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Businesses often underestimate how much tax shapes behaviour. Consider the 5p charge on plastic bags: a minor levy that fundamentally shifted consumer habits almost overnight.

We are operating in a world where attracting and retaining talent is a challenge that all organisations are facing, with workers seeking roles that give them the flexibility to work when and wh

Employers are legally responsible for deducting, accounting for and paying income tax and Class 1 primary NIC to HMRC under the PAYE system.

I remember Lord Carnwath (then ‘a “mere” Lord Justice’) addressing the London Branch of the CIOT back in about 2008.

The salaried member rules are designed to counter the ‘disguised employment’ of individuals within limited liability partnerships (LLPs).

The single most important tax system in the UK is, of course, the Pay As You Earn system. In 2023-24, PAYE brought in some £409 billion, or about 42% of national accounts taxes.

Given the various capital gains tax rate rises announced in the Autumn Budget and the limited scope of business asset disposal relief, it seems likely that the use of employee ownership tr

The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (‘the Regs’) implement the 4th European Money Laundering Directive.

In the UK our tax system is often said to encourage the use of employee share schemes.

The door has pretty much closed on EBTs but what about the trusts that benefit self-employed persons?