The Treasury committee is to examine government plans to spend around £4bn on repair work on the Houses of Parliament, saying an inquiry is needed to establish on what basis the funding is required, as a report on the issues from Deloitte is insufficiently detailed

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

As the new year begins to take shape, Laith Khalaf warns inflation and commodity prices could have a significant bearing on 2017

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

After an unpredictable and turbulent year, PwC senior economic adviser Andrew Sentance predicts a year of further political disruption in the US and Europe

Government is investing in HMRC in order to strengthen the tax authority’s anti-avoidance capability, warns KPMG tax director Kevin Elliott

The Chancellor's well-known love of spreadsheets jarres sharply with the government's Making Tax Digital project, notes Yvette Nunn CTA

Tax sovereignty is incompatible with the globalised world, according to OECD tax policy director Pascal Saint-Amans

First Tier Tribunals (FTTs) are to be given powers to issue partial closure notices (PCNs) once the Finance Bill 2017 gains royal assent

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has confirmed it is now placed on a permanent footing, with the triggering of legislation in Finance Act 2016

HMRC has not agreed contingency measures with the Treasury should it run into difficulties with plans to digitise the tax system, and must take action to ensure it has a credible plan to make savings without damaging customer service, according to a report by the public accounts committee (PAC) which says its performance remains below par in several key areas

The European Commission is proposing to simplify rules for e-commerce across EU country borders by introducing a one-stop shop for online VAT payments that will cover goods as well as services, in a move which it says will cut compliance costs by 95%