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Tax | Lords committee calls for single inflation measure

The government should stop ‘index shopping’ when it calculates inflation, address known errors in the retail prices index (RPI) calculation, and move to a single general measure of inflation in the next five years in order to eliminate unfairness, a House of Lords select committee has advised

17 Jan 2019

Law and Regulation

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Tax | HMRC issues updated ADR guidance

HMRC has updated its guidance on the use of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) service, providing taxpayers with improved information over when and in what circumstances the service can be used

17 Jan 2019

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Tax | Making Tax Digital: where are we now?

Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT, which goes live in April 2019, has left accountants confused and businesses struggling to keep up. James Bunney examines the current situation and what MTD means for the future of business tax

17 Jan 2019

Making Tax Digital

International Tax

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Tax | Commission proposes majority rule on EU tax votes

The European Commission has launched a debate to change the way that tax law is passed within the EU, suggesting abandoning the unanimous vote needed and relying instead on a majority in order to speed up the progress of tax legislation

16 Jan 2019

International Tax

Law and Regulation

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Tax | Welsh income tax will track rUK rates

Using its devolved powers for the first time, the National Assembly for Wales has agreed the proposed Welsh rates of income tax for 2019-20, which means there will be no change to overall income tax rates for taxpayers in Wales in the coming financial year

16 Jan 2019

Law and Regulation

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Tax | Case: HMRC knocked back over failure to comply with 'unless order'

When HMRC over-reaches its powers, the courts do take action as happened in the recent long-running BPP [2018] TC 06632 case subject to an unless order barring the tax authority from tribunal proceedings. Stan Dencher, specialist tax writer at Croner-i, examines the case

16 Jan 2019

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Tax | Amount of late self assessment penalties falls to £75m

The number of taxpayers missing the deadline for self assessment returns has fallen dramatically over the last three years reducing penalties issued by HMRC to £75m in 2018 as 10.7 million taxpayers submitted their return by 31 January deadline

15 Jan 2019

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Tax | Money purchase annual allowance pension warning

HMRC has issued guidance only two weeks before the self assessment deadline to help taxpayers work out when the pensions money purchase annual allowance (MPAA) applies and whether tax is payable on pension savings

15 Jan 2019

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Tax | VAT Q&A: Payments on Account regime and threshold compliance

In our regular VAT Q&A series, Croner Taxwise VAT specialist Hilary Budd explains the ins and outs of the payments on account (POA) regime for a business straddling the POA threshold and how to leave the scheme

15 Jan 2019

Making Tax Digital

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Tax | Directors taxed under PAYE no longer required to file return

HMRC has amended its guidance on self assessment tax returns to clarify that company directors with income taxed at source under PAYE and with no other tax obligations do not need to complete a tax return

14 Jan 2019

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Tax | Inheritance tax: transferable nil rate bands – part 2

Compliance with the inheritance tax nil rate band (NRB) is a complex area but beneficial from a tax perspective as it allows a £1m IHT exemption. Lisa Macpherson ATT TEP, head of tax technical at PKF Francis Clark, examines transferable bands and residence issues

14 Jan 2019

Law and Regulation

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Tax | FTT cannot rule on self assessment refusal

The First Tier Tribunal (FTT) has determined that it has no jurisdiction on whether HMRC accepts or rejects self assessment tax returns in the case of a shop owner who failed to file his returns for 16 years running and was then subject to a bankruptcy petition

14 Jan 2019

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Tax | £200m extra VAT recovered from online sellers

HMRC has collected over £200m in unpaid VAT from overseas sellers using online marketplaces in the past two years, since the introduction of a new regime to tackle tax avoidance which enables it to flag up those who are not registered for VAT

11 Jan 2019

International Tax

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Tax | EU probes Nike over Dutch tax arrangements

Nike is the latest multinational to find its tax affairs under scrutiny from Brussels, with the European Commission launching an investigation into whether five Dutch tax rulings in favour of Nike may have given the US trainer behemoth an unfair advantage

11 Jan 2019

International Tax

Law and Regulation

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Tax | Are you paying national minimum wage correctly?

Miscalculation of national minimum wage and national living wage payments can have consequences for a business as well as an individual. To ensure you get it right, tax specialist John Davison examines the basis for calculations and potential pitfalls

11 Jan 2019

Law and Regulation

Accountancy Firms

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Tax | MTD pilot extended to all eligible businesses

The pilot programme for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT has been extended by HMRC to all businesses that meet the requirements, giving those affected time to test their systems and train staff ahead of the April deadline

10 Jan 2019

Making Tax Digital

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