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Tax | 170k scams against taxpayers reported to HMRC

Scammers are ramping up their activity as HMRC warns of risk of dodgy tax refund offers and even threats of arrest for failure to pay a tax bill

20 Aug 2025

Business | Tips on R&D claims and defining qualifying expenditure

The cornerstone of any research and development (R&D) claim is nailing down qualifying expenditure, explains Richard Edwards, founder of The R&D Community

19 Aug 2025

Tax | HMRC cuts late payment interest rate to 8%

Following the latest quarter percent cut in the base rate, HMRC will reduce late payment interest rate but not until late August

18 Aug 2025

Tax | Inheriting a pension, a taxing experience

As unused pension pots enter the inheritance tax orbit, Oliver Smyth, director at YorWealth, explains the implications of the changes and potential tax mitigation options

18 Aug 2025

Tax | Register for webinar on tax and EOTs

Join our webinar on tax issues for share schemes and employee ownership trusts on 19 August

18 Aug 2025

Tax | Debunking TikTok tax myths

With over 12,000 TikTok posts offering tax advice, accountant issues warning about swathe of misleading tax advice and unverified content

15 Aug 2025

Tax | HMRC warns companies miscalculating tax marginal relief

HMRC is running a one-to-many letter campaign targeting companies that have miscalculated corporation tax marginal relief in their company tax returns

15 Aug 2025

Tax | 864k landlords and self employed dragged into MTD

With just seven months to go until mandatory Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax, HMRC has confirmed that 864,000 landlords and self employed will be caught by the quarterly reporting rules from day one

14 Aug 2025

Tax | Germany extends accounting record retention to curb tax evaders

The German government plans to extend the retention period for accounting records to 10 years to tackle tax evasion and stop cum-ex fraud

13 Aug 2025

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Tax | 165k whistleblowers tip off HMRC on tax cheats

Whistleblower numbers are up by nearly 10% in a year but the quality of tips appears to be falling as only £882,000 was paid out by HMRC

13 Aug 2025

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Tax | Company car tax – the pros and cons

An ever changing tax landscape means buying a company car could be one of the least tax efficient methods of ownership, explains Cheryl Sharp, CEO, Pink Pig Financial

13 Aug 2025

Tax | Delays see ADR tax cases take longer to resolve

The number of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) cases missing HMRC’s four-month resolution target has more than doubled in just 12 months

12 Aug 2025

Tax | Tax deadline to opt out of winter fuel payments

HMRC has set a cut-off date of mid September for pensioners to opt out of winter fuel payments to avoid tax clawback of whole amount

12 Aug 2025

Tax | Q&A: tax and employee homeworking expenses

In this week’s Q&A, Andrew Gilderdale, VIP Tax Team adviser at Croner-i, explains the tax issues to consider when paying homeworking costs when HMRC comes to call

12 Aug 2025

Tax | Number of people paying dividend tax doubles

Nearly four million people are expected to pay dividend tax this year, with one in five higher rate taxpayers caught in the net as the tax-free allowance is whittled down

11 Aug 2025

Tax | Alternative dispute resolution – trade-off or solution?

Rocky Webb, enquiry consultant at Croner-i My VIP Tax Team, explores the benefits of entering into an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process with HMRC

7 Aug 2025

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Tax | 170k scams against taxpayers reported to HMRC

Business | Tips on R&D claims and defining qualifying expenditure

Tax | HMRC cuts late payment interest rate to 8%

Tax | Inheriting a pension, a taxing experience

Tax | Register for webinar on tax and EOTs

Tax | Debunking TikTok tax myths

Tax | HMRC warns companies miscalculating tax marginal relief

Tax | 864k landlords and self employed dragged into MTD

Tax | Germany extends accounting record retention to curb tax evaders

Tax | 165k whistleblowers tip off HMRC on tax cheats

Tax | Company car tax – the pros and cons

Tax | Delays see ADR tax cases take longer to resolve

Tax | Tax deadline to opt out of winter fuel payments

Tax | Q&A: tax and employee homeworking expenses

Tax | Number of people paying dividend tax doubles

Tax | Alternative dispute resolution – trade-off or solution?