Mutual trading: the four key conditions
The concept of what constitutes a trade is a fundamental question in UK tax law, forming the basis of many disputes between taxpayers and HMRC since tax was first levied on profits.
The concept of what constitutes a trade is a fundamental question in UK tax law, forming the basis of many disputes between taxpayers and HMRC since tax was first levied on profits.
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.
After months of speculation, the UK government’s much-trailed Budget was finally delivered at the end of November.
The online article in January’s edition of Tax Advisor (tinyurl.com/2mx5cpft) provided an update about changes to agricultural and business proper
In the CIOT response, we welcomed the OECD’s focus on the global mobility of individuals and its consideration of how increasing trends in this area create complexity and challenges for businesses,
The Bill creates a power for HM Treasury to apply a primary and secondary Class 1 National Insurance contributions charge where employer pension contributions are made via salary sacrifice arrangem
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
Earlier this year, LITRG published a blog (tinyurl.com/yz26rmth) setting out a number of concerns about the growing prevalence of so-called grocery salary
The online article in January’s edition of Tax Adviser (tinyurl.com/3z4jmy9c) set out the significant changes afoot for anti-money laundering (AML
Since the publication of the draft Finance Bill in July 2025, CIOT and ATT have engaged strongly with HMRC on all the agent-related measures.