Mike Thexton

Mike Thexton MA FCA CTA (Fellow) has been teaching and writing about tax for over 40 years, specialising in VAT for the last 25. He is a director of Thexton Training Ltd.

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Where on earth?

The butterfly effect

With one bound...

Tax spoken here?

Books etc

A bright new future

A perfect storm

Watch the doughnut

Pass it on

Flattening out

That simple tax

HMRC has blown the whistle on abuse of the VAT flat rate scheme.

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Readers’ forum: Ticket sales: could agent be treated as principal by HMRC? Readers’ forum: How to treat basic loss and occupiers loss payments Readers’ forum: Split gift over two years Readers’ forum: When is a sacrifice not a sacrifice? New Queries: 22 January 2026

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Small income tax cut for lowest earners Cancellation of late filing and late payment penalties falls Cash ISA changes will be confusing Determining characterisation of earnings paid Nearly half of inheritance tax paid in London and south east

DEADLINE DATES

Deadline dates for February 2026

CASES

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Liability of cooked rotisserie chickens Not all payments may have been remittances Mixed-use rates apply to apartment with storage unit Place of effective management was in the UK Taxpayer’s responsibilities presenting an appeal

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Mike Thexton

Deadline dates for February 2026