An IT issue at HMRC means that self assessment taxpayers are unable to view or make changes to their submitted 2015-16 annual tax return

Government plans to levy a 3% stamp duty land tax (SDLT) surcharge on second home property sales will exclude annexes and so-called granny flats despite initial concerns that the measure would create a dual property transaction

The Supreme Court is set to hear an appeal from Eclipse Film Partners 35, the partnership which is challenging HMRC’s view that a tax avoidance scheme involving the rights to two Disney films amount to an investment, rather than a trading venture, and as such in HMRC's view does not qualify for £117m in film tax relief

Due to essential  IT maintenance, Companies House and HMRC joint filing online services will be unavailable from late evening on 15 April to the end of this weekend

The prime minister, David Cameron, is setting up a UK cross-government taskforce to deal with the leaks from the Panama Papers, following on from proposed joint action co-ordinated by the OECD

In the wake of the release of the Panama Papers, the UK is to bring forward plans to introduce a criminal offence for corporations who fail to stop their staff facilitating tax evasion, the prime minister will announce later today in a statement to the Commons

You might think, logically, that the beginning of the tax year would coincide with the calendar year – and in some countries it does. In the UK, however, the scramble to get your affairs in order comes to its conclusion on 5 April, with the new tax year starting on 6 April. To understand the reason for this apparently random date, you have to go back to medieval times, says Jane Frecknall-Hughes, professor of accounting and taxation, University of Hull

Due to the large volumes of data HMRC handles, it has updated its guidance relating to compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) to ensure it meets the eight data protection principles, stressing that requests must be supported with strict identity verification documents

HMRC has published revised interim guidance for employment intermediaries on the regulations regarding personally providing personal services and supervision, direction or control (SDC), following the introduction of new rules on travel and subsistence measures

The introduction of country by country reporting for multinational businesses is meant to improve tax transparency and global momentum behind the move is growing, despite opposition, warns George Bull, senior tax partner at RSM

New legal requirements for large companies to publish an annual tax strategy outlining their approach to tax planning, will raise potential reputational risk issues for business as well as adding to the overall costs of compliance, warns  law firm Pinsent Masons

As the National Living Wage comes into force bringing in a pay increase for over one million workers as the minimum rate rises to £7.20 per hour, the government has doubled the size of penalties for non-compliance