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Many advisers will agree that a fundamental weakness of the VAT system is that 5% or 20% tax will be charged by some suppliers who will not declare or pay it on a return submitted to HMRC.

This article outlines the range of tax powers devolved to Scotland, the 2024/25 Scottish Budget proposals, the wider funding package of which Scottish taxation is a part, progress (or otherwise

A well-known English dictionary defines the word ‘option’ as ‘the power or right to choose’.

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Articles 167 and 168 of the Principal VAT Directive are in some ways the crux of the whole VAT system, the legal provisions which ensure that a taxable business should be placed in a fiscally n

Only a quarter (26%) of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) say that an adviser has raised the topic of charitable giving with them in the past, yet two in five believe it is important to discu

Party ‘A’ sells standard rated goods or services to ‘B’. ‘B’ makes a profit and sells to ‘C’. ‘B’ is registered for VAT and ‘A’ is not.

The highly respected Institute for Fiscal Studies recently released a document ‘Tax and public finances: the fundamentals’ (see tinyurl.com/jrycjhy4) highl

The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 29 June 2023.

Two cases recently heard in the First-tier Tribunal have given us an important reminder about VAT and record-keeping: if a business makes any sales or receives income where it does not charge