Tax | Treasury swaps HMRC chair after reshuffle

After HMRC minister James Murray MP was promoted to number two at the Treasury as chief secretary in this week’s mini reshuffle, he had to quit as chair of the HMRC board

5 Sep 2025

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Tax | Angela Rayner resigns over tax fallout

Deputy PM Angela Rayner has resigned following revelations about her tax arrangements related to the purchase of a second property

5 Sep 2025

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Tax | Chancellor confirms Autumn Budget date

Rachel Reeves has announced she will be presenting this year’s Autumn Budget on Wednesday 26 November after Keir Starmer shuffled his cabinet around earlier this week

3 Sep 2025

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Tax | James Murray promoted to chief secretary to the Treasury

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has shuffled some MPs around, including making the Chair of HMRC the chief secretary to the Treasury

2 Sep 2025

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Tax | Chancellor calls in economic growth adviser

Rachel Reeves has appointed an economic growth adviser to advise her going forward who is taking up the role on a voluntary basis

1 Sep 2025

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Tax | Trump plans higher tariffs for digital services tax nations

The UK may be back in the sights of the US president after threats on Truth Social to charge additional tariffs on countries charging digital services taxes

28 Aug 2025

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Tax | Landlords face national insurance raid on rental income

More doom and gloom for landlords as the Treasury toys with idea of charging national insurance on rental income for the first time

28 Aug 2025

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Property Tax

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Tax | Chancellor eyes up property tax on £500k sellers

Refusal to raise income tax for working people to balance books is forcing the chancellor to review radical tax raising measures with a hike in property tax the latest option

19 Aug 2025

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Business | HMRC bins MTD for corporation tax

As HMRC dropped its ‘transformation roadmap’ last week a small section of the lengthy document confirmed Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Corporation Tax has been canned

28 Jul 2025

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Tax | Minister tells accountants to do more to raise MTD awareness

The Treasury minister responsible for HMRC has urged those ‘knowledgeable’ about Making Tax Digital (MTD) to share what they know as it ‘is not something government can do’

18 Jul 2025

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| Government launches £3.75k grant for EV drivers

In a drive to increase the number of electric cars sold, the government is reinstating grants for buyers of brand new zero emission vehicles

15 Jul 2025

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Business | Rishi Sunak rejoins Goldman Sachs as advisor

Former PM and chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has been hired by Goldman Sachs as a senior advisor, but will remain as an MP for now

9 Jul 2025

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Tax | What’s the alternative to a wealth tax?

As pressure from the Left builds on the chancellor to introduce a wealth tax in the UK, there are surely better ways to raise tax receipts such as CGT rebasing for IHT or a review of RNRB, says Chris Etherington, tax partner at RSM

9 Jul 2025

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Tax | Tax changes with huge receipt potential

With speculation for tax changes at the Budget already running rife statistics show targeting the three main taxes with 1p rises could raise over £66bn

26 Jun 2025

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Tax | Reform proposes £250k non-dom Britannia card

Reform UK has proposed a £250,000 Britannia card for non-domiciled individuals that will go into the pockets of the lowest earners in the UK

23 Jun 2025

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