Tax | VAT-free shopping could give £4.1bn boost

Top UK retailers have called on the government to reinstate tax-free shopping for overseas tourists, which could add £4.1bn to GDP by 2025

17 May 2023

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Law and Regulation

Politics

Companies

Tax | HMRC closes VAT registration helpline

HMRC is planning to close the VAT registration helpline, which is dedicated specifically to helping taxpayers who have questions about their VAT registration application

17 May 2023

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Cancer charity calls for zero VAT on sunscreen

A skin cancer charity has called on the government to scrap the 20% VAT rate on suncream amid price rises during the cost of living crisis 

15 May 2023

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Scrap metal trader loses £3.5m VAT case

A scrap metal trader has lost a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal related to a fraudulent claim for VAT input tax totalling £3.5m

12 May 2023

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Wholesaler loses £1.2m VAT appeal

A cash and carry business has lost a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal related to the deduction of VAT input tax totalling £1.2m, which HMRC argued held a connection with fraud 

10 May 2023

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Case Reports

Tax | VAT break for pharmacists from 1 May

The VAT treatment of medical services carried out by staff directly supervised by pharmacists will be exempt from VAT

3 May 2023

Tax

VAT

Tax | Agricultural show wins £292k VAT appeal

An agricultural society has won a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal after a dispute with HMRC over a VAT rebate of £292,725 on admission fees, sponsorship income and advertising

2 May 2023

Tax

Business Tax

VAT

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | NI director banned for £260k VAT errors

A director of a company involved in vehicle and plant sales has been banned for six years for submitting inaccurate VAT returns totalling £260,000

2 May 2023

Tax

Business Tax

VAT

HMRC

Companies

Called to Account

Tax | Restaurant boss loses £212k tax appeal

The director of a restaurant business has lost an Upper Tribunal case against a tax bill for £212,000 refusing permission to appeal out-of-time submissions

27 Apr 2023

Tax

Business Tax

VAT

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | Turmeric shot maker wins £80k VAT case

A nutritional shot producer has won a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal over a disputed £80k VAT bill about zero rating on turmeric shots

26 Apr 2023

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | Football agent wins £3.5m VAT appeal

A football agent has won a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal related to the VAT on a €4m (£3.5m) commission for transfer of a Portuguese footballer

25 Apr 2023

Tax

Business Tax

VAT

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | What the ViDA regulation means for UK companies

EU plans to introduce VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) regulations to clamp down on tax fraud will have repercussions for UK businesses, explains Matthew Shanahan, cofounder of Lockstep

25 Apr 2023

Tax

VAT

Tax | Wholesaler loses £148k missing trader VAT case

A wholesale trader of promotional merchandising has failed to overturn a VAT bill for £148,000 after HMRC said it was the result of carousel fraud

24 Apr 2023

Tax

VAT

Case Reports

Tax | Mandatory MTD for VAT from 15 May

HMRC has confirmed that companies will no longer be able to use existing VAT online accounts to file their annual VAT returns under any circumstances

24 Apr 2023

Tax

Making Tax Digital

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax | VAT on electric vehicle charging should be 5%

Auto Trader has called for tax breaks to make electric vehicles (EV) more affordable for consumers and to put the government’s plan to ban petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 back on track

21 Apr 2023

Tax

VAT

Companies

Accountancy Firms