Taxing emissions: VAT and voluntary carbon credits
A fundamental tenet of regulated emission trading schemes is that some businesses can reduce emissions at a lower cost than others, and the atmosphere is indifferent to the source of emiss
A fundamental tenet of regulated emission trading schemes is that some businesses can reduce emissions at a lower cost than others, and the atmosphere is indifferent to the source of emiss
The 2024/25 tax year is effectively the ‘base year’ for triggering Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax compliance from 6 April 2026.
What are your biggest VAT memories of 2024? You will probably recall two major announcements.
On the back of the government’s manifesto commitment to give businesses ‘greater clarity on what qualifies for allowances to improve business investment decisions’, HMT and HMRC have conducted a co
Following our meeting with HMRC to discuss ongoing concerns with R&D tax relief enquiries in the summer, we asked you to send us recent examples of your experiences with HMRC to provide evidenc
HMRC has often claimed that big backlogs in issuing VAT registration numbers are caused by basic errors made by the applicants when they complete Form VAT 1.
The repetitious nature of certain referrals to the Court of Justice of the European Union is perhaps a fact of life.
In July, the government published draft legislation to remove the specific tax treatment for income and gains from furnished holiday lets (FHLs) from April 2025.
The 2014 salaried members rules (‘the rules’) remove the self-employment presumption of members whom HMRC believe are effectively employees.
The CIOT used HM Treasury’s call for 2024 Budget representations to outline our concerns on some of the definitions contained within TCGA 1992 s 162.