A contract furniture company has lost an appeal over a dispute with HMRC relating to furlough payments to two staff hired just before the pandemic 

Croner-i is running a free tax webinar focusing on the tax reliefs available when investing in electric cars and vans 

HMRC has confirmed plans to modernise its direct debit payment system for employer PAYE so a recurring direct debit can be set up for the first time

The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) says that HMRC’s publication of a new data collecting consultation is far too important a subject to be left just to the tax community because of the wide scope and impact of a potential ‘business census’

The government has ruled out making any changes to the definitions of worker status for tax purposes, saying it could increase costs for business

Payroll firm T2 Outsourcing Limited has been added to HMRC’s list of promoters of tax avoidance schemes over the way it pays some temporary staff

HMRC has pulled up Paybox Umbrella Limited, naming the firm as an enabler of tax avoidance after contractors are part paid with untaxed advance payment

HMRC has updated the tax avoidance scheme promoters list, adding Novus Consultants, as it is operating an avoidance scheme to reduce tax bills for workers

The increase in the National Insurance contributions threshold came into effect from 4 July, cutting the tax by an average £330 per worker

As the 6 July deadline for year-end expenses and benefits reporting via P11D approaches, Caroline Harwood, partner at BDO, sets out the key issues to consider when filing, particularly with covid exemptions now removed

An umbrella company has lost a multimillion pound tax dispute with HMRC over whether contract construction workers were entitled to claim travel costs tax-free

HMRC has issued an important update to the Basic PAYE Tools (BPT) which need to be used from the beginning of July 2022 due to national insurance changes