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• August 2026
  • ISA Reforms on the way
  • State pensioners receiving new 'earnings limit' tax codes
  • Retirees reclaiming larger pension tax refunds
  • Making Tax Digital (MTD) uptake is far behind requirements
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August Key Dates
• July 2026
  • HMRC Inheritance Tax Enquiries Hit Six-Year High
  • Summer attractions see VAT reduced to 5%
  • Increase in Mileage Allowance
  • Reminder: check if you are eligible for the Employment Allowance
  • July Questions and Answers
  • July Key Dates
• June 2026
  • Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax - deadline reminders
  • HMRC rejects almost half of Making Tax Digital exemptions
  • Pensions to be included in IHT calculations from April 2027
  • Drop in tax relief on VCTs may affect economic growth
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key Dates
• May 2026
  • Massive council tax hikes for second homes in Scotland
  • Stamp Duty nets £307m more in the year since its change
  • Chancellor planning tax changes to attract wealthy back to the UK
  • 178,000 taxpayers missed out on rebates sent by cheque
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May Key Dates
• April 2026
  • Government is urged to scrap 'arbitrary' inheritance tax system
  • Gulf expats worried about tax bill after UK return
  • Chancellor concedes there was a valid argument for not increasing job taxes
  • HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions report
  • April Questions and Answers
  • April Key Dates
• March 2026
  • HMRC issues Making Tax Digital reminder to workers
  • HMRC issuing pensioners with new tax codes for winter fuel repayments
  • High earners actively avoiding crossing the £100k income threshold
  • HMRC is increasing tax investigations
  • March Questions and Answers
  • March Key Dates
  • Spring Statement 2026
• February 2026
  • Government climbdown on inheritance tax for family firms
  • Government rejects call to raise pensioners' tax-free allowance
  • Surge in Cash ISA Deposits
  • Claims that the Chancellor's U-turns cost £3bn of headroom
  • February Questions and Answers
  • February Key Dates
• January 2026
  • HMRC alert for the self-employed ahead of January deadline
  • Chancellor clarifies tax change on state pension
  • Bank of England at odds with Chancellor's claims on impact of tax rises
  • 300,000 workers affected by scrapping of work-from-home tax relief
  • January Questions and Answers
  • January Key Dates
• December 2025
  • Top earners see an increase in HMRC investigations
  • Treasury dealt blow as thousands of EV drivers use tax loophole
  • Many risk paying tax twice due to multiple HMRC letter demands
  • Snail farms discovered in London offices in tax avoidance scheme
  • December Questions and Answers
  • December Key Dates
  • Autumn Budget 2025
• November 2025
  • The Chancellor dismisses wealth tax as 'mistake'
  • How the Chancellor could raise money without taxing the rich
  • Tax evasion crackdown on dodgy employers
  • HMRC warns home workers about rogue tax advisors
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key Dates
• October 2025
  • Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax starts in six months
  • 100,000 HMRC accounts hit by scammers
  • Government facing legal challenges over 'family farms tax'
  • The Autumn Budget - potential tax changes
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key Dates
• September 2025
  • A new '10p tax' suggested to the Chancellor... by a billionaire
  • Revealed - UK's biggest deliberate tax defaulters
  • Chancellor considers a new property tax to replace stamp duty
  • Car tax update sees a 400% hike in costs for some
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September Key Dates
• August 2025
  • Just how many of the super-rich are fleeing the UK over tax hikes?
  • Billions paid into cash ISAs
  • Tax raid pulls in £300 million less than predicted
  • "Time for a wealth tax”, say the rich.
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August Key Dates
• July 2025
  • Inheritance tax break that could lure expats back to the UK
  • The Government refuses to increase the annual Personal Allowance to £20,000
  • Reeves under pressure to create wealth tax
  • Reeves urged to launch tax raid on landlords
  • July Questions and Answers
  • July Key Dates
• June 2025
  • HMRC criticised for time taken to process tax refunds
  • Is it time to use up this year’s cash ISA Allowance?
  • Changes to notifications by employers to operate PAYE on a proportion of a globally mobile employee’s income and Overseas Workday Relief
  • HMRC’s ‘Help for Hustles’ Campaign
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key Dates
• May 2025
  • Tax rises inevitable amid tariff trade war?
  • HMRC could get new powers in tax avoidance clampdown
  • Financial reporting: major changes for business sizes take effect
  • Chancellor adds more fuel to ISA reform fire
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May Key Dates
• April 2025
  • Several tax-related changes to take effect
  • Tax commitment finally set to change after 25 years
  • Hiring veterans: National Insurance relief extended for another year
  • Tax break scheme for second homeowners axed
  • April Questions and Answers
  • April Key Dates
  • Spring Statement 2025
• March 2025
  • Tax changes expected as pressure grows on public finances
  • Taxman collects more than £400m in interest charges
  • Businesses reminded over final payment submissions
  • A million taxpayers miss filing deadline
  • March Questions and Answers
  • March Key Dates
  • Several tax-related changes to take effect
• February 2025
  • Spring Statement announced: more tax changes to come?
  • Millions at risk of fines as Self-Assessment deadline looms
  • Employment Allowance: common errors by businesses revealed
  • Changes for Companies House address rules
  • February Questions and Answers
  • February Key Dates
• January 2025
  • Tax changes to progress to law in the new year
  • Self-Assessment scammers warning as January deadline nears
  • Treasury coffers swell from IHT bills - even before imminent reforms set in
  • Stamp Duty tax receipt trends revealed in new reports
  • January Questions and Answers
  • January Key Dates
• December 2024
  • Capital Gains: Investors’ Relief limit cut among changes revealed
  • Changes to Alternative financing tax rules
  • Christmas company parties – cause for cheer
  • Tax compliance rules for charities to change
  • December Questions and Answers
  • December Key Dates
• November 2024
  • Millionaire business owners: increase CGT to raise £14bn
  • Many possible changes could be arriving for IHT
  • Changes to high earners for Self-Assessment
  • New rules for businesses on employee hours data delayed
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key Dates
  • Autumn Budget 2024
• October 2024
  • Mounting speculation of Inheritance Tax changes to come
  • A new flat rate for pension tax relief? Budget changes expected
  • Loophole for fund managers that chancellor called 'absurd' set to be closed
  • Seasonal staff warning from HMRC
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key Dates
• September 2024
  • Axe falls on tax benefits for Furnished Holiday Lets
  • Are we going back to the future for CGT?
  • Digital platform rules: new guidance ahead of first report deadline
  • UK and Ecuador announce tax treaty
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September Key Dates
• August 2024
  • What does the new Government mean for tax?
  • Could a pension-related IHT proposal help raise money for new Government?
  • 95,000 get £100 fines for late filing – despite no tax being owed
  • New tool may help businesses better understand VAT registration implications
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August Key Dates
• July 2024
  • Battle lines drawn on tax – but is there a ‘conspiracy of silence?’
  • Budget will loom following General Election result
  • Tax lost to error and ‘failure’ rises – four years on from digital tax
  • As Euro 2024 kicks off, tax spotlight takes a Football focus
  • July Questions and Answers
  • July Key Dates
• June 2024
  • Spotlight falls on potential tax changes as General Election called
  • July tax credits deadline prompts payment warning
  • New Scottish tax sparks petition to recall powers
  • HMRC issues ‘tax refund companies’ alert
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key Dates
• May 2024
  • Treasury collects £10bn extra in Business taxes
  • Tax penalty fears for pensioners as millions ‘dragged into net’
  • New employment rights kick in
  • HMRC helpline axe saga rumbles on as closure looms again
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May Key Dates
• April 2024
  • Spring Statement 2024
  • Spring Finance Bill sets shape for tax changes to come
  • Plans to close HMRC helpline for half a year halted
  • Bumper IHT receipts set to be new record high
  • Online live funerals receive VAT exemption
  • April Questions and Answers
  • April Key Dates
• March 2024
  • £38million of tax overpayments refunded
  • Budget to bring tax and mortgage changes?
  • Scammers target self-employed with fake tax refund promise
  • Record Self-Assessment returns, but estimated 1m miss deadline
  • March Questions and Answers
  • March key tax dates
• February 2024
  • New Year, New Budget
  • Online sellers watch out for 'side hustle tax'
  • £148m in tax bills to be paid in instalments
  • Scotland creates new higher income tax band
  • February Questions and Answers
  • February Key Dates
• January 2024
  • Watch out for data thieves' latest scam
  • Cause for cheer on company parties
  • Have you discovered this tax relief?
  • New 'one pension pot for life' proposal
  • January Questions and Answers
  • January Key Dates
• December 2023
  • Self-Employment Tax Returns deadline looms
  • Autumn Statement - what happens now?
  • Cash basis changes
  • Tax-deductible training costs
  • December Questions and Answers
  • December Key Dates
• November 2023
  • Inheritance Tax Query? Contact HMRC Now
  • VAT Registration – Online Only from November 2023
  • HMRC are Communicating about Self-Assessment
  • Payrolled Benefits, Self-Assessment and Student Loans
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key Dates
  • Autumn Statement 2023
• October 2023
  • Advisory Fuel Rates – MUST Be Effective 01 October 2023
  • R&D Tax Relief – Additional Information Required
  • Register for Self-Assessment – The Deadline Approaches
  • Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay Changes in 2024
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key Dates
• September 2023
  • HMRC Close One Helpline – But Re-open Another
  • Outstanding Post - HMRC Extends its Trial
  • Employer Bulletin August 2023 – an Error Corrected
  • Welcome IZENR (aka National Insurance Relief in Investment Zones)
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September key tax dates
• August 2023
  • Outstanding Post - HMRC Expands its Agent Team
  • Important Employment Law Changes
  • Obtaining the National Insurance Number
  • Introducing More HMRC Call Waiting Times
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August key tax dates
• July 2023
  • Corporation tax on capital gains
  • Voluntary NIC payment deadline extended again
  • HMRC nudges those named in Pandora Papers
  • How to claim the Marriage Allowance
  • July Questions and Answers
  • July key tax dates
• June 2023
  • How to spread your PAYE payments
  • HMRC warn of BAD relief claims
  • VAT margin scheme for car dealers
  • Excess mileage payments
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June key tax dates
• May 2023
  • VAT penalty notices
  • Planning for retirement
  • Payroll settlement agreements (PSA)
  • Payroll hygiene
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May key tax dates
• April 2023
  • More time to pay missing National Insurance Contributions
  • Cleaning up your sales till
  • Employment status of Associate Dentists
  • Electronic returns of benefits and expenses
  • April Questions and Answers
  • April key tax dates
• March 2023
  • Relief for mortgage interest on let properties
  • HMRC homes in on Airbnb landlords
  • Planning your profit extraction
  • Plugging NIC gaps
  • March Questions and Answers
  • March Key tax dates
  • Spring Budget - 2023
• February 2023
  • HMRC questions claims for Lettings Relief
  • How to challenge a K-code
  • Reporting crypto profits and losses
  • HMRC is chasing down the gig-economy
  • February Questions and Answers
  • February Key tax dates
• January 2023
  • Claiming employment related expenses
  • Beware of electronic sales suppression
  • VAT late filing penalties
  • Late VAT payments and interest
  • January Questions and Answers
  • January Key Tax Dates
• December 2022
  • VAT repayment evidence
  • Letters to landlords
  • Corporate Landlords
  • Letters about corporate losses
  • December Questions and Answers
  • December Key Tax Dates
• November 2022
  • Latest news round-up
  • Entertaining - allowable for tax?
  • Renting out a 'spare' room
  • A company closes - how to withdraw any remaining cash tax efficiently.
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key Tax Dates
  • Autumn Statement 2022
• October 2022
  • Mini Budget Summary
  • Are you too late to claim a tax repayment?
  • Landlords - make sure you claim all the expenses you can.
  • Which VAT scheme to use?
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key Tax Dates
• September 2022
  • Latest news round-up
  • One way of getting money out of your company - charge rent
  • Have you taken an 'illegal dividend'?
  • Are you trading?
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September Key tax dates
• August 2022
  • Latest news round-up
  • Where does HMRC get its information from?
  • Are directors liable for their dissolved company's unpaid bills?
  • Reporting residential property gains - the timing is tight
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August Key tax dates
• July 2022
  • Latest news round-up
  • When should a business register for VAT?
  • Can employing a family member save tax?
  • Tax relief for rental property losses post Covid
  • July Questions and Answer
  • July Key tax dates
• June 2022
  • Latest news round-up
  • Capital Gains Tax - your main residence may not be tax-free
  • Are you struggling to pay your tax bill?
  • Tax relief for losses - Coronavirus concession
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key tax dates
• May 2022
  • Latest News round-up
  • PAYE Tax Coding - is your Code right?
  • 'Higher earner'- should you claim child benefit?
  • Let property - Claiming the full amount of mortgage interest tax relief
  • May Questions and Answers
  • May Key tax dates
• April 2022
  • Latest news round-up
  • Transitional rules for Capital Allowances
  • Election to be treated as UK-domiciled for IHT purposes
  • Is the QCB deferral worthwhile?
  • April Questions and Answers
  • April Key tax dates
• March 2022
  • Latest news round-up
  • VAT - the annual accounting scheme
  • Claiming relief for an old tax return error
  • Trading losses and CGT
  • March Questions and Answers
  • March Key Tax Dates
  • Spring Statement 2022
• February 2022
  • Latest news round-up
  • VAT - charged too much?
  • Does an employee loan always need reporting to HMRC?
  • Holdover relief tax trap
  • February Questions and Answers
  • February Key tax dates
• January 2022
  • Latest news round-up
  • Christmas: how does hospitality and gifts affect the VAT return?
  • Inheritance Tax (IHT) - a problem with taper relief
  • Home working and Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
  • January Questions and Answers
  • January Key tax dates
• December 2021
  • Latest news round-up
  • Using the Import One-Stop-Shop for low value sales
  • EIS - FTT considers risk to capital condition
  • Let property: improvement v repair
  • December Questions and Answers
  • December Key tax dates
• November 2021
  • Autumn Budget 2021
  • Latest news round-up
  • Partial exemption and B2B services from overseas
  • Discovery assessments: time limits, the staleness concept, and Finance Bill changes
  • Avoiding wasted capital losses
  • November Questions and Answers
  • November Key tax dates
• October 2021
  • Latest news round-up
  • Preserving FHL status for 2020/21
  • Freeports - the tax breaks
  • Buying a commercial building
  • October Questions and Answers
  • October Key tax dates
• September 2021
  • Latest news round-up
  • Loss relief for companies ceasing a trade
  • HMRC enquiries: is it in time?
  • Inheritance tax - why giving away money can mean more for the beneficiaries
  • September Questions and Answers
  • September Key tax dates
• August 2021
  • Latest news round-up
  • Investors' Relief - the forgotten CGT break?
  • Invalid VAT invoices
  • Tax-Free Childcare and summer activities
  • August Questions and Answers
  • August Key tax dates
• July 2021
  • Latest news round up
  • P11Ds for 2020/21 - COVID19 considerations
  • Property CGT - avoid reporting traps
  • VAT registration - delays
  • July Questions and Answers
  • July Key tax dates
• June 2021
  • Latest news round up
  • Non-resident SDLT surcharge now in effect
  • Gift aid problems
  • VAT group registration
  • June Questions and Answers
  • June Key tax dates
• May 2021
  • Latest news round up
  • Student loans for 2021-22
  • Debt factoring and VAT
  • Making Tax Digital
  • May questions and answers
  • May Key tax dates
• April 2021
  • Latest news round up
  • Loss relief extension
  • Dealing with an overdrawn Directors Loan Account
  • Tax relief for loans used for businesses
  • April questions and answers
  • April Key tax dates
• March 2021
  • Latest news round up
  • Import One-Stop Shop
  • Reporting Covid-19 support payments
  • Venture Capital Trusts - are the dividends exempt?
  • March questions and answers
  • March Key tax dates
  • March 2021 Budget
• February 2021
  • Latest news round up
  • Deregistering from VAT
  • Self-assessment - DIY time-to-pay options
  • Leaving the UK: a look at split-year treatment
  • February questions and answers
  • February Key tax dates
• January 2021
  • Latest round up
  • Reverse charge for building services imminent
  • First-year allowances for zero emission cars to continue
  • HMRC launches UK VAT number checking tool
  • January questions and answers
  • January Key tax dates