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Announced in early 2016, the Help to Save scheme will be available by April 2018 and open to ‘individuals… in receipt of universal credit with minimum household earnings equivalent to 16 hours at t

In 2015-16, the Adjudicator completed 914 investigations into complaints about HMRC and substantially or partly upheld 666 (72%) of those in favour of the complainant.

Universal credit (UC) is gradually replacing working tax credit and child tax credit as well as income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, income-related employment and support allowance a

Although the VAT treatment of venue or room hires might seem rather niche, it can have an impact in many situations; conference and meeting room hire by hotels and charities, theatre hire by local

The sale or transfer of a business (known as TOGCs) can be significant in value so it is essential to accurately identify whether it would qualify for VAT-free treatment.

The Scottish Landfill Tax (Qualifying Material) Order 2016 will take effect on 1 October 2016 and Revenue Scotland is updating its guidance

The House of Commons concluded its committee stage debate on Finance Bill 2016 on 7 July after just eight sittings, including two days of consideration in a committee of the whole House – one of th

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) held its stakeholder conference on 18 July. Representatives from the CIOT, ATT and LITRG were among the 80 or so people present.

Background

HMRC published a consultation on proposals to strengthen the tax avoidance disclosure regimes for indirect taxes and inheritance tax.

The CIOT has responded to a government consultation on whether there is a continued need for a National Insurance contributions (NIC) election.