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The fundamental principle of VAT (so much so that it is the basis of the name of the tax) is that each party in a chain of supplies is required to hand over the tax in relation to the extent to whi

Life without worrying about VAT might be an attractive thought for many small business owners.

On 13 July 2017, after representations from many professional bodies and stakeholders (including CIOT, ATT and LITRG), the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mel Stride, announced a relaxation in

Chaired by Michael Conlon QC, he introduced an impressive line-up of speakers covering topics such as practical VAT and Customs duty issues expected to flow from the rapidly approaching “Brexit”, a

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has focused heavily on offshore matters in recent years, but believes that a huge amount of tax remains uncollected.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) issued, earlier in the year, new guidelines on the VAT free supply of vehicles to customers with disabilities that require the use of wheelchairs or stretchers to mo

Clause 64 of the Finance Bill, which is now awaiting its second reading in the House of Lords on the 15th November and is expected to get Royal Assent before the Autumn Budget in November 2017, wil

In the interests of simplification, there should be some grateful acknowledgement of the fact that many of the concepts well known from the income tax legislation are replicated in the tax credits

In one of David Attenborough’s TV programmes, he featured a giraffe being stalked by a pair of lions but, despite their cunning trap the giraffe escaped and the lions left empty-handed.

There has been considerable discussion in the professional press and the media more generally about the new penalties and criminal sanctions which have been introduced to deal with those who ‘facil