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The appetite for buying and selling professional services firms at present is high. This may be being driven by a combination of factors:

However, while the concepts of AI and machine learning have been around for decades, their practical application to everyday life was in the realms of science fiction, not everyday reality.

My congratulations to all new incoming members and also to those who have recently passed the ADIT examinations and can become an ADIT Aff

The Labour Party made it clear in its manifesto that it was ‘committed to one major fiscal event a year, giving families and businesses due warning of tax and spending policies’.

The roundtable was called at relatively short notice, just prior to the publication of the National Audit Office’s report ‘The administrative cost of the tax system’, published on 10 February (

In November, the First-tier Tribunal recorded the second significant taxpayer victory in research and development (R&D) cases in a matter of weeks.

Chancellor Gordon Brown’s 2006 Budget had a significant focus on reducing the cost to business of regulation.

HMRC has an anniversary this year as it is 20 years since it came into existence, having previously been two very different departments – the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise.

HM Treasury’s Spending Review representation portal is now open for submissions (www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/SpendingReview25).

In 2023-24, the UK tax system demonstrated a remarkable level of voluntary compliance, with over 95% of the £843.4 billion collected by HMRC being paid without intervention.