Registration for vaping products duty (VPD) and the vaping duty stamps scheme opens 1 April 2026. HMRC is encouraging manufacturing, importing and storage businesses to start...
National Insurance
HMRC has published the 2026 edition of the National Insurance guide CWG5. It provides guidance for employers on class 1A contributions on benefits in kind,...
HMRC is writing to taxpayers who will have to sign up to making tax digital (MTD) for income tax from April 2026 based on the information included in their 2024-25 self-assessment...
HMRC received 11,489,825 self-assessment tax returns for the 2024-25 tax year by the Saturday 31 January deadline. This figure includes expected and voluntary returns as well as...
The number of investigations into underpaid inheritance tax (IHT) rose from 3,793 to 3,977 over 2024-25, netting HMRC an additional £246m, according to a response from a...
In 2025, there were 23,938 registered company insolvencies, comprising 18,525 creditors’ voluntary liquidations (CVLs), 3,730 compulsory liquidations, 1,495 administrations,...
The Scottish government has published a consultation on a Highlands and Islands exemption for the air departure tax (ADT), which is due to take effect from 1 April 2027.
The...
Tax rates
A definitive list of rates and thresholds for 2026-27 is available.
tinyurl.com/govtaxrates2627
Trusts and estates
HMRC’s Trusts and Estates Newsletter for February 2026...