The popularity of blockchain and its adoption by mainstream industry has focused international attention on the tax treatment of cryptocurrencies. Friggo Kraaijeveld, partner at Kraaijeveld Coppus Legal, examines how the Dutch tax authority treats crypto assets from personal tax to corporate income tax

The newly launched HMRC Making Tax Digital for VAT online reporting service will be unavailable for part of the weekend and for the whole working day on Monday due to IT maintenance

The Help to Buy scheme, designed to increase home ownership, could leave the government open to ‘significant market risk’ if prices fall, and many of those using this option could have bought a property without it, a National Audit Office (NAO) report has found

The G20 finance ministers have signalled their support for the OECD’s ‘two pillars’ approach to tackling global tax issues, and pledged to agree on the introduction of a digital tax by 2020

The scope of the charge to tax on non-UK resident companies is not only complex but will soon have a broader reach following a series of rules introduced in Finance Act 2019. Paul Davies CTA ACA, tax writer at Croner-i, assesses the changes to tax on chargeable gains already effective and plans to extend this to income tax from 2020

In our regular Q&A series, David Woolley, tax consultant at Croner Taxwise, examines the impact of entrepreneurs’ relief on family owned businesses with shares following rule changes in Finance Act 2019, effective from April

International efforts to increase automatic exchange of information on financial accounts has resulted in deposits held by companies or individuals in international financial centres falling by a third in the past decade, analysis by the OECD shows 

HMRC has finally published guidance for businesses and tax agents about changes to the restriction rules on corporation tax relief for some acquisitions of goodwill and relevant assets, which came into force on 1 April 2019

In part one of a series on childcare tax issues, Julie Clift CTA, specialist tax writer at Croner-i, looks at changes to tax breaks for childcare costs, focusing on compliance and eligibility for the tax-free child care scheme and issues for those still signed up to the legacy childcare voucher scheme

Relying on software exclusively for Making Tax Digital for VAT is fraught with potential problems, with any errors in calculation likely to create problems for taxpayers who do not know the complexities of tax law. Yvette Nunn, director of Berkeley Associates recommends a spreadsheet backup to avoid penalties down the line

The British Film Institute (BFI) is backing a so-called ‘new breed’ creative content Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) fund, which will offer investors the opportunity to put money into UK film and screen companies’ productions, to meet demand from streaming services

Chancellor Philip Hammond is to use today’s meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Fukuoka, Japan to underline the need to update global tax rules to reflect the digital world as multinationals operate crossborder and base themselves in low-tax jurisdictions