Over a thousand business owners who are caught up in a tax avoidance scheme involving 'E' shares and are facing £1bn in losses are being invited to join a group action against the accountants and IFAs who provided them with advice, over claims of mis-selling

Acquiring cryptocurrency and assets raises a host of complex tax issues, but starting with accurate, up-to-date records and times of purchases can help ease tax reporting. Michelle Robinson, associate director at Deloitte, unpicks the essential CGT compliance issues for crypto miners and investors

A retrospective overhaul of the tax rules on loan charges from disguised remuneration schemes come into force from the new tax year on 5 April 2019, resulting in potentially huge tax bills for anyone who has not settled early. Julie Clift CTA, tax writer at Croner-i Tax and Accounting, examines the implications for taxpayers with outstanding loans

UBS has been fined a record €3.7bn (£3.2bn) by a French court on tax evasion and money-laundering charges, after allegations the Swiss bank illegally helped French clients hide assets worth €10bn from the tax authorities between 2004 and 2012

HMRC has issued updated guidance to clear up a misunderstanding about the arrangements for settlement of disguised remuneration liabilities for loan charges in relation to inheritance tax (IHT)

Changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) rules on sales of land mean that non-UK residents will be captured by the CGT regime for the first time from April 2019, raising complex tax compliance issues, explains Stephanie Webber CTA, tax writer at Croner-i

With less than 50 days to go until Making Tax Digital for VAT becomes mandatory for businesses registered for VAT, HMRC has confirmed that companies will be able use a 'cut and paste' approach during the one-year soft landing before companies need to use digital links 

HMRC has announced simplified procedures for businesses importing from the EU, as part of its no deal Brexit preparations in the event of the UK leaving without a withdrawal agreement on 29 March

Reforming international taxation to keep up to date with the digital economy is proving harder than first thought when the G20 asked the OECD to review the rules. Bill Dodwell LLB, LLM, CTA (Fellow), ACA, tax director of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) explains

HMRC has won an appeal at the Court of Appeal over its decision to serve an information request to a long-standing non-UK resident, in a landmark decision about the scope of the tax authority’s powers beyond the UK borders

Mark Cawthron, tax writer at Croner-i, looks at how prospective purchasers of flats off-plan, and developers offering such flats, might think about reacting to the decision in the recent case of Higgins, with a view to seeking to mitigate or remove such difficulty

HMRC has issued basic guidance on how to complete 2017-18 forms P11D returns for PAYE internet submissions, expenses and benefits, and stressed compliance with 2017 rule change to salary sacrifice arrangements