From May 2026, tax advisers who interact with HMRC for clients will need to sign up to the new tax adviser register and meet HMRC’s minimum registration standards
In this week’s Q&A, Ewan Edwards, tax advisor at Croner-i VIP tax team, explains the rules on first-time buyer’s relief on stamp duty land tax when one member of married couple buys their first property
HMRC has flagged an Essex employment agency for the first time ever for using a widely used tax avoidance scheme to pay nursing and care worker candidates putting them at risk of unexpected tax bills
After the Budget, the Business & Accountancy Daily team trawled through the detail to provide a rundown of over 30 key measures affecting businesses, accountants and tax advisers with details of the changes, reaction and implications for individual taxpayers and business owners. Our selection of the most important announcements is listed below. For detailed technical information, download the Budget 2025 Report by our team of Croner-i tax specialists
HMRC should not have the power to regulate tax advisors as judge, jury and executioner as looks likely under their new register, warns Fiona Fernie, partner at Blick Rothenberg
Neil Tipping, VIP enquiries manager at Croner-i, explains the changes set out in a new practice statement on tribunal delay applications, stressing from now on parties must discuss any potential delay between themselves before approaching the tribunal
In this week’s Q&A, Teddy Rawlings, adviser at Croner-i VIP Tax Team, explains the benefit in kind tax charge when a director fails to pay off a director’s loan account in a timely manner
Details of plans for the new HMRC tax adviser ‘interact’ register have become clearer in 18 pages of legislation in draft Finance (No.2) Bill with firms required to register not individual staff members
The UK’s largest tax advice charity TaxAid is launching a major fundraising campaign to help vulnerable taxpayers navigate Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
After the Budget freeze on tax thresholds far into the future, Katie Collins, partner at Ramsay Brown, and a specialist in the medical sector, says this will have a hugely damaging effect on NHS capacity, putting pressure on GPs and practice owners, and pushing more towards fewer hours rather than having to pay huge tax bills