Nearly two thirds of buy-to-let landlords are worried that they will be hit by the April 2017 changes to income tax relief and stricter mortgage affordability checks, although the majority plan to retain their property investments

Accountants, bankers, lawyers and other advisers who enable offshore tax evasion face tough new sanctions from the start of 2017, including being publicly ‘named and shamed’

With the self assessment online deadline closing at the end of the month the UK’s sole traders are set to spend 9.5 hours doing their tax returns, according to research by expenses management app provider 1Tap Receipts which also identified very low levels of understanding about HMRC’s making tax digital (MTD) plans

Jackie Hall ACA CTA, partner at RSM on Apprenticeship Levy, compliance issues with the rise of the sharing and gig economies, Australian backpacker tax

A move to counter tax-driven phoenix practices creates uncertainty for legitimate company liquidations. Peter Rayney FCA CTA considers the options to avoid HMRC’s so-called ‘unacceptable arrangements’

 This month's review of tax cases and tax news including notifications on complex offshore financial arrangements, no delay for Making Tax Digital, inaccuracy penalty suspended, research and development (R&D) relief denied

Graham Elliott, VAT expert and director at City & Cambridge Consultancy, examines the Boggis ruling on definition of dwelling, input tax allowed in management buyout, input tax at Durham Cathedral

In the nine months since the introduction of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT) there is still confusion about who is eligible to pay the tax, but the onus should be on the taxpayer as much as HMRC, says Jamie Younger, partner at Saffery Champness

Reform on tax rules for contractors, announced as part of the Autumn Statement 2016 following the growth of the contractor market, could risk tax revenues says Bill Dodwell, partner and head of tax policy at Deloitte

The key HMRC filing deadlines from January to August 2017 including PAYE settlement agreement, PAYE cheque payments, employee share schemes

From the shock Brexit vote to concerted efforts to slow the pace of Making Tax Digital and first-time adoption troubles for UK GAAP reporters, 2016 was a turbulent year for accountants and tax advisers, says Sara White

A year on from the controversy surrounding VAT collection by Amazon marketplace sellers, Accordance CEO Nicholas Hallam looks at whether any progress has been made to curb VAT leakage