The US House of Representatives has passed the Corporate Transparency Bill, marking the first stage in a bid to clamp down on shell companies with opaque ownership
Members of the European parliament have adopted a resolution urging member states to agree to new rules obliging multinationals to disclose publicly what taxes they pay in each country
With six months to go until the IR35 rules for off-payroll workers in the private sector come into force, HMRC has set out its approach to the operation and enforcement of the new regulations
With 100 days to go before the 31 January 2020 deadline, HMRC is warning taxpayers to complete their tax returns early to beat the Christmas and New Year rush
In a session before the Treasury Committee, HMRC chief told MPs that it had not calculated the administrative cost of the government’s Brexit deal on exporting businesses and that several thousand high value exporters were not even ready for a no-deal Brexit
When a room in a house is converted for a specific use by a disabled person complex VAT rules apply. HMRC has revised VAT Notice 701/7 to provide clarity on how to interpret the VAT charges. Angela Bedi, Croner-i tax specialist, explains
HMRC is keeping a close eye on sporting testimonials to ensure that retiring footballers, cricketers and rugby players are complying with the labyrinthine tax rules. Andy Turner, partner at Mercer & Hole, examines potential pitfalls
The stand-off between HMRC and taxpayers is only exacerbated when it comes to tax investigations which drag on for years, but partial closure notices (PCNs) at least offer some expectation of an outcome, albeit not final. David Lewis, partner at Mazars, explains
Sarah Arnold, tax writer at Croner-i, explains the key objections to the draft legislation on the government's proposed digital services tax, due to come into force in April 2020, reflecting industry concerns about the complexity of the rules and lack of clarity in the draft legislation
In our regular Q&A series from Croner Taxwise, Kiya Jacobs examines potential pitfalls accountants could experience when registering trusts to comply with the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD)
Facebook’s UK tax payments have been branded ‘outrageous’ by a former chair of the public accounts committee (PAC), after the tech giant’s accounts revealed it paid £28.5m in tax in 2018, while revenues hit a record £1.65bn
Starting this month, HMRC is enhancing Business Risk Review with a new approach to assessing the level of tax compliance at the UK’s biggest companies, adopting a more graduated series of risk ratings which it says will encourage greater compliance
The GAAR advisory panel has issued a ruling clamping down on a scheme involving the extraction of cash or value from a company by its directors and shareholders using employee shareholder shares