In the news: September 2025

‘HMRC will phase out physical letters as part of a plan to cut postal output by 75% by 2028/29... Lindsay Scott from the CIOT warned: “Plans to phase out post must be handled with care, with robust safeguards to protect those who are digitally excluded or lack digital confidence”.’

The Times, 14 June

‘The new rules have caused a great deal of confusion, but they simply mean that HMRC is receiving more information from online platforms than they were before. If you are following existing rules and declaring your income as required, then you don’t need to worry, or do anything differently.’

Victoria Todd of LITRG, in the Telegraph on the tax rules for selling items online, 20 June

‘Investment club members who are in self-assessment should include their share of their income and gains on their self-assessment return. For those who do not otherwise need to be in self‑assessment, they will need to tell HMRC about their income from the club by phoning or writing.’

Helen Thornley of ATT, in the Telegraph, 1 July

‘LITRG would like to see HMRC speed up its roll-out, so that all taxpayers can benefit from the new penalty regime.’

Antonia Stokes of LITRG, in The Sun (among others), 8 July

‘The CIOT explains National Insurance is a tax on earnings paid by both employees from their wages and by employers (on top of the wages they pay out), as well as by the self-employed (from their trading profits).’

The Daily Record on calls to scrap NI on overtime pay for some emergency services workers, 15 July

‘It’s almost five years since HMRC last consulted on MTD for CT, and we’ve had very little movement or noise since then. We knew that the project had been kicked very far into the long grass, so at least today’s announcement provides some certainty.’

ATT’s Emma Rawson, Birmingham Live, 29 July