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Tax and Accounting Update
Bloomsbury Professional staff
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
Copyright: 2020 Crown
Tax and Accounting Update
Tax and Accounting Update is published weekly
Last update: 25th March 2020
Next update expected: 2nd April 2020
Contents
- Close sectionAgent Updates
- Close sectionAgent Update 76
- Introduction
- Future relationship with the EU
- Disguised remuneration - Independent review of the loan charge: what it means for your clients
- Capital Gains Tax Payment for Property Disposals
- Research and Development Claims
- Diesel Supplement Company Car Tax Exemption changes
- Ultra Low Emission Vehicles
- Sending your client's 2020-21 Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) return
- Reminder - Changes to the Short-Term Business Visitors (STBVs) special arrangement under Regulation 141
- Help us to improve the Corporate Interest Restriction Return
- Student and Postgraduate Loans
- Changes to the coding-out of debt via Self Assessment
- New National Minimum Wage rates announced
- Marriage Allowance
- Reporting expenses and benefits
- PAYE
- Close sectionAgent Update: Self Assessment special 2020
- Close sectionAgent Update 75
- Introduction
- Be prepared to send your client's 2020-21 Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) return online
- How to check that an investor correctly declares money received from offshore investment funds
- What to expect from a statutory review
- High Income Child Benefit Charge deadline 31 January
- Updates to 2019-20 Self Assessment Tax Returns for Student and Postgraduate Loan Borrowers
- 2018-19 Self Assessment (SA) Exclusions and Specials Documents
- Structures and Buildings Allowances (SBA)
- Non-resident company landlords and Corporation Tax
- Ultra Low Emission Vehicles
- Tax Disputes
- Consultations
- Agent Toolkits - Supporting you through the Self Assessment (SA) period
- Contact
- Manuals
- Online
- Publications
- The Pensions Regulator - Workplace pensions - remind your clients to keep paying in
- Working Together - Issues Overview Group (IOG)
- Working Together Contact information for Professional and Representative Bodies
- Close sectionAgent Update: Brexit special
- Introduction
- HMRC Brexit communications resources
- Grants for businesses completing customs declarations
- Changes for UK employers sending workers to the EU, the EEA or Switzerland
- Register for Transitional Simplified Procedures
- New ways to declare Merchandise in Baggage
- VAT IT system changes for businesses outside the UK
- HMRC Brexit webinars
- HMRC alert service
- Contact
- Manuals
- Online
- Publications
- Working Together Contact information for Professional and Representative Bodies
- Close sectionAgent Update 73
- Introduction
- Class 1A National Insurance Contributions (NICs) payable on Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonial Payments
- Are your donations eligible for Gift Aid?
- Student Loans
- Help your clients understand the High Income Child Benefit Charge
- Self Assessment (SA) Returns
- Temporary Increase in the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA)
- VAT Reverse Charge on construction and building services
- Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) Online Refresh
- Disguised Remuneration
- Corporate Interest Restriction (CIR)
- Self Assessment (SA) and Class 2 NICs
- Reporting PAYE in real time
- Welsh Rates of Income Tax (WRIT)
- Seasonal Workers
- Corporation Tax - Repayments Made Easier
- Corporation Tax Payments
- Consultations
- Agent Toolkits
- Contact
- Manuals
- Online
- Publications
- Off-payroll working rules from April 2020
- Trust Registration Service (TRS)
- Fifth Anti Money Laundering Directive Update
- Government consultation launched - Good Work Plan: Proposals to support families
- Making Tax Digital Update
- VAT Certificate
- Agent Services Account (ASA)
- VAT Helpline - voice recognition
- Communications
- Working Together - Issues Overview Group (IOG)
- Working Together Contact information for Professional and Representative Bodies
- Close sectionAgent Update 72
- Introduction
- Help your clients prepare their workforce for EU Exit today
- Student Loans
- Tax-Free Childcare - School holidays made cheaper
- Help your clients understand the High Income Child Benefit Charge
- Offshore Time Limit Extension
- Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge
- The Pensions Regulator
- Venture Capital Trusts - Introduction of New Regulation 22/22A Returns
- 2018-19 SA Exclusions and Specials Documents
- SA Payments on Account (POAs)
- VAT: Building and Construction Services Reverse Charge
- P11D and P11D(b) Filing and Payment Deadlines
- PAYE Online Refresh
- Income reporting requirements for tax credit renewal
- Admin Burden Advisory Board (ABAB) 2019 Annual Report
- HMRC Updating Partnership Tax Guidance
- Cyber Essentials - Simple and Effective
- Consultations
- Contact
- Manuals
- Online
- Publications
- Making Tax Digital for VAT Submissions now exceed 180,000. Are you ready to submit?
- Working Together Contact information for Professional and Representative Bodies
- Close sectionAgent Update 71
- Introduction
- EU Exit
- Refreshed Offshore Tax Compliance Strategy
- HMRC's corporate criminal offences for failing to prevent tax facilitation - what they are and what to do
- Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED)
- Tax-Free Childcare - quarterly reconfirmation process
- Apprenticeship levy funds transfer limit to increase in April 2019
- Apprenticeship reports for public bodies
- Funding projection tool - Expiry of funds release
- Help your clients protect their State Pension
- Scottish Income Tax
- Welsh rates of Income Tax (WRIT)
- Corporation Tax
- PAYE
- Student Loans
- Changes to the Earlier Year Update (EYU)
- Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge
- Self Assessment
- VAT
- Off-payroll working rules (commonly known as IR35)
- Consultations
- Contact
- Manuals
- Online
- Publications
- Working Together - Issues Overview Group (IOG)
- Working Together Contact information for Professional and Representative Bodies
- Close sectionAgent Update: Self Assessment special 2019
- Close sectionAgent Update 69
- Introduction
- Self Assessment (SA) and Company Directors
- Off-payroll working in the private sector
- Welsh rates of Income Tax (WRIT)
- Starter Checklist and Postgraduate Loans (PGL)
- Tax-Free Childcare
- Diesel Supplement Company Car Tax Changes to meet Euro standard 6d
- The Pensions Regulator - Research on employer awareness and understanding of automatic enrolment
- Be prepared to send your client's 2019-20 Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) return online.
- Interest Restriction Return (IRR) deadline: 31 December 2018
- DAC6 - a new EU Directive which will require disclosure of certain cross border tax arrangements
- Supplies of digital services to consumers in the EU
- Top 3 things you need to do now to prepare for the Customs Declaration Service (CDS)
- Repayments by Bankers' Automated Clearing Services (BACS) straight into a bank account
- Using correct HMRC payslips - Making a payment at the bank
- Cryptoassets - publication of guidance for individuals
- New entitlement to Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay
- Corporation Tax (CT)
- Training and support for Customs Intermediaries
- New HMRC podcasts to help you - listen now
- Consultations
- Contact
- Manuals
- Online
- Publications
- Making Tax Digital (MTD) pilot now open
- Agent Services Account (ASA)
- Working Together - Issues Overview Group (IOG)
- Working Together Contact information for Professional and Representative Bodies
- Close sectionAgent Update 68
- Introduction
- SA900 Trust and Estates Tax Return 2017-18
- Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) - how to submit a return
- Increase in Student Loan Plan 1 and Plan 2 thresholds from 6 April 2019 and Postgraduate Loans (PGL)
- Postgraduate Loans
- A reminder to storage and fulfilment businesses to act now
- Venture Capital Schemes process changes
- Corporation Tax (CT)
- Reminder of changes to instalment payments for very large companies
- Settling disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes before the 2019 loan charge arises
- Apprenticeship service transition, acting on user feedback
- Compliance
- Employee Bonus Schemes: Growth Securities Ownership Plan (GSOP) tax avoidance and similar schemes
- VAT Notices
- Welsh rates of Income Tax (WRIT)
- Toolkits
- Making payments to HMRC easier
- Consultation outcomes
- Contact
- Manuals
- Online
- Publications
- Talking Points
- Acting as an Agent
- Agent Account Managers (AAM)
- Agent Services Account
- Agent Forum
- Working Together Contact information for Professional and Representative Bodies
- Close sectionAgent Update 67
- Introduction
- A reminder for UK storage businesses to apply for the Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme (FHDDS)
- Woodland owners: tax planning
- Disguised remuneration
- Preparing for the Customs Declaration Service (CDS)
- Class 2 National Insurance Contributions (NICs) amount omitted/incorrect on Self Assessment (SA) calculation
- Who will pay Welsh rates of Income Tax?
- Corporation Tax
- PAYE
- VAT Notices
- Updated Requirement to Correct (RTC) guidance published
- Providing The Pensions Regulator (TPR) with false information
- Agent Toolkits
- Improving content ‘findability’
- Consultations open
- Consultation outcomes
- Contact
- HMRC service
- Manuals
- Online
- Publications
- Talking Points
- New podcasts for agents and businesses
- Agent Forum (AF) Update
- Agent Account Managers (AAMs)
- Agent Services Account
- Broadband vouchers for small businesses worth £3,000 each
- Working Together Contact information for Professional and Representative Bodies
- HMRC emails are changing
- Close sectionAgent Update 66
- Close sectionAgent Update - Self Assessment special
- Close sectionAgent Update 76
- Close sectionRevenue and Customs briefs
- Revenue and Customs Brief 2 (2020): VAT zero rating for the dispensing of prescribed drugs
- Revenue and Customs Brief 1 (2020): VAT liability of digital publications - Upper Tribunal in News Corp and Ireland Ltd
- Revenue and Customs Brief 10 (2019): domestic reverse charge VAT for construction services - delay in implementation
- Revenue and Customs Brief 9 (2019): VAT Tour Operators Margin Scheme and retained payments and deposits
- Revenue and Customs Brief 8 (2019): review of the VAT exemption for cost sharing groups in the social housing sector
- Revenue and Customs Brief 7 (2019): VAT on lost space of bathroom and washroom conversions for disabled people
- Revenue and Customs Brief 6 (2019): changes in accounting for VAT after prices are altered
- Revenue and Customs Brief 5 (2019): VAT rule changes for higher education
- Revenue and Customs Brief 4 (2019): VAT - domestic reverse charge for businesses trading in renewable energy certificates
- Revenue and Customs Brief 3 (2019): VAT Zero-rating of transport of disabled passengers
- Revenue and Customs Brief 2 (2019): VAT - import VAT deducted as input tax by non-owners
- Revenue and Customs Brief 1 (2019): Change to the VAT treatment of personal contract purchases
- Revenue and Customs Brief 13 (2018): change to the VAT treatment of retained payments and deposits
- Revenue and Customs Brief 12 (2018): refunds of VAT in the UK for non-EU businesses
- Revenue and Customs Brief 11 (2018): VAT rule changes for higher education
- Revenue and Customs Brief 10 (2018): VAT - cost share exemption
- Revenue and Customs Brief 9 (2018): VAT - damp proofing products
- Revenue and Customs Brief 8 (2018): VAT - liability of bicarbonate of soda.
- Revenue and Customs Brief 7 (2018): VAT - motor dealer deposit contributions
- Revenue and Customs Brief 6 (2018): VAT exemption for all domestic service charges
- Revenue and Customs Brief 5 (2018): VAT liability on goods supplied on approval
- Revenue and Customs Brief 4 (2018): aligning time limits for VAT refund schemes
- Revenue and Customs Brief 3 (2018): changes to the VAT exemption for cost sharing groups
- Revenue and Customs Brief 2 (2018): VAT - treatment of Advanced Learner Loans
- Close sectionFRC Press Releases
- FRC publishes 2020/21 strategy for reform
- FRC supports moratorium in corporate reporting
- IASB reviews accounting for goodwill
- Coronavirus: Companies House advice on filing deadlines
- AGMs and impact of Covid-19 guidance note published
- FRC - Covid 19 update
- FRC guidance for auditors arising from the coronavirus pandemic
- Guidance on audit issues arising from the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic
- Podcast in conversation with ... the FRC's climate review team
- Findings of the FRC in respect of the report and accounts of Galliford Try plc
- FRC writes to audit firms on operational seperation
- FRC assesses company and auditor responses to climate change
- Consultation on changes to Technical Actuarial Standard TAS 400: Funeral Plan Trusts
- The Financial Reporting Council v Sports Direct International plc
- FRC advice to companies and auditors on coronavirus risk disclosures
- Audit, Accounting and Corporate Reporting during the Transition Period
- Increase of women on FTSE 100 boards a positive step but more needs to be done to develop succession pipeline
- Most UK companies' approach to board ethnic diversity is unsatisfactory
- FRC plan for greater regulatory oversight
- Speech by Simon Dingemans, Chair of the FRC - Investor Forum Annual Review, 29 January
- Other Entity of Public Interest
- Consultation on revised auditing standard for identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement
- Global Preparers Forum - call for new members
- Podcast in conversation with ...
- Annual Review of the UK Corporate Governance Code - video
- Investors call for improved workforce reporting
- Conforming Amendments to Standards Arising From ISA (UK) 540 (Revised)
- Update on FRC investigations in relation to Carillion
- FRC welcomes the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors new Internal Audit Code of Practice
- Improved governance and reporting required to promote sustainability and trust in business
- Close sectionArchive: 2019
- Close sectionDecember 2019
- FRC publishes latest list of companies whose Reports and Accounts have been reviewed
- FRC updates aid to Audit Committees in evaluating audit quality
- Investigations into the audit of the financial statements of Thomas Cook Group plc
- Letter to audit firms on high quality audits
- FRC's response to Sir Donald Brydon review
- The Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR) Taxonomy
- FRC amends FRS 102 for interest rate benchmark reform
- FRC moves to strengthen auditor independence and ban conflicts of interest
- Close sectionNovember 2019
- We KNOW you've got views - Help us improve our website please!
- Client Asset Assurance Standard - Revised November 2019
- Future of Corporate Reporting Survey (2 days to respond)
- Help us shape the FRC Website for the future!
- Social media clip: Developments in Audit
- FRC expects companies to expand discussion of new leasing standard in annual reports and accounts
- Auditors need to improve their challenge of management urgently
- Call for participants: Disclosure of business models, strategy and the longer-term
- Andrew Johnston appointed to FRC Conduct Committee
- FRC undertakes annual survey of pension assumptions
- Podcast: In conversation with ... Jen Sisson and Claudia Chapman on the strengthened Stewardship Code
- Close sectionOctober 2019
- FRC's year-end advice to Audit Committee Chairs and Finance Directors
- FRC sets out expectations for corporate reporting to improve trust in business
- Sanctions against Ross Howard in relation to the audit of Serco Geografix Ltd
- Accounting profession needs to lead by example on diversity
- Investors seek clearer reporting on climate-related issues
- Amendment to FRC Bulletins
- Future of Corporate Reporting Survey
- Financial Reporting Lab Q3 2019 Newsletter
- FRC reviews of disclosures relating to reporting requirements
- FRC launches recruitment videos in drive to fill 80 new openings
- FRC's new leadership team
- Public views on regulation of corporate reporting, audit and governance
- Investigation in connection with the financial statements of Thomas Cook Group plc
- Close sectionSeptember 2019
- FRC strengthens Going Concern audit standard
- FRC publishes latest list of companies whose Reports and Accounts have been reviewed
- Audit firm transparency reports not visible enough and ineffective
- The Financial Reporting Lab publishes latest report: Disclosures on the sources and uses of cash
- FRC statement regarding Thomas Cook
- Actuarial monitoring scheme launched to promote the quality of actuarial work
- Notice of a Tribunal hearing in respect of Deloitte LLP concerning Autonomy Corporation plc
- Letter to firms - EU exit preparations
- Speech by Sir Win Bischoff - The not-so-secret path to longevity of business success
- FRC publishes annual report as the transition to a new regulator progresses
- Anne Whitaker appointed to the FRC's Conduct Committee and Chair of the Audit Quality Review Committee
- Close sectionAugust 2019
- New video: the Joint Forum on Actuarial Regulation (JFAR)
- FRC publishes draft response to proposed amendments to IFRS 17
- Podcast: In conversation with ... Jo Morgan and Mark Mainwaring on the latest Audit Quality Review inspection results
- Financial Reporting Lab Q2 2019 newsletter
- Draft Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR) Taxonomy opens for consultation
- Consultation on the proposed revisions to the CASS Standard
- Sanctions against KPMG and a partner in relation to Client Assets Reports of BNY Mellon entities
- Close sectionJuly 2019
- Substantial increase in fines as FRC takes tough action to tackle poor quality audit
- Reporting of non-financial conduct to the Financial Reporting Council
- FRC makes Council appointments
- FRC consults on enhanced Ethical and Auditing Standards
- Risk Coalition opens consultation on risk guidance
- More needs to be done to promote diversity across all levels of FTSE 100 companies
- FRC concludes 2018/19 review of FRS 101 and proposes limited amendments to FRS 102
- Latest FRC Audit Inspections
- Sanctions against Deloitte and Helen George in relation to the audit of Serco Geografix Limited
- Revision of Practice Note 19: The audit of banks and building societies in the United Kingdom
- Regulators welcome Government's Green Finance Strategy
- FRC statement on the Government's Green Finance Strategy
- Close sectionJune 2019
- Mark Armour retires from Board of FRC
- FRC publishes a list of companies whose Reports and Accounts have been reviewed
- Request for insight into hedging practices by insurers
- Sanctions against PwC and partners in relation to Redcentric plc
- AS TM1 assumptions to remain unchanged
- Chair of the new United Kingdom Accounting Standards Endorsement Board (UKEB)
- Close sectionMay 2019
- Actuarial Statement of Recommended Practice 1: Financial Analysis of Social Security Programmes (ASORP 1)
- FRC appoints David Rule as Executive Director of Supervision
- Amendments to FRS 102
- The FRC sets out its transition pathway
- Julia Unwin receives lifetime achievement award
- Disciplinary Tribunal Report against KPMG and others over Equity Syndicate Management Limited
- David Styles' report from the All Party Parliamentary Corporate Responsibility Group
- Guide to help smaller listed companies improve financial reporting
- Sanctions against MSR Partners LLP and Stephen Corrall
- Sanctions in relation to the 2009 audit of The Co-operative Bank plc
- Stephen Chamberlain, former Vice President of Finance of Autonomy Corporation plc
- Consultation on revising Standards for Investment Reporting
- Close sectionApril 2019
- Sanctions against KPMG and others in relation to Equity Syndicate Management Limited
- Hearing regarding KPMG Audit plc and Richard Hinton relating to BNY Mellon
- JFAR's latest risk perspective highlights the importance of changing trends to actuarial work
- FRC appoint new member to the Audit and Assurance Council
- FRC comments on the CMA's final report on competition in the UK audit industry
- FRC confirms commitment to remit and agenda set out by Secretary of State
- Sanctions against Baker Tilly and others in relation to the audit of Tanfield Group plc
- Investigation in connection with the audit of the financial statements of Interserve Plc
- Paul Druckman retires from the Board of the FRC
- Financial Reporting Lab Q1 2019 newsletter
- FRC comments on BEIS Select Committee report
- Close sectionMarch 2019
- FRC publishes a list of companies whose Report and Accounts have been reviewed
- FRC publishes draft Plan and Budget 2019/20
- In conversation with ... Claudia Chapman and Olivia Mooney - UK Stewardship Code consultation
- Financial Reporting Lab Survey 2019
- Further update on BEIS consultation into review of the Financial Reporting Council
- Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council - Initial consultation on the recommendations
- Speech by Stephen Haddrill, CEO at the FRC's Public Meeting, 05 March 2019
- FRC issues Position Paper: next steps for development of Ethical and Auditing Standards
- FRC consults on stronger Going Concern standard for auditors
- Close sectionFebruary 2019
- Close sectionJanuary 2019
- FRC strengthens Stewardship Code
- FRC proposes amendments to FRS 101 and FRS 102
- Update on FRC investigations in relation to Carillion
- Artificial intelligence and corporate reporting
- The Financial Reporting Lab launch new blog and podcast series, Structured Futures
- FRC launch consultation on changes to Third Country Auditors (Fees) Instrument
- Names of audit reviews published
- Close sectionDecember 2019
- Close sectionArchive: 2018
- FRC publishes a list of companies whose Report and Accounts have been reviewed
- FRC comment on Sir John Kingman's independent review of the Financial Reporting Council
- FRC Announces Future of Corporate Reporting Advisory Group
- FRC issues a suite of staff factsheets on aspects of FRS 102
- FRC issues revised auditing standard and consults on guidance for quality bank audits
- Withdrawal of Practice Notes 25 and 27
- Wates Principles to improve corporate governance standards among private companies
- FRC consults on client assets standard
- Auditors must improve their work on the ‘front end’ of company reports
- Lab Project Call for Participants: Reporting on the sources and uses of cash
- FRC commits to Disability Confident Government scheme
- Speech by FRC Deputy Chair, Gay Huey Evans - International corporate governance trends
- FRC welcomes the report by the Taskforce on Disclosures about Expected Credit Losses
- Sushovan Hussain, former CFO of Autonomy Corporation plc
- Financial Reporting Lab Newsletter: Q3-4 2018
- Formal Complaint delivered against KPMG and David Costley-Wood, relating to Silentnight
- Investigations in connection with the financial statements of Patisserie Holdings Plc
- Review of 2016 Audit Standards
- FRC appoints new council members
- FRC announces 2019/20 audit thematic reviews, priority sectors and audit areas of focus
- The FRC responds to the 2018 report from the Hampton Alexander Review
- Actuarial Statement of Recommended Practice 1: Financial Analysis of Social Security Programmes
- Performance metrics - how to improve reporting
- FRC highlights where reporting by smaller companies needs to improve
- FRC publishes thematic review findings of IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 company disclosures
- Stephen Haddrill to step down from Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
- EFRAG surveys on the impact of new IASB equity/debt proposals
- FRC to examine the Future of Corporate Reporting, calls for participation
- FRC pushes companies for improved quality reporting
- Actuarial Standard Technical Memorandum 1 survey results
- Blog: Why diversity makes a positive difference to organisational culture
- Developments in Audit event - speeches
- Implementation study: Business model reporting; Risk and viability reporting - Where are we now?
- Blog - Changing climate : Changing reporting
- Financial Reporting Council publishes Annual Report
- Blog: A day with XBRL
- FRC comment on the CMA's review of the audit sector
- FRC sets out new strategic focus to ensure audit serves the public interest
- FRC 2019 Taxonomies suite
- FRC publishes a list of companies whose Report and Accounts have been reviewed
- Hearing regarding KPMG and members
- KPMG admit Misconduct in connection with client asset reports for BNY Mellon entities
- Research shows that more companies should treat diversity as part of business strategy
- Call for Participants in new Lab project: Climate and workforce reporting
- The Financial Reporting Council v Sports Direct International plc
- Sanctions against Grant Thornton - audits of Nichols Plc and the University of Salford
- Blog: Directors are important if the UK is to remain a global business leader
- Sanctions against KPMG and Senior Statutory Auditor in relation to the audits of Ted Baker Plc
- Blog: A Levels - the results!
- Settlement documents in relation to the 2014 audits of BHS and the Taveta Group
- Video: Corporate Governance: fit for the future?
- Blog: What NEDs can add to family businesses
- Three former members of AssetCo management excluded from the accountancy profession
- Revised Guidance on the Strategic Report
- Close sectionGovernment Press Releases
- Increase to Working Tax Credits - what this means
- HMRC prioritise applications to use denatured alcohol in hand sanitising products
- Former barrister has bankruptcy restrictions extended by court
- HMRC urges people to prepare for Capital Gains Tax payment change
- HMRC late payment interest rates to be revised after Bank of England reduces rate
- Make your Sport Relief donation go further with Gift Aid
- Tax helpline to support businesses affected by coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Budget 2020: What you need to know
- Letter from Jim Harra to the Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group
- Government campaign to ensure workers are paid correctly for holiday leave
- Climate change: risks and opportunities
- HMRC defeats promoter who used their own avoidance scheme
- Savers can earn 50p for every £1 they save with Help to Save scheme
- Get ready for changes to Capital Gains Tax payment for UK property sales
- Plans for major expansion of dormant assets scheme to benefit good causes
- Climate change: risks and opportunities
- Spoil your loved one with HMRC's Valentine's Day cash boost
- Creative industry reliefs triumph at the Oscars®
- HMRC announces change to the off-payroll working rules
- Breathing Space to help millions in debt
- Corona Virus outbreak: Flights from China
- Record breaking 10.4 million customers filed online
- 31 million taxpayers to get April tax cut
- A letter from John Glen to Stephen Jones on Mortgage Prisoners
- More than £5 billion secured after crackdown on multinational companies diverting profits
- First images of Brexit coin revealed
- Do your tax return before it drives you quackers, you've got one week to go!
- HMRC highlights a decade of bizarre excuses and expense claims
- Recognising fraudulent contact about your investments
- Off-payroll review launched
- ‘Get quacking’ - with less than a month to go
- Busted! HMRC reveals biggest criminal cases of year 2019
- Close sectionArchive: 2019
- Close sectionDecember 2019
- Close sectionNovember 2019
- Beware of fraudulent calls from GLD's number
- HMRC tips on avoiding Self Assessment tax scams
- Chancellor responds to OTS report on simplifying everyday tax for smaller businesses
- Becker's bankruptcy restrictions extended
- Leamington Spa bankrupt's restrictions extended
- Independent review backs Chancellor pledge for higher National Living Wage
- Close sectionOctober 2019
- Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss speaking at the FT's Women at the Top event
- Economic Secretary speech on illicit finance
- Chance to ‘win while you save’ with new credit union prize account
- Treasury publishes Isle of Man VAT review
- Melissa Tatton appointed as new Tax Assurance Commissioner
- Letters on no deal Brexit advice for businesses trading with the EU
- Bankruptcy restrictions for gambler who squandered friend's money
- Government response to the conclusions and recommendations of the Treasury Sub-Committee report on ‘Disputing Tax’
- Letters on no deal Brexit advice for businesses trading with the EU and/or the rest of the world
- Close sectionSeptember 2019
- New vacancies in the Office of Tax Simplification
- Letters on no deal Brexit advice for businesses trading with the EU
- Letters on no deal Brexit advice for businesses trading with the EU and or the rest of the world
- Extended restrictions for bankrupts who overdrew their bank account
- Sir Amyas Morse to lead independent review of the Loan Charge
- Senior clinicians' pensions: government asks for views on new proposals
- Money sender fined record £7.8 million in money laundering crackdown
- Bankrupt's restrictions extended after falsifying application
- Close sectionAugust 2019
- Close sectionJuly 2019
- Close sectionJune 2019
- Lincolnshire bankrupt's restrictions extended for eight years
- Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and responsible investment
- Review for High Income Child Benefit Charge penalty cases concludes
- Textile boss handed bankruptcy restrictions after abusing funds
- Controls prevent phone fraudsters spoofing HMRC
- Close sectionMay 2019
- Investigation into London Capital & Finance launched
- HMRC letter on Welsh taxpayers
- Restrictions extended for Leicester bankrupt after breach
- Bradford bankrupt has restrictions extended for 8 years
- Millions raised from tax evading dog breeders
- Cash here to stay as government commits to protecting access
- Close sectionApril 2019
- Extended bankruptcy for former kennels owner
- £2.3 billion debt relief granted in 10 years of DROs
- Millions to benefit from pay rise and tax cuts
- Tax is changing in Wales
- HMRC urges loan scheme users to come forward now
- Letter from Ruth Stanier to the Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group
- Making Tax Digital becomes law
- 20 years of the National Minimum Wage have boosted pay by £5,000
- Close sectionMarch 2019
- April tax changes 2019: changes for you
- Proposed change to probate fees
- HMRC wins £40 million battle against tax avoidance promoters
- British Embassy in Lima organises II Conference on Green Finance in the Pacific Alliance
- Government details scale of loan scheme tax avoidance
- Charity chosen to deliver £200m Youth Endowment Fund to tackle violence
- ESFA introduces new arrangements for related party transactions
- Annual Asian Business Awards 2019: Chancellor's speech
- Funding boost for victims of rape and sexual abuse
- UK House Price Index January 2019
- ‘What should the Spending Review focus on?’: speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- UK sees record employment as unemployment falls below 4 per cent
- Troubled Families
- I believe in the power of technology to make lives better
- What support is available for my small business?
- Disqualified boss gets second ban for illegally running restaurant
- Spring Statement 2019: what you need to know
- Spring Statement 2019: Philip Hammond's speech
- £100 million funding for police to tackle violent crime##
- Avoiding a hard border in Northern Ireland in a no deal scenario
- Universal Credit pilot to launch in North Yorkshire
- ‘Reckless’ skip company boss ordered to pay almost £25,000
- Exchequer Secretary speech: Royal Bank of Scotland
- Jeremy Wright's speech at the Enders Conference
- Liverpool Chinatown contractor banned from running businesses
- Home Secretary meets senior police officers to discuss violent crime
- HMCTS engage parliamentarians on reform programme
- Civil/crime news: recruitment exercise for Legal Aid Review Panel
- Additional year to deliver ambitious court reforms
- Remarks by the Prime Minister of Jordan, His Excellency Omar Razzaz, to the Jordan: Growth and Opportunity Conference
- HMRC warns of landline scams threatening households
- One month to go before introduction of Making Tax Digital for VAT
- Close sectionFebruary 2019
- Prime Minister announces UK aid to boost Jordan's prosperity
- Don't miss out on Help to Save
- HMRC urges business owners to make sure they are ready for no deal
- Police pay award 2018 to 2019
- PM speech at the Jordan: Growth and Opportunity conference
- Global Britain's Bright Energy Future
- Chief Secretary: Enterprise Nation remarks
- Kathryn Cearns OBE appointed as new Chair of the Office of Tax Simplification
- Improving service to customers: The recruitment drive and a better online service
- Trade remedies measures to protect UK businesses and cut prices
- UK government delivers key strand of international transparency agenda
- Company conned small businesses to sponsor sham drug campaigns
- Speech: Devolution after Brexit
- National Museums Liverpool Board Appointments
- New DVLA campaign highlights consequences for drivers who evade vehicle tax
- Smart tracking of waste across the UK: GovTech Catalyst competition winners announced
- EEF Manufacturing Conference 2019
- Apply to the Attorney General's Civil Panel Counsel - London A, B and C Panel
- Chancellor's speech at Make UK (EEF)
- Wages rising fastest in a decade
- Ditch paper receipts - as VAT goes digital
- New UK support to help improve tax systems in developing countries
- Government sets out plans to overhaul waste system
- Marriage Allowance promoted on Valentine's Day
- Property bosses to pay thousands after abusing company accounts
- UK and USA agree to continue Mutual Recognition Agreement
- UK House Price Index (UK HPI) annual review 2018
- Aberdeen car dealer banned for seven years
- 32 million people better off as key legislation passes final hurdle
- Court bans Irvine contractor for dereliction of director duties
- UK House Price Index for December 2018
- UK aid helps stop 750 pieces of illegal ivory being smuggled from South Sudan into Uganda
- Jeremy Wright's statement on the Cairncross Review
- Cairncross report recommends levelling of the playing field for UK journalism
- HMRC awards new logistics contract to support customs compliance
- New stamp duty land tax surcharge for non-UK resident homebuyers to be introduced
- Spot-checks on Hertfordshire waste-carriers
- West Midlands saddles up for productive year
- UK Government delivers further devolution to Scotland
- Thousands more households boost work hours and earnings
- Glasgow boss banned for flouting director requirements
- Hotel booking sites to make major changes after CMA probe
- James Brokenshire confirms funding package for local authorities in 2019 to 2020
- 7 tips for motorists to stay safe online
- Michael Ellis speech at the Walpole British Luxury Summit
- Property developer behind incomplete football stadium banned
- HM Revenue and Customs simplifies importing from the EU as part of ‘no deal’ preparation
- Fast Stream partners with techUK on Tech Connect initiative
- Over 93% of taxpayers file tax returns by the deadline
- Treasury backs British brewers with duty freeze
- HMRC publishes Respect at Work report
- North West entrepreneurs bolstered through £2.5 billion of government-backed finance
- Britain's place in the global trading system
- Close sectionJanuary 2019
- Cardiff bankrupt sentenced for hiding assets from Official Receiver
- Jeremy Wright's speech at Doteveryone's Responsible Tech conference
- Universities Minister sets vision for higher education
- TheCityUK Annual Dinner 2019: Chancellor's speech
- Boost for small business through new government investment in tech project trials
- Statement on infraction proceedings on VAT treatment of certain commodity derivatives trading
- Bio Industry Association: Robert Jenrick's Speech
- Court users to benefit from new service centres
- Working together for a thriving maritime sector
- Self Assessment taxpayers have one week left to file their return
- Jailed restaurant owner served with directorship ban
- Hammond tells Davos: “Britain is a great place to do business”
- Davos 2019: Chancellor's speech at the CBI's British business leaders lunch
- Education generates billions for UK economy
- Investment Minister champions the UK education sector at BETT
- Antimicrobial resistance needs an urgent global response
- International Trade Secretary in Davos to get trade continuity agreements over the line
- Tax is changing in Wales
- Departmental contingent liability notification: National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)
- Foreign Secretary announces new UK funding to support UN peace process in Yemen
- Employment Minister welcomes new record employment rate
- New tool helps savers get a 50% government boost to their savings
- Self Assessment returns: unbelievable excuses and dubious expenses
- Corporate trustee of The Cup Trust responsible for ‘clear misconduct and mismanagement’
- UK signs new Israel tax agreement to boost investment
- Home Office hosts Midlands serious violence event
- Takeaway boss gets second disqualification after breaching first ban
- Consultation explores opportunities for flood and coastal erosion management at a local level
- UK House Price Index for November 2018
- UKAEA appoints new Chief Financial Officer
- New taskforce to tackle economic crime
- PM's Brexit speech in Stoke-on-Trent: 14 January 2019
- New investment for businesses to tackle ocean plastics crisis
- Preparing for EU exit - BEIS update
- Universal Credit: personal welfare
- The Chancellor and the Office of Tax Simplification announce Bill Dodwell as new Tax Director
- Greyhound welfare boosted through multi-million pound deal with gambling industry
- Competition for young space entrepreneurs lifts off
- LGA Finance Conference 2019: keynote speech
- UK's Creative Industries thrive in Japan
- PM speech at NHS plan launch: 7 January 2019
- Helping hand to set up new businesses
- More than 150,000 people benefit from online justice in 2018
- Oxford Farming Conference 2019 address by the Environment Secretary
- Self Assessment deadline: less than one month to go
- Mel Stride: British productions deserve our support
- Close sectionArchive: 2018
- Alun Cairns' New Year message for 2019
- HMRC announces top 10 prosecutions of 2018
- Turkey dinner and tax returns
- Schools challenged to go single-use plastic free by 2022
- Plastic carrier bags: Gove sets out new measures to extend charge
- Eileen Milner, Christmas and New Year message
- Builder banned for taking clients' money despite company's insolvency
- UK House Price Index for October 2018
- Quimera energy efficiency set for growth surge with US deal
- Mother and son restaurateurs banned for under-declaring tax
- More than £2 billion Brexit preparation funding awarded to departments for a successful EU exit
- CMA proposes reforms to improve competition in audit sector
- Gove launches landmark blueprint for resources and waste
- Actions on Ocean Acidification - the Other CO2 Problem - Towards Realising Sustainable Development
- Glasgow mobile phone boss banned after submitting false documents
- James Brokenshire sets out funding measures for councils
- Provisional local government finance settlement 2019 to 2020: statement
- Innovation loan recipient Callaly wins coveted industry award
- Police to get largest funding increase since 2010
- Construction resourcing boss banned for failing to pay correct taxes
- Employment Minister welcomes new UK employment record
- Bolstered Fisheries Bill and £37m boost for UK fishing industry
- Supporting Montenegro in combatting corruption
- ESFA extends Schools Resource Management Adviser pilot
- Swindon court users to benefit from £2.6m government investment
- UK takes top spot in fight against dirty money
- Regulatory alert issued to charitable think tanks
- Innovative digital projects to improve public services win funding
- Stirling businessman banned for 9 years after abusing company's assets
- Education Secretary outlines plans to get more people into skilled jobs
- Supporting women experiencing homelessness conference
- London hosts inaugural international online courts forum
- Christmas bonus for millions of workers
- Jeremy Wright - Paley Center for Media speech
- Launch of TheCityUK legal services 2018 report: David Gauke speech
- Charities encouraged to bid for £15 million Tampon Tax Fund
- Crack down on suppliers who don't pay on time
- First progress report of commissioners at Northamptonshire county council published
- Apprenticeship stars take centre stage at National Apprenticeship Awards 2018 ceremony
- Adobe invest £63.5 million in booming UK creative sector
- Poor record keeping lands nightclub boss with 6-year ban
- Britain's creative industries break the £100 billion barrier
- Marketing bosses landed with six-year disqualifications
- Health technology can help spot serious illness and prevent it
- Better detection of illicit goods in the post: apply for funding
- Fly-tipping: New measures in government fight against waste crime
- Husband and wife printers disqualified for 14 years
- Crackdown to stop rogue bailiffs making lives a misery
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster speech at the Onward Dinner: 22 November 2018
- Police get funding boost to fight organised crime in Bedfordshire
- Vulnerable court users to benefit from £5m government investment
- Anne Milton addresses Association of Colleges conference
- New homeowners benefit from stamp duty tax relief
- Record NHS funding to give patients a better alternative to hospital
- Bright Blue's Women in Work conference speech
- Sugar tax revenue helps tackle childhood obesity
- Leatherhead van destroyed after link to waste crime
- New ‘Social Value’ contracts to revolutionise government procurement
- Michael Ellis' speech to the Historic Houses AGM
- £2.1m programme of improvements to River Thames locks
- County Councils Network: Keynote Speech
- A lasting peace agreement
- Secretary of State speech at Exporting Week 2018 - Bristol
- £5 billion of energy investment projects announced as the Board of Trade meets in Wales
- James Brokenshire welcomes rise in number of new homes
- £240 million investment drive creates thousands of Welsh jobs
- Injury claims boss jailed after removing company funds before closure
- Ambitious transport programme is fundamental to the Northern Powerhouse
- After the trilemma - 4 principles for the power sector
- New era at Sellafield as Thorp reprocessing ends
- Independent review calls for action to tackle serious and organised waste crime
- UK House Price Index for September 2018
- Eighth month of UK wage growth with disabled employment at record high
- Five ways HMRC can help boost your finances
- £109 million investment to create 359 jobs
- Keynote address welcoming participants to the UK and to the Global Forest Governance Forum
- UKEF supports Angolan healthcare and power infrastructure development
- Tax rules for second-homes to be reviewed by ministers
- Government increases funding for rape and sexual abuse victims
- AI company secures £29.5 million investment for UK expansion
- Statement on the changes announced to Universal Credit in the Budget last week and on the Managed Migration regulations
- Universal Credit managed migration: reducing the risk to claimants
- Jeremy Wright - Society of Editors speech
- Prevention is better than cure - Matt Hancock's speech to IANPHI
- Fox: This is why investors choose to put their money in the UK
- 11-year ban for road haulage boss driven to commit fraud
- Community Interest Companies and Sustainability - Funding, Dividends and Tax Relief webinar
- HMRC to review High Income Child Benefit Charge penalty cases
- Budget to support new housing, high streets and local services
- Government launches new strategy to tackle serious and organised crime
- Welfare reform success with 54,000 benefit cap households taking on more work
- New Industrial Strategy Council meets as membership announced
- District Councils' Network Autumn Assembly 2018
- Max Hill QC joins the CPS as Director of Public Prosecutions
- Readout of PM and Chancellor's meeting with business leaders: 31 October 2018
- Home Secretary's Speech to APCC and NPCC Joint Summit 2018
- Post-Brexit state aid in the UK
- Budget 2018: 24 things you need to know
- Van crushed for Berkshire waste offences
- Budget 2018: Philip Hammond's speech
- The 2018 Budget: what it means for Scotland
- More than half a billion for Wales in Chancellor's Budget
- Major new scheme launched to support young people leaving care
- Children and Families Minister launches Care Leaver Covenant
- £93 million missile project secures over 100 Belfast jobs
- Chatham House Latin America Conference 2018: Sir Alan Duncan speech
- 100 days left to file your 2017 to 2018 tax return
- Uncooperative illegal waste carrier fined after getting his wish for day in court
- Outstanding tax lands engineering boss with 7-year ban
- Welsh language programming set to benefit from a multi-million pound boost from the UK Government
- UK Government unveils extensive measures to clamp down on global corruption, giving criminals “nowhere to hide”
- £60 million competition to find the next Grange Hill, Peppa Pig and Byker Grove
- Life-changing tech industries and fabulous foods of Somerset are key to the UK economy, says Liz Truss
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster speech at the UK Finance Annual Industry Dinner: 17 October 2018
- The Trade Dividend
- Giving false name didn't stop illegal waste carrier getting fined
- UK House Price Index for August 2018
- Preventing Conflict over Natural Resources
- Making Tax Digital for VAT pilot open for business
- Annual Investment Association Dinner: Speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
- City slickers rub shoulders with public sector as thousands of civil servants leave Whitehall
- Youth unemployment down 50% since 2010
- Green Great Britain Week - simple steps you can take to reduce emissions
- Modern Slavery and Homelessness conference 2018
- Government removes barriers to radio stations going digital
- IWT Conference 2018: Declaration commits over 50 countries to action for endangered species
- Public asked for views on the digital economy
- Housing Market Intelligence conference 2018
- UK and Indian authorities clamp down on international medicines crime
- PM's words at the regions and nations lobby drinks reception: 11 October 2018
- Foreign Secretary pledges to do everything possible to protect wild animals
- Foreign Secretary's speech at the Illegal Wildlife Trade conference
- Reformed Plug-In Car Grant extended into next decade
- Record high levels of severe obesity found in year 6 children
- Ministers host agri-tech discussions with key global investors
- UK aid to crack down on criminal gangs driving the illegal wildlife trade
- Margot James' speech to launch the BFI Screen Business Report
- Jeremy Wright speech at the Creative Industries Federation Summit
- British-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce celebrate Ukraine Week
- The future of UK aid post-Brexit
- Security systems boss jailed for defrauding creditors
- Baroness Stowell: The Future of Charity
- OTS Board changes taking place in the next few months
- Who will be the rising star of 2018?
- Government announces new generation of council housing
- Environment Agency joins forces with eBay to stop illegal vehicle breakers
- Jenrick: ‘Treasury supports Bake Off fever’
- FST speech to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Dinner: 27 September 2018
- UK graphene manufacturer clinches Korean deal
- RSH publishes analysis of Value for Money metrics
- “Enterprise and entrepreneurship is transforming the Scottish economy”, says Liz Truss
- Whitley Bay seaweed business eyes new international markets
- Minister for Africa calls for promises of peace in South Sudan to be put into action
- Poor record keeping lands East Lothian boss with directorship ban
- PM speech at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum: 26 September 2018
- PM speech to the UN General Assembly: 26 September 2018
- Addressing the challenges that vulnerable consumers face
- Deputy High Commissioner's speech at the annual Africa Conference on Social Entrepreneurship
- HMA Richard Wood addresses #oiw2018
- One week left to register for 2017 to 2018 Self Assessment
- Savers to earn 50p for every £1 saved thanks to Help to Save
- Regional winners from across the country are announced
- HMRC warns it's time to declare offshore assets
- HMCTS Reform Programme
- New rules for taxation of termination payments