As a result of the Upper Tribunal ruling in the Wilmott Dixon and Laing O’Rourke case, HMRC has issued an update on how to reclaim historic NIC charges as it does not plan to appeal

HMRC has lost sight of needing to put taxpayers at the heart of changes to the tax system with estimated costs of £1.9bn for businesses to comply with Making Tax Digital (MTD), said the Public Accounts Committee

HMRC will be given a 30% rise in specific funding to expand debt collection activities from the new tax year 

From November 2022 to October 2023 the total amount of income tax paid was £262bn, a £28bn rise compared to the previous year’s £234bn

Financial publisher Euromoney has won a case at the Court of Appeal over a £10.5m disputed tax bill about whether the proceeds from a stake in a company were stock or taxable cash

The J5 Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement has run a cyber challenge focused on data mining and financial reporting to target tax criminals

HMRC will be scrapping paper VAT registrations and mandating online only sign-ups next week

A Harrogate telemarketing agency went bust owing HMRC over £1.4m in unpaid tax including VAT, PAYE, national insurance and student loan deductions 

Championship football club, Sheffield Wednesday has escaped a transfer embargo after paying outstanding wages and a tax bill totalling £2m

Luxury lingerie company La Perla is going to be wound up after it failed to pay a £2.8m tax bill to UK tax authorities 

Accountants are struggling to work with HMRC at even the most basic level and are calling for urgent improvements

A construction employment agency run by a sole director has lost a case at the First Tier Tribunal after it failed to check whether suppliers were involved in tax fraud