With just a week to go until the 31 January tax self assessment deadline, scammers posing as HMRC are using various scams to try to defraud people, ICAEW has warned

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is calling for the high income child benefit charge (HICBC) threshold to rise to avoid it hitting basic-rate taxpayers for the first time in April

The value of penalties HMRC is imposing on taxpayers each month shot up in the last six months, following the lull in compliance activities during the first lockdown, according to analysis by tax investigation insurance specialist PfP

ACCA has added its voice to calls for HMRC to extend the deadline for self-assessment tax returns on January 31, with the professional body warning that failure to do so could land millions of hard-hit entrepreneurs with fines totalling £250m

As the self assessment tax deadline approaches, Jamie Morrison, partner and head of private client at HW Fisher, sets out tips and advice for taxpayers

Almost 25,000 self assessment taxpayers have set up an online payment plan to manage their tax liabilities in up to 12 monthly instalments, totalling £69.1m, HMRC has revealed

Zigurds Kronbergs, tax writer at Croner-i, examines two recent pension tax cases which went against claimants, Clark at the Court of Appeal and Sippchoice at Upper Tribunal, both deemed to break pensions tax rules under Finance Act 2004

With just three months to go before off payroll tax rules come into effect for the private sector, half of UK firms that hire contractors are not prepared for the changes, according to research by IR35 Shield

Taxpayers who fail to submit their self assessment return by the 31 January deadline because of difficulties caused by Covid will be able to claim this as a ‘reasonable excuse’ to overturn a late filing penalty, HMRC has confirmed

In recent weeks there has been much commentary related to how taxes will need to rise to pay for the cost of borrowing arising as a result of the pandemic. Rachel de Souza, tax partner at RSM, assesses the options

Around 5.4m taxpayers have less than a month (25 days) to complete their self assessments ahead of the 31 January deadline

The UK’s wealthiest 1% of households hold almost £800bn in assets official statistics show, raising their share of household wealth to 23%, according to the Resolution Foundation

Over 2,700 taxpayers took time out from their Christmas Day festivities to go online to file their self assessment tax return, HMRC has revealed

HMRC penalties for taxpayers’ compliance failings are on the rise once more, following a sharp drop at the start of lockdown, according to research by UHY Hacker Young

In a round-up of the biggest personal tax stories of the year, we look at all the non-coronavirus news, including a potential wealth tax, CGT charges on second home sales, ‘deliberate’ errors, fall in IHT receipts, buy-to-let tax hikes and pension tax relief admin discrepancy