IN BRIEF

With the coronavirus spreading through Europe, the EU is looking to coordinate and support mitigating measures as much as possible. In some areas such as taxation, the European Commission’s lack of power competencies is evident. In the meantime, the impact of the crisis on non-coronavirus related tax developments remains to be seen.

Heather Self (Blick Rothenberg) considers the government's support for businesses announced to date and what might happen once the immediate crisis is over.

HMRC has updated its guidance to set out temporary changes to the stamping process. 

Tax measures new and old can help blunt the economic challenges arising from Covid-19 measures, particularly cashflow, write advisers at Markel Tax.

On 26 March 2020, the UK chancellor announced the new self-employed income support scheme to help the self-employed face the economic hardship wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic.

HMRC comes to the rescue.

Keeping calm and carrying on – with the help of technology.

On 17 March, Treasury Minister Stephen Barclay announced in the House of Commons that the proposed IR35 changes would be delayed until April 2021 as part of the effort to minimise the economic impact of Covid-19.According to the announcement this is...

COVID-19 notwithstanding, normal tax processes continue and today saw the publication of the Finance Bill, which will give legal effect to the announcements in the Budget. Our expectation is that the Bill will be given royal assent in July but...