HMRC has published guidance on how to apply for approval to get an agent services account for agent businesses based outside the UK, in an extension of its current functionality

With less than 50 days to go until Making Tax Digital for VAT becomes mandatory for businesses registered for VAT, HMRC has confirmed that companies will be able use a 'cut and paste' approach during the one-year soft landing before companies need to use digital links 

The ever daunting volume of tax code leaves taxpayers confused and liable to be caught out by ever more arcane tax rules. Yvette Nunn CTA, founder of Berkeley Associates, gives a candid view of some of the more complex tax traps from compliance with non residential CGT to the risks of falling foul of the annual allowance when saving for a pension 

Making Tax Digital for VAT is rapidly approaching, with only two months until digital VAT filing becomes mandatory on 1 April. Amy Austin, reporter at Accountancy Daily, went to meet Theresa Middleton, director of Making Tax Digital for Business at HMRC to talk about how successful the pilot has been and what issues have been raised, how HMRC will handle the onslaught of queries and how it will ramp up efforts to make people of aware of the requirements to file digitally going forward

The key HMRC filing deadlines from February to July 2019 including Forms P46(Car) for quarter ended 5 Jan, PAYE cheque payments for month ended 5 Feb and payment of outstanding income and CGT in respect of personal tax returns for 2017/18 to avoid 5% surcharge

This month's review of tax cases and tax news including taxpayer loses £1m Excalibur scheme appeal, HMRC targets multinationals with profit shifting disclosure, tribunal confusion over BlackRock VAT for financial services case

The Charity Commission is urging trustees to ensure charities are getting ready for the implementation of Making Tax Digital for VAT, which starts on 1 April

The public has greater trust in professionals, including accountants and tax advisers, than in politicians and non-government organisations (NGOs), when it comes to tax systems but the increasing complexity of tax systems comes in for criticism across G20 countries

HMRC is investing more resources in technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and ground-breaking technology with the creation of the first innovation team at the tax authority briefed to collaborate with external IT specialists to develop innovative software to improve tax collection and close the tax gap

The arrival of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT reporting from April 2019 is forcing businesses to upgrade their accounting practices. David McGeachy and Alison Hobbs of Saffery Champness examine the future plans for the extension of MTD to all taxes

There are just over 70 days until Making Tax Digital (MTD) goes live in the UK. James Bunney looks at several other countries where digital reporting has been introduced in recent years

With less than 80 days to the rollout of Making Tax Digital for VAT, a number of professional institutes, inlcuding AAT, ACCA, ATT, CIOT and STEP, have released initial engagement letters defining client relationships under the new digital reporting framework