Tax | HMRC slaps 582k taxpayers with fines for late VAT payments

Equivalent of one in four traders registered for VAT fined £302m in late penalties last year for missing HMRC quarterly payment deadlines

22 Apr 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax | Q&A: VAT on agent’s fees

In this week’s Q&A, Danni Walker, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains invoicing rules and VAT liability when selling for a client as an agent and splitting sale price

21 Apr 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax | 95% of accountants say clients ‘increasingly’ struggle to pay tax

As company insolvencies jump 7% month-on-month, accountants report clients are ‘increasingly struggling’ to pay tax bills with corporation tax fuelling woes

17 Apr 2026

Tax

Business Tax

Employment Tax

VAT

Tax | 69% of SMEs have never used e-invoicing

Many small businesses do not understand requirements for electronic invoicing and this issue is likely to become more problematic with HMRC move to compulsory e-invoices from 2028

13 Apr 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Planning

Consultations

Tax | HMRC loses patience with abuse of VAT domestic reverse charge

Construction sector warned as renewed focus by HMRC leaves users of the VAT domestic reverse charge at risk of a tax enquiry, says Tony Cochrane, director at VITA

13 Apr 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax | HMRC loses £470k giant marshmallow VAT battle

After four tax hearings, judges side with makers of giant sugary balls in long-running dispute over VAT zero rating, producing a natty mathematical formula to back up decision

7 Apr 2026

Tax

VAT

Case Reports

Tax | Q&A: reclaiming VAT on company cars

In this week’s Q&A, Joshua Hamley-Deane, tax adviser at Croner, explains the differences between recovering input tax on leased and purchased cars for mixed use

31 Mar 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Business | Halifax Panthers rescued amid tax turmoil

After liquidation and expulsion from the Rugby Football League over unpaid six-figure tax bill Halifax Panthers rescued by former director

30 Mar 2026

Business

Restructuring & Insolvency

Tax

VAT

Tax | Tax take soars by £72.6bn year-on-year as debt rises

HMRC’s multi-billion-pound take ‘not enough to plug the growing black hole of government debt’

20 Mar 2026

Tax

Business Tax

Employment Tax

Personal Tax

Inheritance Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Planning

Tax | Scilly Flowers cuts down £48k VAT penalty with reasonable excuse

Flower partnership wins dispute over VAT penalty as had reasonable excuse after little known rule change to niche VAT rule, explains Julie Butler FCA

12 Mar 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | Q&A: exceptions from VAT registration

In this week’s Q&A, Alex Jones, advisor at Croner-i VIP Tax Team, explains the backward look and implications of exceeding £90,000 VAT registration threshold in a single instance

10 Mar 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Tax | Ending the scourge of online VAT abuse by offshore retailers

Stopping VAT abuse by offshore online sellers can only be achieved by scrapping import VAT exemptions and de minimis rules, and even Amazon is calling for urgent change to the deemed reseller rules, explains Richard Allen, online retail VAT consultant and campaign manager at RAVAS

4 Mar 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Parents lose school fee VAT appeal

Court rejects appeal from parents with children at religious schools, saying ‘they have the option of home schooling’

2 Mar 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | EV business beats HMRC in 5% VAT dispute on charging

Community based electric vehicle charger can pay reduced rate VAT after lower tribunal rules against HMRC, saying breach of fiscal neutrality was ‘stark’

2 Mar 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | Lycamobile loses £51m VAT appeal as FTT 'correctly directed itself’

Mobile operator Lycamobile loses appeal as Upper Tribunal rules bundled charges liable for VAT even for allowances not used by customers in long-running dispute  

24 Feb 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Case Reports