Boris Johnson has told the CBI Conference that the Conservatives will not cut the current corporation tax rate from 19% as set out in the Budget

Two years after the Supreme Court decision on the employee benefit trusts (EBT) dispute over unpaid tax by the old Rangers Football Club (Rangers oldco), HMRC has slashed the tax due by £26m from the original £90m bill

Taxes are high by historical standards accounting for over a third of GDP at 34.4%, increasing almost 7% from the 1950s

The amount of income tax being paid is declining in every region of the UK as a growing proportion of the workforce becomes self employed

In the latest IR35 loss for HMRC, TV presenter Helen Fospero has won her case at the tax tribunal over a disputed tax bill of £80,000 when she was working on a contract basis for ITV

HMRC has lost its latest legal challenge on the operation of the off-payroll rules, after a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) found in favour of an IT contractor

HMRC has released an alert advising that it plans to update the guidance on paying a company pension or annuity through company payroll, with preliminary details now available

An overhaul of IR35 tax rules for contractors in the private sector comes into force from 6 April 2020 when off-payroll working is extended to medium and large businesses, and LLPs. Julie Clift CTA, tax writer at Croner-i, explains how this will affect businesses hiring contract workers, with liability for income tax and PAYE shifting to employers

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise VAT advisor Priyesh Mistry explains how financial intermediaries can treat supplies as VAT exempt

The Upper Tribunal has rejected an appeal by TV presenter Christa Ackroyd over her tax status at the BBC, stating that she must pay NICs and income tax on her earnings, as she was an employee not a contractor

Freelance contractors are warning of a potential ‘domino effect’ as some of the UK’s largest companies stop using off-payroll workers in advance of the introduction of new IR35 rules in the private sector next April

The Morse review of the loan charge needs to resolve the problem of disguised remuneration loan schemes effectively, particularly for those facing lower tax bills who entered the shemes without grasping the full tax implications, warns Bill Dodwell CTA (Fellow), head of the Office of Tax Simplification

The Chancellor has announced plans to increase the national living wage to £10.50 within five years and will reduce the age eligibility for the higher rate

For the growing number of employers with homeworkers, it is important to ensure that expenses paid for the likes of home insurance and extra heating costs comply with tax rules to avoid an unwanted HMRC inspection. David Redfern, director of DSR Tax Claims, provides some key pointers

HMRC has won a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) case concerning the employment status of three BBC presenters who used personal service companies (PSCs), in an IR35 ruling involving over £300,000 in tax which threatens to add to the ‘chaos’ around how the employment rules should be applied