Traffic management under CIS: changing lanes
HMRC’s revised approach to traffic management services under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), introduced from 1 March 2025, continues to create practical and compliance challenges for bu
HMRC’s revised approach to traffic management services under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), introduced from 1 March 2025, continues to create practical and compliance challenges for bu
The VAT treatment of food is a good example of how a simple, widely known tax rule is actually subject to considerable complexity and, consequently, much confusion.
In ‘Demystifying partial exemption: getting VAT recovery right’ (March 2026, Tax Adviser), we explored the fundamentals of partial exemption – the process of determining how much VAT a business can
Supply chain transformation – the strategic redesign of how goods are sourced, produced, moved and delivered – has become a board-level priority for multinational businesses over the past decad
Partial exemption is one of the trickiest and most misunderstood areas of VAT. It governs how much VAT a business can recover and sits at the crossroads of compliance and complexity.
When VAT replaced purchase tax in 1973, following the UK’s entry into what was then known as the European Economic Community (the forerunner of the European Union), we were assured that it woul
Every tax professional I speak to feels the same tension. On one hand, there’s relentless pressure to ‘do something with AI’.
I wrote in the September 2024 edition of ‘Tax Adviser’ about the Court of Appeal’s decision in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWCA Civ 177 and its potentially profo
As outlined in Rob Janering’s article in July, four VAT ‘quick fixes’ for cross-border supplies of goods are due to come into force on 1 January 2020.