Chair of the 2025 loan charge review, Ray McCann looks back on his time in the hot seat of this contentious review, the settlement terms, the level of online abuse and why this must never be allowed to happen again

Millions of side hustlers warned as HMRC receives huge tranche of £55bn worth of sales data from online platforms including eBay, Airbnb and finfluencer sites

Sweeping overhaul of ISA allowances leaves great uncertainty about HMRC’s proposed anti avoidance measures and the sense it may be a return to pre-2014 rules. Chris Etherington, private client tax partner, and Becky Thompson, tax associate at RSM UK assess the tax implications

With £9m of funding already paid out to cover lost client money, liquidators for PM Law reveal a £279,000 tax bill and £2.9m owed to Virgin Bank

Mandatory requirement for financial services businesses including private capital investment managers to register as a tax adviser delayed for 10 months

Modernisation of corporate tax filing will see move to prescribed XBRL tagging framework from autumn 2027 to improve corporation tax computations, HMRC confirms

British high net worth individuals considering a quick return to the UK to escape conflict in the Middle East face a number of tax traps from statutory residency to the 10-year rule and worldwide tax liability, but there are options to mitigate the risk, explains Eamon Shahir, co‑founder of Taxd

Only one in 10 taxpayers in first wave of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax signed up to the new quarterly reporting due to start in three weeks’ time

Companies will only be able to amend tax returns online from next year in a move to modernise corporate tax filing process and end acceptance of amendments by letter

Flower partnership wins dispute over VAT penalty as had reasonable excuse after little known rule change to niche VAT rule, explains Julie Butler FCA

HMRC raked in millions in late payment interest in 2023-24 tax year as taxpayers missed due dates and faced harsh 4% upcharge on base rate

Overhaul of tax relief for charities from April to stop tax avoidance will see tougher rules on tainted donations, approved charitable investments, and income from donations in wills