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

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.

Given the various capital gains tax rate rises announced in the Autumn Budget and the limited scope of business asset disposal relief, it seems likely that the use of employee ownership tr

The forum’s purpose is ‘to exchange views between HMRC and representative organisations relating to the procedures and operations of VAT, and to consider and discuss VAT issues arising from member

The clauses selected for debate by the Committee of the whole House related to capital gains tax (CGT) rates and reliefs, oil and gas taxation, VAT on private school fees rates and rates of stamp d

What happened in 2024

This time last year, I wrote in Tax Adviser that 2024 would be a challenging year for tax and finance directors with one of the key themes being unce

There was much speculation ahead of the first Labour Budget in 14 years.

Late payment interest is charged on underpaid taxes in order to represent ‘commercial restitution’; that is to compensate the Exchequer for the loss of the use of monies during the period the tax h

The 2024/25 tax year is effectively the ‘base year’ for triggering Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax compliance from 6 April 2026.

The proposal to remove the VAT exemption (Item 1, Group 6, Schedule 9 to the VAT Act 1994) on private school fees was announced in the Labour Party’s election manifesto in 2019, and repea