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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).

I enjoy quoting the famous line of the late comedian Eric Morecambe when he was making a mess of playing the opening bars of Grieg’s piano concerto.

Dealing with last minute tax returns in January is always challenging and often takes priority over other areas of work.

Before I retired, most of my clients were companies and charities so, apart from a couple of large religious charitable trusts, the only income tax return I have dealt with in recent years is my ow

While we buy our Christmas pudding from Betty’s (a Yorkshire institution) and so no longer follow the Victorian tradition of Stir-up Sunday, like most families the Batty household has its own Chris

A fundamental tenet of regulated emission trading schemes is that some businesses can reduce emissions at a lower cost than others, and the atmosphere is indifferent to the source of emiss

I could not find the original ‘road map’ online but I do have my own copy from the launch.

What are your biggest VAT memories of 2024? You will probably recall two major announcements.

And, if charity starts at home, we should think of the tax charities. Despite calls for simplification, our tax system gets ever more complex.