HMRC has amended the guidance for buy-to-let landlords when submitting a disclosure by providing instructions allowing agents to submit a disclosure on their behalf

The European Commission has released a list of 81 countries which they have pre-assessed with a view to possible screening over their tax policies and tax agreeements, which will ultimately form the basis of a global tax risk register

Micro  businesses are struggling to comply with payroll reporting requirements under real time information (RTI) due to a lack of understanding and poor support which is leading to errors, according to HMRC’s report on the PAYE challenges for micro employers

Might quarterly reporting become the last nail in the coffin for very small businesses, or even deter budding entrepreneurs, given the constant and rising administration and obligations? Yvette Nunn asks

Margrethe Vestager, EU competition commissioner, has made clear that she plans to defend the decision to order Apple to pay €13bn (£11bn) in back tax to the Irish government, which is the subject of an appeal by both the technology firm and Ireland, and has indicated she hopes publish the specific details of the ruling soon

The European Parliament is to debate the European Commission’s recent finding that Ireland granted Apple illegal tax benefits in a plenary session scheduled for this afternoon, discussing the findings of the investigation into two rulings which are deemed to have amounted to state aid

HMRC is to terminate its outsourced contract with Concentrix, the company it uses to check tax credits entitlement, and take the work back in house amid concerns about levels of service and the failure to deliver the anticipated savings

The presiding judge for a three member arbitration panel, set up to decide the £1.4bn tax demand from Indian tax authorities on Vodafone, has been identified and an announcement is expected soon

The government is to withdraw extra statutory concession (ESC) A94 giving tax relief to so-called theatre angels who invest in new theatre productions, effectively removing the deductible expense status from 2017

The number of businesses that have had assets seized by HMRC to settle debts has increased 145% from 649 in 2014/15 to 1,592 in 2015/16, proving that HMRC is increasingly cracking down on businesses to reclaim outstanding tax

Business minister Margot James has called on HMRC to investigate the employment practices and tax affairs of delivery business Hermes, after a report suggested many of its drivers were employed off-payroll and received less than the national living wage

A newly formed lobby group of airline operators, Airlines for Europe (A4E), is calling on the UK government to abolish air passenger duty (APD) in a bid to boost GDP and create new jobs, even though the cost to the Treasury would be £3bn annually