Tax | Q&A: how to apply the 5% summer VAT discount

In this week’s Q&A, Joshua Hamley Deane, adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the rules for the temporary reduced VAT rate for attractions and children’s meals

21 Jul 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax | Summer Savings tool goes live for complex 5% VAT deal

With a summer of 5% VAT on attractions and kid’s meals in the chancellor’s discount scheme, venues have to opt in, making it tricky to find which ones are in and out

16 Jul 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Politics

Tax | Q&A: VAT registration and exception rules

In this week’s Q&A, Paul Knott, tax adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, explains the exception rules for the VAT threshold and notification periods

14 Jul 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax | Corporate hospitality and VAT: what can be claimed?

As Wimbledon fortnight starts and the England New Zealand test series plays out, VAT expert Neil Warren CTA (Fellow) explains the nuances of VAT relief on corporate hospitality and entertainment costs

29 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance

Tax Planning

Tax | Register for webinar on 5% summer VAT rate

Join our expert webinar on Mastering the 5% Summer VAT Rate at 2pm on 7 July

26 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Tax | Summer VAT discount for attractions and kids’ meals starts

Special summer VAT promotion goes live with options to slash VAT from children’s menus and certain attractions but not mandatory to participate

25 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax | VAT and PAYE payments will have to be made by direct debit

HMRC set out plans to require mandatory direct debit for VAT and PAYE payments affecting up to 87% of current registered businesses and sole traders 

25 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Consultations

Tax | Online VAT avoidance clampdown to net UK businesses

In a raft of consultations Treasury signals tougher action to tackle VAT non-compliance across online marketplaces with an extension of the current rules for overseas businesses to UK based sellers

25 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

Consultations

Business | Private school blames VAT on fees as factor in closure

Scottish private school Fernhill closes as provisional liquidator called in, follows resignation of auditor and charity regulator probe

19 Jun 2026

Business

Companies

Restructuring & Insolvency

Tax

VAT

Tax | Income tax take up 53% since threshold freeze

Businesses face huge tax bill as employer national insurance up 8% year on year while income tax threshold freeze bites hard as taxpayers squeezed across earnings range

19 Jun 2026

Tax

Business Tax

Personal Tax

Inheritance Tax

VAT

HMRC

Tax | Bolt loses TOMS dispute with HMRC over charging VAT on fares

Court of Appeal rules against Bolt in dispute with HMRC about whether the ride hailing app is eligible to use tour operators’ margin scheme (TOMS) to avoid paying VAT

16 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | Michelin chef backs campaign for 10% VAT rate

Celebrity and Michelin chef Tom Kerridge joins VAT initiative with #VATsTheProblem petition

9 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

Tax | Barclays £21m VAT case and ‘skeletal’ branch

Barclays VAT group loses appeal on HMRC’s protection of the revenue (POR) argument at Upper Tribunal

9 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

Case Reports

Tax | SNP calls on HMRC to investigate VAT breaches at head office

First minister of Scotland asks HMRC to investigate potential VAT breaches after Peter Murrell, former CEO of Scottish National Party (SNP), used fake invoices and accounts to hide embezzlement, classifying items such as a camper home as a van for business use  

8 Jun 2026

Tax

VAT

HMRC

Politics

Tax | Q&A: VAT reclaim on work gym membership

In this week’s Q&A, Abdul Hussain, adviser at Croner VIP Tax Team, considers the VAT position if an employer provides gym membership as part of salary sacrifice or as a benefit in kind

3 Jun 2026

Tax

Employment Tax

VAT

Tax Compliance