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The general election appears to have delayed the likely implementation of the new failure to prevent fraud offences which were included in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (s 199 onwards). Regulations to bring the relevant...

Disclosures of untaxed offshore assets under HMRC’s Worldwide Disclosure Facility (WDF) increased by 146% to 5,400 in the year to 5 April 2023, report accounting and business advisers Lubbock Fine. Voluntary disclosure under the WDF generally means...

This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors. 

The main UK political parties have published their general election manifestos, with a variety of tax announcements included (sometimes hidden) in the detail. Some of the more eye-catching points from the Liberal Democrat and Conservative tax plans...

The CIOT and LITRG have proposed changes to draft regulations which would allow HMRC to issue the second late-payment penalty where the outstanding tax has not been paid in full by the end of the two-year assessment limit.HMRC had been consulting on...

Responding to HMRCs consultation, Cryptoasset Reporting Framework and Common Reporting Standard, on the UKs implementation of the OECD Cryptoasset Reporting Framework and amended Common Reporting Standard (to include the exchange of...

A new IFS report provides an assessment of the UK government’s record on tax from 2010 to 2024. Key findings include: direct taxes have been increased on high-income individuals but cut on low and middle earners; more revenue is now being raised...

This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.  

The Conservative Party has pledged a triple lock plus for UK pensioners. Under the proposals, pensioners would benefit from a future increased personal tax allowance, rather than the current allowance which is due to remain frozen until...

Information requests between HMRC and foreigntaxauthoritiesfor information on UK taxpayers are at their highest level in at least seven years in 2023/24, according to data obtained by Price Bailey.The data released under the Freedom...