The check employment status for tax (CEST) digital tool is being updated with effect from 30 April 2025. According to HMRC, the revisions will make it ‘easier to use the tool...
The capital goods scheme is to be simplified by removing computers from the assets covered by the scheme and increasing the capital expenditure value of land, buildings and civil...
The government has further delayed the introduction of mandatory reporting and paying of income tax and class 1A National Insurance contributions on benefits in kind using...
HMRC will close the agent and customer online forums on 30 June 2025.
In preparation for the closure, the forums will stop accepting new queries from early June 2025.
HMRC said:...
Pensions schemesIn Pension Schemes Newsletter 169, HMRC outlines pension scheme legal changes and deadlines for 2025, including that the application deadlines for fixed protection...
New guidance from HMRC states that sole traders and landlords within making tax digital (MTD) for income tax can appoint multiple agents to act on their behalf at the same time. It...
State-regulated care providers are increasingly using VAT grouping structures to recover VAT on costs that relate to supplies of welfare services that would otherwise be exempt...
The customs treatment of low value imports, which allows goods valued at £135 or less to be imported without paying customs duty, is to be reviewed, said chancellor of the...
HMRC’s tax investigations into the UK’s largest businesses – those with an annual turnover of £200m – now last an average of 45 months, according to...
Nearly 80% of chartered accountants agree that as artificial intelligence (AI) is integrated more into business, the role of accountants as ‘data guardians’ will become...
1 June 2025Payment of corporation tax for accounting periods ended 31 August 2024 for small and medium-sized companies where payment is not required by instalments.Check for...
HMRC has paused taking new self-assessment repayment requests over the telephone or via webchat in response to a recent increase in suspected fraudulent attempts, but its says its...