HMRC

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has alerted businesses of the need to file company tax returns and corporation tax payments (CT) electronically.

Inheritance Tax (IHT) is unpopular and ineffective and should be replaced with a new capital receipts tax, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says.

HMRC has issued a warning to the self-employed to ensure online tax returns are submitted by 31 January or they will face a £100 fine.

Four gang members have been handed prison sentences for helping to orchestrate a £12m VAT fraud.

Mark Lisle, compliance manager at Rowanmoor Pensions, takes a closer look at the government’s pensions proposals and finds DB schemes may benefit.

Mark Peters, retail pensions and investment proposition director at Zurich UK Life, outlines how advisers can help clients prepare for changes to child benefits.

Exchange-traded product provider Source has confirmed all its ETCs will gain UK reporting status, making them eligible for capital gains tax treatment.

Skandia has called on HMRC to clarify whether pre-A-Day tax free cash will be protected when the new lifetime allowance (LTA) on pension contributions comes into effect in April 2012.

Carla Brown looks at why discretionary trusts are still popular for safeguarding assets

Employers who run occupational small self-administered pension schemes (SSAS) have been warned about the tax implications of using encumbered assets as collateral when they take loans from their schemes.