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On a sombre Friday morning a week or so ago I found myself in a Whitehall office overlooking Parliament Square, listening to Big Ben’s chimes whilst sitting with a senior civil servant and a repres

A recurring conflict in VAT law arises between the conferring of exemption from VAT on services regarded as being in the public interest - the presumed intention being not to burden such public int

The CIOT has welcomed HMRC’s decision to wind down their Business Record Check (BRC) programme from 20 October 2015.

It is usually clear whether a business should register for VAT as soon as it starts trading.

Have you ever watched Deal or No Deal hosted by Noel Edmonds? It is a television game show in which contestants have to guess which boxes contain high-value money prizes.

The CIOT and ATT have recently responded to HMRC’s consultation document Income Tax: Extension of averaging period for farmers.

The article ‘Proposed refocusing of the enterprise investment scheme’ (Tax Adviser, May 2015) drew attention to the joint Treasury and HMRC publication in March of draft legislation and explanatory

The CIOT has written to the Finance Bill Committee commenting on clause 32 of the Finance Bill which will prevent corporation tax deductions, such as amortisation and impairment debits, for goodwil

The article ‘AIA – arithmetical intricacies?’ (Tax Adviser, September 2015) referred to the ATT’s submission of written evidence to the Finance Bill committee on clause 8.

The DIY builder’s scheme is one of three that allow the refund of VAT incurred on particular types of building work.