The stamp duty holiday, which is due to end in March, has restored housing transactions to the highest level since 2007 with tax take hitting £1.35bn in the last quarter

The Housing Secretary has announced plans to introduce a new tax, the ‘Gateway 2’ developer levy to offset some of the costs of replacing dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings

This month's exclusive Accountancy Daily CPD module focuses on the computation of capital gains tax (CGT) and leases

The residential property market has held up well in 2020, no doubt supported by the government’s stamp duty holiday introduced as part of wider Covid-19 measures. But what, asks Henry Lowe, partner at Mercer & Hole, will shape the property market in 2021?

The UK’s wealthiest 1% of households hold almost £800bn in assets official statistics show, raising their share of household wealth to 23%, according to the Resolution Foundation

Wales has increased the rates of land transaction tax (LTT) on property sales with the change coming into immediate effect

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

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

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

HMRC signals time is running out for anyone who sold a second home during 2019-20 to declare it on their self assessment tax return and pay the capital gains tax (CGT) that is due

As the online short-term rental giant passes its user data to the tax authority, RSM’s Sarah Saunders says amateur renters should have nothing to fear if they use reliefs and follow the rules carefully