax | Football referees not employees in £584k tax dispute

In latest twist in decade old tax dispute, tribunal rules professional PGMOL football referees were not employees for tax purposes, leaving HMRC mulling possible appeal

11 May 2026

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Tax | HMRC to extend UTT disclosure rules to wealthy individuals

Tax | ‘You’ve had plenty of time to get on with it’, MPs tell HMRC

Tax | Q&A: VAT and personal use of work double cab pickup

Tax | HMRC spends £1.05bn in major IT overhaul this year

Tax | Deadlines for HMRC tax adviser register from 18 May

Business | £106k tax bill for store chain owned by former football chair

Tax | Why does HMRC penalty regime seem so unfair?

Tax | HMRC releases last minute tax adviser register checker tool

Tax | Angela Rayner pays £40k underpaid tax but no penalty

Tax | Final P11D deadline for HMRC expenses and BiK filing

Tax | Top tips: choosing the right software for Making Tax Digital

Tax | High Court throws out farm tax case ‘at first hurdle’

Business | HMRC’s hard turn on tax enforcement

Tax | Trickle of guidance on pension pot tax rules ‘leaves schemes struggling’

Tax | Zoe Gascoyne named head of fraud investigation at HMRC

Tax | Football referees not employees in £584k tax dispute