In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise, VAT adviser, Priyesh Mistry, explores whether accountants continue to charge UK VAT on tax returns for individuals living in the EU, or if they become the same as the work for non-EU clients

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

The ambitious plan to make UK tax fully digital for reporting purposes may have been delayed by the pandemic, but HMRC is still prioritising MTD for income tax and corporation tax. Croner-i tax writer Meg Wilson takes stock

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise, VAT advice consultant, Sally Atkins, clarifies the post-Brexit VAT rules for clients based in Northern Ireland who both supply goods to and buy from mainland UK and the Republic of Ireland

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

Kevin Hall, partner at Wright Hassall, examines how to account for VAT on exports and EU VAT obligations from 1 January 2021 after the Brexit transition period ends

In a round-up of the major business tax stories of the year, we look at non-coronavirus tax news, including SME R&D tax relief cap, IR35 reporting delay, Making Tax Digital (MTD) timetable for corporation tax, carbon emissions review and digital services tax

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise senior VAT consultant, Vivienne Scott, answers whether VAT should be charged on fitted furniture in renovated and converted houses

The government has introduced legislation to Parliament providing clarity for how customs, VAT, and excise duty will be dealt with in Northern Ireland after the end of the Brexit transition period

HMRC has published details of the actions it is taking to enable overseas (not established in the EU) businesses to claim VAT refunds in cases where the necessary paperwork has been delayed because of Covid-19 restrictions

The government could raise £260bn to help pay for the costs of the Covid-19 crisis by implementing a one-off wealth tax, according to the findings of a research team of over fifty international experts on tax policy and practice

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%

MPs have criticised government plans to end the VAT retail export scheme (RES) at the end of this year, when the UK leaves the EU, saying it has not provided a wide enough analysis of the potential impact on the tourism industry

There are calls for the government to introduce a new special charity VAT rate on purchases, after a study found charities miss out on almost £2bn a year on irrecoverable VAT

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