The UK tax gap fell to 6.5% representing £36bn of lost tax in 2014-2015, heralded by HMRC as its lowest-ever level, below the newly revised figure for the previous year which is now put at £37bn

Revenue Scotland has overturned its original stance on the use of partial charities relief for Scottish land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT), the equivalent to UK stamp duty, in cases where a charity is one of a number of buyers who are or will become common owners

Ingenious has won its latest case against HMRC after the Supreme Court ruled that previous HMRC chief and permanent secretary, Dave Harnett, unlawfully disclosed confidential information to two journalists 

The OECD tax team is calling on tax professionals and multinationals to participate in an online survey on tax certainty, responding to widespread concerns about the increasing complexity of tax rules and lack of stability for companies and multinationals over tax regulations 

A man who was unaware he was entitled to make voluntary National Insurance contributions (NICs) while living and working abroad has lost an appeal at a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) over HMRC’s refusal to allow him to make additional payments over an extended period, because the mistake was down to his failure to exercise due care and diligence

As part of Making Tax Digital, HMRC has set out the priorities for its plans to make near real time adjustments to taxpayers’ tax codes so they pay the right amount of tax within the current tax year

As HMRC sifts through its first tranche of automatically exchanged financial data under  the UK Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act  (UK FATCA), Gary Gardner, tax investigations partner at Blick Rothenberg examines its impact

HMRC has issued updated guidance on its disclosure of tax avoidance schemes (DOTAS) regulations, to reflect the introduction earlier this year of amendments to the scope of the hallmark regime and the creation of a new hallmark relating to financial products

A series of measures set to come into force from 2017 will affect the way organisations run company car schemes, possibly costing businesses up to an extra £1,000 per car per year. In the first of a two part series, Matthew Walters, head of consultancy services at LeasePlan, considers critical tax changes for company car schemes

MPs are demanding answers from HMRC head Jon Thompson about its monitoring of the tax credit checking work it passed over to Concentrix, after the work and pensions committee heard evidence regarding incorrect decisions to stop payments and ‘appalling’ failures in customer service at the outsourcing company

There are only six months left until government starts gradually restricting finance cost relief for buy-to-let landlords over a four-year period, with the first 25% cut on costs being introduced on 6 April 2017

The European Council has adopted a series of resolutions on tax transparency, and calls for more effective and efficient cooperation between tax authorities, particularly with regard to beneficial ownership information