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Budget Special

It is impossible to write about the Budget, given its timing.

On 5 July, the nation awoke to a landslide election victory for Labour, with the Conservatives recording their lowest number of seats since 1832 and the Liberal Democrats becoming the largest t

Sadly, complaints against professionals brought by clients or the regulator are an increasing fact of professional life.

In July, the government published draft legislation to remove the specific tax treatment for income and gains from furnished holiday lets (FHLs) from April 2025.

The CIOT used HM Treasury’s call for 2024 Budget representations to outline our concerns on some of the definitions contained within TCGA 1992 s 162.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD ITSA) is now less than 550 days away, becoming compulsory for the first wave of self-employed individuals and landlords on 6 April 2026.

One area of increasing importance concerns responsibilities where taxpayers and/or their agents use software to file returns with HMRC.

The Income Tax (Construction Industry Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/308) came into force on 6 April 2024.

A fundamental aspect of the tribunals system is that a tribunal is meant to be a more accessible forum for achieving justice than the courts.

A May 2024 survey by Tolley found that two-thirds of UK tax practitioners are regularly using generative AI or are planning to do so soon.