Cash for information: how HMRC is paying for intelligence
In November 2025, HMRC formally launched an enhanced informant and reward scheme, marking a significant shift in the UK’s approach to tackling serious tax avoidance and evasion.
In November 2025, HMRC formally launched an enhanced informant and reward scheme, marking a significant shift in the UK’s approach to tackling serious tax avoidance and evasion.
Cyber attacks are having a significant impact on both UK citizens and the economy.
In December, the ATT and CIOT joined with other legal, trust and accountancy bodies to express concerns to HMRC about the lack of awareness of new requirements to register trusts and other entities
Dame Meg Hillier moved from chairing the Public Accounts Committee in the last Parliament to chairing the Treasury Committee in this Parliament.
The CIOT and ATT have provided briefings for the Committee of Whole House on the first eight clauses of the Finance (No 2) Bill 2025-26.
The year 2025 was one of tough fiscal choices and global disruption. In the UK, the Budget was the most obvious focal point – and one of the most anticipated in recent years.
In October 2014, I co-authored the former Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) report on the competitiveness of the UK tax administration.
A ‘family office’ enables a family to outsource the management of its wealth holding structures, and other administrative or strategic functions, to a trusted group of advisors or individuals.
Each year, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee conducts an inquiry into specific aspects of the draft Finance Bill, taking written and oral evidence to produce an apo
On 11 December 2024, CIOT and ICAEW published a joint report ‘Tackling HMRC’s customer service challenge’, following a six week study which involved our members recording their attempts to cont