PAYE

HMRC’s new service could provide a valuable focused engagement channel for major investments, write Gregory Price and Finn Halton (Macfarlanes).

For the City of London, one of the most noteworthy tax reforms pursued by the Government since it was elected in 2024 has been the introduction of a new tax regime for carried interest, under which receipts will be taxed as trading income within the...

With joint and several tax liability being introduced for those contracting with umbrellas, David Harmer (Markel Tax) explains how to keep your clients protected.

Upper Tribunal cancels inaccuracy penalties

Judicial review determining tax residency: K (oao R Houldsworth) v HMRC [2025] EWHC 2848 (Admin) (4 November) revisits an issue which many people might have thought had gone away: the extent to which the (former) IR20 booklet can be relied on when...

Interest on overpaid VAT: For most VAT practitioners, the decision in HMRC v Colaingrove Ltd [2025] UKUT 360 (TCC) (21 October) will be of historical interest only as the interest regime for VAT that was at issue here has been completely...

Payments to employees under tax avoidance scheme were taxable earnings despite purported repayment obligation

Operation of PAYE: Fieldworkhub Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 1097 (TC) (11 September) concerned a company who took on an employee who was also employed (under PAYE) with another employer. HMRC originally issued the new employer with a DO code –...

Expat’s pension escapes tax as link to employment unbroken by fund transfer