To assist accountants, tax advisers and auditors in dealing with the coronavirus crisis, all our related covid-19 coverage will be available here as soon as new announcements are made, plus expert analysis

Our employment law helpline, BrightAdvice, has received hundreds of calls about how furlough and zero-hours contracts work under the Job Retention Scheme extension. Alan Price, HR expert and CEO at BrightHR, answers five of the most frequently asked questions

The hasty implementation of CJRS may have led to mistakes, but more time would not have eliminated criminal claims, says Blick Rothenberg’s Fiona Fernie

In his November spending review, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has emphasised the UK currently faces an ‘economic emergency’, and revealed the economy is set to contract by 11.3%, the largest fall in over 300 years

The government is introducing legislation making four changes to the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) rules in a bid to tackle abuse and strengthen HMRC’s powers to act, which are set to impact contractors, of whom around 250,000 are registered for the CIS

To assist accountants, tax advisers and auditors in dealing with the coronavirus crisis, all our related covid-19 coverage will be available here as soon as new announcements are made, plus expert analysis

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise tax adviser, Amaira Badat, explores the tax implications of leaving a gift to an employee before passing away, could it be deemed as a voluntary receipt?

With up to £124 a year available as tax relief, it is perhaps not surprising that some 54,800 working from home tax relief claims were made through HMRC’s new online portal in the first 11 days of operation, writes Philip Smith

Over 50,000 taxpayers have used a new online portal to claim tax relief for working at home during the pandemic in the first ten days of its operation, HMRC has revealed

It's only one week until the end of the 90 day period (Tuesday 20 October) for individuals and businesses to disclose incorrect furlough claims to HMRC, or risk HMRC probe

The rise of the self-employed ‘quantum worker’, who takes on multiple assignments, demands a change in how businesses manage their payroll and tax management, says John Whelan, CEO of My Digital

To assist accountants, tax advisers and auditors in dealing with the coronavirus crisis, all our related covid-19 coverage will be available here as soon as new announcements are made, plus expert analysis

The Scottish oil city of Aberdeen tops the list of places where HMRC conducted the greatest number of investigations into the underpayment of the national minimum wage (NMW) last year, according to Pinsent Masons

An accountant and a company director from east London have been arrested on suspicion of £70,000 furlough fraud following an HMRC investigation

National Payroll Week this year is an opportunity to recognise the unique challenges faced by all payroll professionals in the form of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), explored by Joanne Harris, technical commercial manager at Parasol