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Tax | Wales raises £300m in Tax Revenue

The Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) reported £300m tax raised during the last financial year in its annual report, this is the first time the national revenue raising body has reported on delivery against its Corporate Plan 2019 to 2022

22 Oct 2020

Tax | Surrey’s stockbroker belt is UK income tax hotspot

The ‘stockbroker belt’ dominates the ranking of the UK’s top ten towns with the biggest income tax bills, with taxpayers in these areas paying triple the UK average, according to research by UHY Hacker Young

9 Oct 2020

Tax | Inheritance tax receipts drop for first time in 10 years

Inheritance tax receipts (IHT) have dipped for the first time in a decade, reversing a long term trend, and prompting renewed calls for a change to the regime

31 Jul 2020

Tax | Super rich earners receive a sixth of all UK income

The UK’s top 1% of the ‘super rich’ received a far greater, and faster growing, share of the nation’s income pre-crisis than previously thought, if capital gains are included in official statistics, according to new research

22 May 2020

Tax | Tax data: CGT data, HMRC rates of interest - Mar 2020

Download the RPI index for March 2020, CGT indexation allowance, HMRC rates of interest, plus stamp duty rates for all parts of the UK

2 Mar 2020

Tax | Tax data: CGT data, HMRC rates of interest - Feb 2020

Download the RPI index for December 2019, CGT indexation allowance, HMRC rates of interest, plus stamp duty rates for all parts of the UK

30 Jan 2020

Tax | HMRC penalties hit £816m for late payment

Fines issued by HMRC have surged in value by nearly a third in the past three years, rising significantly faster than the amount of tax collected

10 Jan 2020

Tax | 5.4m yet to submit tax returns

The clock is ticking on 5.4m taxpayers who have less than a month to complete their self assessment tax returns by 31 January, with risks of tough penalties for anyone who has breached the high income child benefit charge (HICBC) £50k limit

3 Jan 2020

Tax | Tax data: CGT data, HMRC rates of interest - Jan 2020

Download the RPI index for November 2019, CGT indexation allowance, HMRC rates of interest, plus SDLT rates for all parts of the UK

24 Dec 2019

Tax | OECD countries’ tax revenues flatten out

Tax revenues in advanced economies reached a plateau during 2018, ending the trend of annual increases in the tax-to-GDP ratio seen since the financial crisis, according to the OECD’s latest research

10 Dec 2019

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Tax | Tax data: CGT data, HMRC rates of interest - Dec 2019

Download the current HMRC CGT indexation allowance unchanged since December 2017, RPI index for October 2019, HMRC rates of interest, and property tax rates including SDLT, Scottish LBTT and Welsh LTT

29 Nov 2019

Tax | UK taxes highest since 1950s

Taxes are high by historical standards accounting for over a third of GDP at 34.4%, increasing almost 7% from the 1950s

14 Nov 2019

Tax | Tax data: CGT data, HMRC rates of interest - Nov 2019

Download the current HMRC CGT indexation allowance unchanged since December 2017, RPI index for September 2019, HMRC rates of interest, and property tax rates including SDLT, Scottish LBTT and Welsh LTT

1 Nov 2019

Tax | Accountants and law firms pay £19.1bn in taxes

The UK’s accountancy and legal firms paid £19.1bn in taxes in 2018, a 6.8% rise in their total tax contribution compared to two years ago, according to a report from TheCityUK

22 Jul 2019

Tax | Tax data: CGT data, HMRC rates of interest - Apr 2019

Download the HMRC CGT indexation allowance for December 2017 onwards, RPI Index for February 2019 and HMRC rates of interest, and the current stamp duty land tax (SDLT) and land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) rates, and more

28 Mar 2019

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