The high-profile dispute between Rangers football club and HMRC over the use of employee benefit trusts (EBT) to make payments to staff and players reaches the Supreme Court next month, in a bid to resolve the issues of whether such payments amount to earnings, which would be taxable as income, or loans

UK and overseas poker players competing in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament and other events held in the US risk their winnings becoming subject to a 30% US tax, after an expert in gambling taxation highlighted changes to the way the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to apply the rules

Making Tax Digital will be back in the spotlight on Wednesday as sneior HMRC officials are called up to give evidence at the House of Lords committee reviewing the draft clauses of the Finance Bill 

HMRC and National Trading Standards, the body which protects consumer rights, have agreed to step up their exchange of information in order to crack down on rogue estate agents

The EU has signalled plans to ramp up its work to tackle harmful tax practices internationally, with the Council working group that oversees implementation of the EU's code of conduct on business taxation finalising a list of jurisdictions that are considered non-cooperative in tax matters to be published shortly

Making Tax Digital must take account of the needs of small businesses says ACCA head of taxation Chas Roy-Chowdhury 

The introduction of the revised Professional Conduct in relation to Taxation, produced by the leading professional institutes and approved by the Treasury, sets out tough rules on the limits for tax advisers and accountants when providing tax planning advice and professional judgment. Bill Dodwell, head of tax policy at Deloitte, considers the key issues

The cash basis threshold has been set at £150,000 to allow more buy-to-let landlords to benefit from being taxed on the cash basis set out in draft legislation released as part of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital plans

From April 2017, the tax treatment of certain types of carried-forward loss for corporation tax purposes will be tightened, raising an additional £1.3bn for the Exchequer by 2020

Proposed non dom rules will see certain individuals treated as UK domiciles for income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax purposes, with revised guidance issued and effective from 6 April 2017

Finance Bills should be subject to more rigorous scrutiny, particularly tax measures, according to the chairman of the Treasury Select Committee Andrew Tyrie

Nearly 4,000 large businesses can expect significantly higher tax bills upon the introduction of interest deductibility for corporation tax, says Alvarez & Marsal Taxand managing director Kevin Hindley