The former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked as chairman of the Conservative party following an ethics inquiry into the handling of his tax affairs

HMRC has updated the guidance on how accountants can use digital handshakes to access the income record viewer

Tax agents are frustrated by the lack of consistency in the quality of HMRC advisers and want to see client tax records merged into a single sign-on account to reduce complexity

Any sole traders or partnership members who received support from the government’s Self Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) during Covid must include details on tax returns

Supermarket chain Morrisons has won an appeal at the Upper Tribunal over a disputed VAT bill about zero rating on Nakd and Organix snack bars

The level of small business tax debt is growing as companies struggle with economic downturn, HMRC chief tells MPs

Accountants are being forced to turn away thousands of taxpayers who are yet to file their self assessment tax returns, despite the deadline being less than a week away

Certain assets such as plant, watches and paintings valued below £6,000 are exempt from capital gains tax but there are some restrictions, explains Chris Thorpe, technical officer at CIOT

Following criticism of long wait times for taxpayers to get through to call centres, HMRC admitted that the average wait time has doubled to 27 minutes, but said home workers did not affect performance

HBOS and Lloyds Banking Group have won an appeal at the Upper Tribunal over a demand for VAT interest repayments following a legislative error

Dawn Register, tax partner at BDO has put together 12 top tips to help you complete your tax return in time for 31 January deadline

Around 3.4 million people are yet to file their self assessment tax returns, despite there being less than a week to go before the deadline