High levels of VAT fraud across Europe have resulted in a rapid move towards digital reporting requirements across member states, which will affect UK exporters, explains Alex Smith, director, consulting services at Sovos EMEA 

The Scotch whisky industry is calling on the UK government to abandon plans to increase the tax on spirit sales by 10.1% this summer

An overhaul of EU rules will affect Airbnb landlords and agents for villa owners across Europe as VAT will be chargeable on all rentals

The boss of a consultancy firm has been jailed for more than three years after evading more than £1.1m in VAT payments since 2015

Two thirds of companies complain that VAT compliance is complex and confusing as we mark the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the tax

A company director has been jailed for six years after evading more than £2.5m in tax over a five-year period

An employment agency has won a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal related to an overpayment relief claim amounting to £31,000 in income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs)

HMRC has published VAT guidance for Chinese based exporters, with a Mandarin translation aimed at Chinese retailers that sell goods online in the UK

Inheritance tax (IHT) receipts in February totalled £531m, bringing in a record for the year so far at £6.4bn

The director of a flooring company has won a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal over VAT assessments totalling £90,753 related to whether VAT had been deliberately evaded by the company

An export company made a careless error, not a deliberate one, in its VAT return, resulting in cancellation of £58,000 VAT penalty

The head of a string of construction companies has been jailed for a fraud involving over £2m of VAT and tax evasion