The US has launched an investigation into digital services taxes (DSTs) that have been adopted or are being considered by a number of its trading partners, including the UK, on the grounds that they will unfairly penalise companies like Google and Amazon
The richest 20% of UK households are set to save £23bn by mid-June as a result of reduced spending during lockdown, more than six times as much as the savings made by the poorest 20% of households, according to calculations from the New Policy Institute (NPI)
In our regular Q&A series from Croner Taxwise, tax adviser, Kabita Tank explains what conditions need to be met for an employee to claim the tax-free homeworking allowance of up to £6 per week
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has opened an inquiry into the UK’s management of ‘tax expenditures’, after a National Audit Office (NAO) report identified over 300 such tax interventions, at a cost of £155bn a year
HMRC is holding a two-week consultation on the technical effectiveness of legislation to introduce rules on the taxation of coronavirus business support grants, which will be included in Finance Bill 2020
Gambling group William Hill has stated it expects to recover up to £150m in tax after HMRC lost a legal challenge, with a tribunal finding VAT was wrongly applied to revenues from fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) in betting shops
Plans to push back directive and VAT one stop shop by six months raise concerns if Brexit transition period ends on 31 December, but create opportunity to plan ahead, argues Andy Spencer, professional services director at Accordance
UK supermarkets are in line for £500m in tax refunds, after the Supreme Court ruled in their favour at the conclusion of a lengthy dispute with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) over business rates payments on ATMs
In our regular Q&A series from Croner Taxwise, tax adviser, Laura Burrows CTA explains the tax consequences which apply if a businesses debtors are unable to pay their debts
The estimated number of residential property transactions in April was 53.4% lower than April 2019 and 46.1% lower than the previous month this year, as coronavirus restrictions brought the housing market to a halt, HMRC statistics reveal
BrightHR, the international HR software and employment law advice service, has made a £1m investment in an online tool called the Back to Work Navigator
In this month’s VAT updates, Graham Elliott considers costs of staging productions and taxable supplies of catering in the Royal Opera House case, historical VAT claim at NHS Lothian and refurbishing an empty dwelling
HMRC has won a landmark case at an Upper Tax Tribunal, which has ruled that tax relief cannot be claimed on ‘in-specie’ or non-cash contributions to personal pensions, potentially opening the way for the tax authority to reclaim millions
In our regular Q&A series from Croner Taxwise, VAT adviser, Priyesh Mistry explains the VAT implications of restaurants providing a delivery service, whether they need to account for standard rate VAT and the liability of the delivery fee
