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Last year’s pre-Budget process of kite-flying was widely condemned but at least it had the benefit of allowing silly ideas to be put out there in g...

For years, many family business owners have been able to assume that their shares would pass to the next generation free of inheritance tax. Since ...

In a letter dated 7 September 2026 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Secretary of State and the Attorney General wrote to their ministeria...

Hundreds of thousands of income taxpayers have failed to sign up to MTD, so HMRC says it will do it for them. What could possibly go wrong?

For many years, until March 2026, there was a scheme under which VAT refunds could be obtained for repairs to listed places of worship. Such refund...

In 2018, in a case called Perrin v HMRC, the Upper Tribunal set out straightforward steps for tribunals to follow when deciding whether a taxpayer ...

If your business buys a car, you won’t usually get tax relief upfront. Instead, most businesses claim relief gradually through writing down allowan...

Inheritance tax (IHT) can take a significant share of your estate if you don’t plan ahead. With thresholds frozen and more families being drawn int...

Full disclosure: in order to tell this story we are having to make a number of assumptions that have not been definitively proved to be true. The t...

Credit where credit’s due: this is a story about HMRC trying to do the right thing and being thwarted. Why? Because it’s VAT on food, of course. W...

The political situation could hardly be more fluid but it’s not controversial to predict that Keir Starmer’s days as Prime Minister are numbered. A...

Don't Leave Free Money on the Table How to save tax on dividends There's a running joke among tax advisors that HMRC's favourite hobby is watching ...