Tax Planning

January to March is the traditional EIS and VCT fundraising ‘season'. Matthew Brow, partner at RAM Capital Partners which markets the investments, gives a rundown of the New Year benefits on offer.

Staff members at Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) feel their own department is poorly managed, an internal survey reveals.

The government is set to create working groups to begin reforming the income tax and national insurance contribution (NIC) systems.

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is considering setting up online accounts for individual PAYE taxpayers and introducing annual tax statements as part of efforts to make the UK tax system easier to understand.

Advisers have been warned to be "very careful" when recommending stamp duty land tax avoidance (SDLT) schemes as some unscrupulous vendors downplay the risks of an HMRC investigation into the activity.

Business leaders will today make a fresh plea to George Osborne to scrap the 50p rate of income tax and increase personal allowances to protect the British economy from the worst of the eurozone crisis.

Film tax relief, the Government's targeted tax break for the British film industry, has been extended until the end of December 2015.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is heavily scrutinising client engagement letters for evidence of tax evasion, a leading tax lawyer has warned advisers.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) chief executive and permanent secretary Dame Lesley Strathie is stepping down from her role because of ill health.

Paul Thompson, tax & estate planning consultant at Canada Life Limited, explains how your clients can stop their grandchildren frittering away their trust funds.