The government is consulting on plans to make professional indemnity insurance mandatory for tax advisers in a bid to improve standards and protect taxpayers

Owners of second homes will have to ensure they are renting out their properties for a minimum of 140 days a year if they cut their tax liability by registering for business rates

The government is strengthening HMRC powers as part of a raft of measures to clamp down on promoters of tax avoidance, with plans to be able to strike off directors for tax avoidance with the threat of two-year prison sentences

The government has published a series of tax documents and consultations in a move to strengthen policymaking and help create a more trusted, simple and modern tax system on its first Tax Day

The government has announced a consultation into possible expansion of the enterprise management incentives (EMI) scheme to ensure it provides support for high-growth companies

The government announced a review of research and development (R&D) tax reliefs at Budget 2021 with the launch of a three-month consultation period

In a change to the usual timing, the government will publish a number of tax-related consultations and calls for evidence at the end of March

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is seeking input for its review of ways to make tax easier for people through smarter use of third party data, by reducing the amount of information they or their agents need to supply directly

HMRC has launched its MTD for CT consultation but the proposals could well prove challenging. Russell Gammon, chief innovation officer, Tax Systems, looks at the potential sticking points

HMRC is consulting on planned revisions to the rules for apportioning the VAT consideration between supplies with mixed liabilities in a single transaction, in a bid to tackle ‘inappropriate’ value shifting when providing bundles of goods or services

There are to be changes to the way UK intermediaries report cross border tax arrangements post-Brexit, with the EU DAC directive set to be replaced by OECD rules later this year

The ambitious plan to make UK tax fully digital for reporting purposes may have been delayed by the pandemic, but HMRC is still prioritising MTD for income tax and corporation tax. Croner-i tax writer Meg Wilson takes stock