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One of HMRC’s stated ambitions for the introduction of MTD is to reduce taxpayer error and mistakes under Self Assessment.

In some ways, though, wishing tax compliance practitioners Happy New Year in February feels wholly appropriate.

I joined the CIOT in November 2025, after 18 years in practice at BDO, mostrecently as a director heading up the Liverpool tax team.

In my October 2020 article ‘On the way to the forum’, I looked at an unsuccessful judicial review claim reported as R (oao Boulting) v HMRC [2020] EWHC 2207 (Admin).

In September 2025, former England and Liverpool footballer John Barnes was declared bankrupt following a petition by HMRC.

What came through loud and clear was your desire for balance.

This article concludes our series on the inheritance tax reforms introduced by Finance Act 2025, turning to one of the areas most significantly affected by the shift to a residence-based regime

At the 2024 Budget, the government announced that from 6 April 2027 inheritance tax would be extended to cover most pension death benefits.

Just before Christmas, the government announced that, with effect from 6 April 2026, agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR) would be capped – referred to in the d

Any tax-raising Budget will have losers and, as economists note, the optimal way to raise taxes is to apply wide measures to the broadest base.