HMRC’s latest tax receipt figures show a sharp improvement compared to this time last year with inheritance tax (IHT) rising by £500m after the nil-rate freeze in the Spring Budget

MPs have criticised HMRC’s response to the Covid-19 crisis, claiming some groups of taxpayers have been unfairly excluded from support packages, while the department’s strategy for property and IT systems has been shown to be wanting

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

Plans to increase HMRC’s civil information powers have been sharply criticised as ‘flawed’ in a House of Lords report, which also calls for tougher action on a ‘hardcore’ of tax avoidance promotors

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

With reforms to the off payroll working regulations set to be introduced to the private sector in April next year, HMRC’s online tool for determining IR35 status has failed to produce a definite answer in almost one in five cases over the past year

FTSE 100 companies face having to pay out £13.8bn as a result of tax disputes with tax authorities globally, according to research by Thomson Reuters

The UK is doing more to help its tourism industry than other European countries, according to study by UHY, as UK tourists pay just 7.8% in tax on a typical daily spend compared to a European average of 11.3%

Tax revenues fell across the OECD for the first time in ten years during 2019, with a much larger decrease expected in as Covid-19 drives down economic activity and consumption tax take

HMRC’s payments to whistleblowers reporting tax evasion have ballooned 63% in the past year to hit £473,000, but remain very modest compared to the US approach to wrongdoing, according to analysis of the tax department’s annual report by BDO

With up to £124 a year available as tax relief, it is perhaps not surprising that some 54,800 working from home tax relief claims were made through HMRC’s new online portal in the first 11 days of operation, writes Philip Smith