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Every tax professional I speak to feels the same tension. On one hand, there’s relentless pressure to ‘do something with AI’.

I wrote in the September 2024 edition of ‘Tax Adviser’ about the Court of Appeal’s decision in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWCA Civ 177 and its potentially profo

Experiencing a delay on the way to my firm’s Glasgow office recently because the shooting of the latest Spiderman film had taken over the city centre, I reflected on just how successful our cre

The Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is a complex system that affects a wide range of businesses involved in UK construction work, including many that may not realise they fall within its sco

The Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (VARLA 2025) received Royal Assent in September 2025, marking a major step in the evolution of Welsh tax powers.

Businesses often underestimate how much tax shapes behaviour. Consider the 5p charge on plastic bags: a minor levy that fundamentally shifted consumer habits almost overnight.

A landmark ruling by the UK Supreme Court has provided long-awaited clarity on VAT obligations for private hire operators outsi

My article ‘Unpaid employment taxes: shifting liability’ in the September issue of Tax Adviser outlined HMRC’s powers to collect unpaid PAYE and NICs from employees and persons other t

The merged research and development (R&D) tax relief scheme was introduced for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024.

Yachts and horses have often been grouped together as targets for HMRC with regards to private usage.