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HM Treasury published the Customs Bill White Paper on 9 October 2017, ahead of the draft Bill being released before the end of the year.

In October 2017, the CIOT attended a stakeholder meeting with HMRC and representatives from the logistics and legal sectors to discuss its draft legislation, The Fulfilment Business (Approval Schem

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

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

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

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

The Scottish Government undertook two consultations over the summer in relation to Air Departure Tax (ADT), which is expected to take effect in Scotland from 1 April 2018.

A Budget Representation is a written representation from an interest group, individual or representative body to HM Treasury with the aim of commenting on government policy and suggesting new polic

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

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