The Treasury has confirmed it will go ahead with plans to slash the money purchase annual allowance (MPAA) scheme for pension transfers to £4,000 with less than a month until the new limit comes into force, reports Sara White

Draft guidance has been released by the government for changes to the tax treatment of benefits in kind where an employee 'makes good' the benefits in kind from 2017 to 2018 tax year

The draft Finance Bill 2017 has confirmed plans to widen the scope of the disclosure of tax avoidance schemes (DOTAS) to include all indirect taxes including VAT, from 1 September 2017, with penalties of up to £10,000 for non-compliance

The 700-plus page draft Finance Bill has been published confirming plans to go ahead with quarterly reporting from 2018 for unincorporated businesses over the VAT threshold and an indication that there could be scope for variable transition rules for different types of business, reports Sara White

HMRC is turning up the heat on users and enablers of tax avoidance, but what does it mean for advisers? Gary Ashford CTA, partner, non lawyer at Harbottle & Lewis LLP, considers the impact of the proposed penalty regime and the clampdown on abusive tax arrangements defeated at tax tribunals

The government has released long-awaited clarification on the rules on restrictions of interest deductibility, which are due to come into force from 1 April 2017 and are likely to affect nearly 4,000 businesses, particularly multinationals

The following five measures announced in the Budget 2017 by Chancellor Philip Hammond are effective immediately, with a particular focus on curbing tax avoidance activity

Measures to ensure those marketing tax avoidance schemes cannot circumvent the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS) regime by re-organising their businesses have been introduced by the Chancellor

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has delayed the introduction of Making Tax Digital for sole traders, landlords and the self employed operating under the new £85,000 VAT threshold

A rise in the levy for the VAT flat rate scheme from April 2017 will hit limited cost traders and may wipe out the benefits, warns Benjamin Grunberg ACA, partner at Grunberg & Co

As businesses in high-value areas brace themselves for a business rates hike, Calum Fuller explores the flaws in the regime and how it might be improved

The Valuations Office Agency, the body responsible for carrying out the revaluation of business rates, has ‘more than enough information’ available to it to carry out more frequent assessments, instead of the current five year intervals, according to experts from commercial property consultancy Colliers International