Tax | Spending Review: HMRC given £500m for move to 90% digital

The chancellor has earmarked an additional £500m for HMRC to force 90% of interactions with tax authority online only by 2030 with inheritance tax paper process a priority

11 Jun 2025

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Business | Spending Review: £70bn for transport, homes, energy

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out a massive public spending programme but is the front loaded spend going to lead to more taxes

11 Jun 2025

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Tax | Pensioners with sub £35k income to get winter fuel payment

Majority of pensioners will be paid winter fuel allowance with clawback for those above threshold of £35,000 as chancellor confirms major u-turn

9 Jun 2025

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Personal Tax

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Business | Labour in Catch-22 ahead of spending review

Alison Ring, ICAEW director of public sector and taxation, looks at the tough choices facing the Chancellor and why HMRC needs more than temporary funding bursts

9 Jun 2025

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Tax | Starmer slams Farage tax plans

The prime minister has criticised Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, as repeating the problems of the Truss government, over his radical tax proposals, saying he is gambling with the public’s money

29 May 2025

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Tax | Reform would raise tax free threshold to £20k

Nigel Farage spoke today in Central London where he announced if Reform were elected, government savings would come in the billions from scrapping Net Zero and the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agenda

27 May 2025

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Tax | PM caves to pressure on winter fuel payments

Following voter backlash, major u-turn for government as Kier Starmer says eligibility threshold for winter fuel payments will be raised with confirmation at Budget

21 May 2025

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Tax | Chancellor backs off plan to slash £20k ISA limit

Savers can breathe a temporary sigh of relief as chancellor ditches plan to cut ISA tax-free limit but could see allowance split between shares and cash

20 May 2025

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Business | UK-EU deal will ‘slash red tape and bureaucracy’

UK strikes defence and fishing deal with EU, signals urgency to finish negotiations to reduce red tape at borders for exporters, visa-based travel scheme for young people and access to eGates at EU airports

19 May 2025

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Tax | Farmers cannot ‘rethink businesses on a whim’

MPs call on government to delay changes to agricultural property relief by a year to April 2027 to allow for proper consultation and a more coherent tax policy

16 May 2025

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Tax | US president threatens 100% tariffs on film industry

The UK film industry is reeling from the latest announcement by Donald Trump to charge 100% tariffs on US films made in the UK

6 May 2025

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International Tax

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Tax | Compulsory payrolling of benefits in kind delayed

The government has delayed the introduction of mandatory payrolling and reporting of benefits in kind via PAYE leaving P11D intact

29 Apr 2025

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Employment Tax

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Tax | Valuation Office Agency to be abolished to save money

The government plans to abolish the Valuation Office Agency to cut waste and inefficiency with HMRC taking over responsibilities

28 Apr 2025

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Tax | Chancellor to review £135 de minimis parcel exemption

The zero tax regime for low cost items imported into the UK could be abolished as the Chancellor looks to prevent dumping of cheap Chinese products

24 Apr 2025

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Tax | Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt given knighthood

Jeremy Hunt has been knighted in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list as is former Treasury secretary Mel Stride, who at one time had responsibility for HMRC and the loan charge

11 Apr 2025

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