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Are Schools Closing Because of the Private School VAT Change?Since the private school VAT change, effective 1 January 2025, private school tuition and boarding in the UK have been…
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Getting Your Business Ready for the Summer’s Temporary VAT CutA temporary VAT cut of 5% will apply from 25 June 2026 to 1 September 2026 on certain children’s meals,…
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Can You Reclaim VAT on Transaction Fees in the UKMost businesses ask this as a yes-or-no question, but UK VAT does not work that neatly. VAT on transaction fees…
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HMRC v M R Currell Ltd [2026] – Genuine Loan via EBT Not Taxable as SalaryIn HMRC v M R Currell Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 445, the Court of Appeal held that an £800,000 payment…
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HMRC’s AI-Driven Tax System In The UK: Promises, Pressures And The Road To Digital TaxationHM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has set itself an ambitious goal: by 2030, 90% of customer interactions should be digital,…
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How Debt Assignment Is Taxed as Shareholder IncomeUK corporate law and HMRC guidance have long recognised that transactions between a company and its shareholders are subject to…
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Court of Appeal ruling puts VAT on education grants under scrutinyThe UK Court of Appeal has clarified the VAT treatment of education grants, marking an important shift for schools, universities,…
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What You Need to Know About Tax Reliefs for Multi-Property Investment in the UKBuying two or more homes together can trigger special stamp duty and property transaction tax rules across the UK. The…
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Everything About VAT Return Deadlines in the UKSubmitting a VAT return on time is one of the most important VAT responsibilities for UK businesses. A missed deadline…
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Surge in VAT Investigations for Large Businesses: What’s Behind HMRC’s Crackdown on Unpaid Tax?HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has adopted a significantly tougher stance on VAT investigations for large businesses recently. Investigations into…
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2026-27 VAT Fuel Scale Charges: Key Changes and What They Mean for Your BusinessFrom 1 May 2026, the UK VAT road fuel scale charges change to cover the period to 30 April 2027.…
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How the Film Tax Relief Fraud Case Uncovered Large-Scale Tax EvasionTwo UK brothers were recently convicted for abusing the government’s film tax relief scheme. Between 2011 and 2015 they submitted…
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Everything You Need to Know About Director’s Loan Write-Off and the Douglas Boulton CaseIn a 2026 tax appeal, the First-tier Tribunal (Tax) upheld HMRC’s view that a written-off director’s loan triggers an income…
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What You Need to Know About HMRC’s £186 Million Tax Clawback CampaignRecent headlines cite official UK data showing that HMRC spent “£186 million” enforcing the loan charge. The loan charge enforcement…
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Can You Hold Crypto ETNs in an IFISA? What Stratiphy Means for UK InvestorsThe position is now much clearer. Retail access to certain crypto exchange-traded notes (crypto ETNs) in an IFISA was reopened…
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VAT Payroll Fraud Case Ends in Heavy Prison SentencesThe VAT payroll fraud case in brief On 21 April 2026, a Scottish court case ended with four prison sentences…
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‘Widespread Non-Compliance’: Three-Quarters of Landlords and Sole Traders Miss Deadlines for Making Tax Digital for Income TaxSlow adoption despite clear government deadlines HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) achieved a major milestone on 6 April 2026, when…
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VAT Evasion Penalties in the UK: Cunningsburgh Man Who Evaded £166,000 in Tax Ordered to Pay Just £1A recent case in Shetland has put the spotlight on VAT fraud and confiscation orders in the UK. A businessman…
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