A Welsh fish and chip shop owner has been issued a ban for five years from the Insolvency Service after failing to declare £459,522 in VAT over the course of five years

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

The Upper Tribunal has upheld the First Tier Tribunal’s (FTT) decision that the services provided by the Claims Advisory Group Ltd for mis-sold PPI claims were not exempt and were subject to VAT

An independent Scotland would need to need to raise taxes or cut spending in order to reduce its budget deficit says Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

In this week’s Q&A, Croner Taxwise VAT adviser Paul Knott considers whether there is VAT liability on a supply of land versus a supply of services

The UK government has announced that it has cut the cost of the NHS Test and Trace PCR test for international arrivals and has launched a review to private testing providers

Pub group, J D Wetherspoons is to cut the price of all food and drinks in its pubs by 7.5% on Thursday 23 September to highlight the benefit of a permanent VAT reduction in the hospitality industry

A developer linked to several stalled construction sites in Liverpool and under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office has been hit with a tax bill of more than £1.7m

A fraudster who stole nearly £1.9m of taxpayers’ money to fund a lavish lifestyle, including buying three Spanish villas, has been jailed for five and a half years

More than 2m SME owners are at risk of falling foul of the new digital bookkeeping rules and procedures ahead of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT reform coming into force in 2022

A North East Engineering company boss who was jailed for eight years for tax fraud in 2018 has been ordered by the court to pay back around £5.5m within three months or face 10 years in prison

In this month’s round-up of VAT cases, Graham Elliott examines the major VAT rulings including zero rating on residential new build in CMJ to separate supply issues in Black Cab Services case