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Just a few days after this article appears, a new government will be formed to lead the country for the next five years.

All professionals want happy clients who pay their fees on time, refer more work to them, and go on to refer them to other potential clients. Fee disputes cause significant problems, however.

The so-called ‘IR35 rules’ (more strictly, the ‘intermediaries’ legislation’) were announced just over 25 years ago with their stated aim being to prevent employment relationships (and the adve

The Welsh government recently consulted on proposals to abolish land transaction tax(LTT) multiple dwellings relief (MDR) following the UK government’s decision to abolish the equivalent relief for

Finance (No.2) Act 2024received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024.

The Pillar Two rules are now in effect in the UK and other countries, with more countries in the process of introducing rules from 2025 onwards.

The consultation is on GOV.UK website: tinyurl.com/458eb9cs

In 2018, the CIOT made a proactive submission to HMRC about the capital gains tax (CGT) trap on refinancing property using alternative (Shariah compliant) finance (see Mohammed Amin’s article in

CIOT continues to engage with HMRC to address the challenges arising because of the ‘volume compliance’ approach for enquiries into R&D tax relief claims.

A lot has changed since P11D forms were introduced in the early 1960s. In April 2016, the voluntary payrolling of benefits in kind was introduced.