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Measuring tax gaps 2026
Heather Self
Heather Self (Blick Rothenberg) analyses HMRC’s latest tax gap figures, and
explains why annual comparisons can mislead and why compliance activity
alone will not close the gap.
The tax gap and the limits of compliance
Ray McCann
Small businesses remain HMRC’s principal compliance target, but tackling non-compliance will require more than enforcement, argues Ray McCann.
AI in tax disputes: risks and routes of challenge
Liesl Fichardt
Emily Au
Liesl Fichardt and Emily Au (Quinn Emanuel) consider the use of AI in
tax disputes and the implications for transparency, fairness and taxpayer
challenges.
So much ‘noise’: HMRC’s evolving approach to corporate compliance
Vicky Topps
Karmjit Mader
HMRC’s increasing focus on upstream compliance and a more data-led, riskbased
approach marks a clear shift away from the traditional enquiry cycle,
as Vicky Topps and Karmjit Mader (KPMG) explain.
HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group explained
Amit Puri
Amit Puri (Pure Tax Investigations) outlines the structure, resourcing and recent performance of HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group, including trends in compliance yield and investigation activity.
Mandatory agent registration: what we know so far
Jane Mellor
HMRC’s latest guidance still leaves key questions unanswered, writes Jane Mellor, Head of Professional Standards at the CIOT and ATT.
The Pillar Two Side-by-Side package: how UK groups should approach compliance
Jack Gifford
Jack Gifford (EY) shares practical views on two of the most pressing Pillar Two issues for UK multinationals: the newly released Side-by-Side package and the fast approaching initial GIR filing deadline.
A new service for tax certainty on major projects
Finn Halton
Gregory Price
HMRC’s new service could provide a valuable focused engagement channel for major investments, write Gregory Price and Finn Halton (Macfarlanes).
HMRC, tax disputes and AI
Liesl Fichardt
Emily Au
Will AI make tax disputes faster and smarter, or simply more complicated?
Liesl Fichardt and Emily Au (Quinn Emanuel) investigate.
FA 2025 review: The loans to participators regime no more (re)paying your way
Hugh Gunson
With all the publicity that has surrounded other parts of FA 2025, practitioners could be forgiven for having missed the changes to the loans to participators regime tucked away in s 81. The rules: The loans to participators rules in...
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EDITOR'S PICK
The Orsted ‘tax nothing’
Andrew Page
1 /7
Budget 2026: options for taxing wealth
Dom Rothbarth
2 /7
HMRC powers and the taxpayer relationship: when is enough, enough?
Chris Sanger
,
Constantine Christofi
,
Craig Kirkham-Wilson
3 /7
Redrawing the line: modernising the taxation of distributions
Jill Gatehouse
,
Emily Szasz
,
Joe Williams
,
Tom Gardner
4 /7
Reckless tax statements: a lower threshold for crime?
Adam Craggs
,
Tom Jenkins
5 /7
Permanent Establishment exemption: preparing for mandatory application
Alison Lobb
,
Lisa Shipley
6 /7
The 2026 loan charge settlement scheme: the beginning of the end?
David Pett
7 /7
The Orsted ‘tax nothing’
Andrew Page
Budget 2026: options for taxing wealth
Dom Rothbarth
HMRC powers and the taxpayer relationship: when is enough, enough?
Chris Sanger
,
Constantine Christofi
Redrawing the line: modernising the taxation of distributions
Jill Gatehouse
,
Emily Szasz
Reckless tax statements: a lower threshold for crime?
Adam Craggs
,
Tom Jenkins
Permanent Establishment exemption: preparing for mandatory application
Alison Lobb
,
Lisa Shipley
The 2026 loan charge settlement scheme: the beginning of the end?
David Pett
NEWS
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Conservatives pledge IHT exemption for family homes
Government accepts PAC recommendations on large business tax compliance
No breaches found under banks’ tax code
Distributions reform could hinder business transactions, CIOT warns
Bolt: Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal
CASES
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HMRC v British Airways plc
Victoria Oil & Gas plc v HMRC
S Keswick and others v HMRC
Other cases that caught our eye: 9 October 2026
Jumpman Gaming Ltd v HMRC
IN BRIEF
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AI and the unwinnable case
Corporate residence: beyond the paperwork
Hill: the Upper Tribunal on reasonable excuse
Loans to participators: s 455
Modernising the taxation of distributions
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Victoria Oil & Gas plc v HMRC
Re Fulmar Contracting Ltd (In Liquidation) and others v M Williams and another
Bolt: Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal
HMRC name 196 deliberate tax defaulters
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