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In the current climate, there’s probably a danger that the CIOT will be accused of some form of ‘geography avoidance’ if I don’t get one thing straight.

In the May 2016 edition of Tax Adviser, we explored some of the difficulties with the travel and subsistence rul

In September’s Technical Newsdesk (Employee share schemes: NIC elections) we summarised the CIOT’s response to the government’s consultation on whether there is a

HMRC published a consultation in August 2016 on proposals to ‘simplify’ the process employers’ use for agreeing and reporting items to them through a PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA).

HM Treasury published a consultation document in August 2016 seeking views on the design of company car tax bands for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) from 2020/21 onwards.

The government has proposed to change the tax treatment where certain benefits-in-kind (BIK) are provided through salary sacrifice so that the BIK will be chargeable to income tax and Class 1A empl

The facts of the case

In May 2008, the taxpayer (‘Mr Hardy’) entered into a contract to purchase a leasehold property, with a view to renting it out.

This year’s anti avoidance legislation comes against the backdrop of the automatic information exchange agreements which have been entered into between 101 countries: 54 are exchanging by 2017 and

HMRC introduced the Worldwide Disclosure Facility (WDF) on 5 September 2016 for individuals and companies to disclose undeclared UK taxes in relation to offshore assets.

One of the novelties of the penalty provisions found in FA 2007, Sch 24 (penalties for inaccurate tax returns etc) is the opportunity for some penalties to be suspended.