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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 Office of Tax Simplification released an unusual report on Halloween – just before Parliament was dissolved for the general election.

When pensions flexibility (or ‘pensions freedom’) was introduced from 6 April 2015, the government – understandably – wanted to prevent taxpayers from doubling up on tax relief through ‘recycling’,

Real time reporting of PAYE information has been with us now since 2013.