Furlough schemeHMRC has updated the coronavirus job retention scheme guidance to cover employees who are unable to work due to caring responsibilities resulting from Covid-19....
Many UK businesses are taking huge risks when making research and development (R&D) tax credit claims, reveals a YouGov poll of 2,004 senior decision makers. Results of the...
HMRC has updated its making tax digital (MTD) guidance to state that businesses cannot join the pilot for MTD for income tax if they have claimed one or more of the...
HMRC has temporarily suspended
the requirement for an activation code to be sent in the post before taxpayers
can access the self-assessment online filing service.
These codes...
The withdrawal of ‘airside’
tax-free shopping in the UK and of the VAT retail export scheme from Great
Britain from 31 December 2020 has been confirmed in Revenue and...
The Treasury has published a call for evidence asking for views on the government’s assessment of the VAT
challenges created by the sharing economy as well as evidence of...
The value of penalties HMRC is
imposing on taxpayers each month is rising after falling during the start of
the lockdown in spring, says UHY Hacker Young.There was a reduction...
A new UK trader scheme (UKTS) will
help ensure that, from 1 January 2021, traders do not pay tariffs on the
movement of goods into Northern Ireland from Great Britain when those...
A one-off wealth tax could raise substantial revenue and help fill the hole in public finances caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Wealth Tax Commission has said.In a report...
HMRC has explained how overseas businesses – those not established in the EU – can claim VAT refunds if they have been having difficulties in obtaining a certificate of...
The latest usage data from
HMRC’s check employment status for tax (CEST) tool shows it has been unable to
deliver a verdict over 188,000 times in the past year. The data...