MTD countdown begins and the grace period is over
Making Tax Digital

MTD countdown begins and the grace period is over

4m nikita alexander

MTD countdown begins and the grace period is over

The 2026 Spring Statement has drawn a final line in the sand for the UK’s tax landscape. With the Chancellor holding firm on thresholds and MTD ITSA m...

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UK growth to remain weak amid heightened uncertainty
Budget 2025

UK growth to remain weak amid heightened uncertainty

1y Jonathan Ashworth, Chief Economist, ACCA

UK growth to remain weak amid heightened uncertain...

The UK’s incipient economic recovery in the first half of 2024 has since flagged. After expanding by 0.8% and 0.4% in Q1 and Q2 2024, the economy stag...

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Spring Statement 2025: Reeves cuts deep to keep fiscal pledge
Budget 2025

Spring Statement 2025: Reeves cuts deep to keep fiscal pledge

1y Marina Mouka

Spring Statement 2025: Reeves cuts deep to keep fi...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves took to the despatch box today with a Spring Statement that balanced caution with conviction. Presented as a fiscal update—no...

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Final countdown: Reeves’ Statement and the stakes behind it
Budget 2025

Final countdown: Reeves’ Statement and the stakes behind it

1y Marina Mouka

Final countdown: Reeves’ Statement and the stakes ...

When Chancellor Rachel Reeves rises to deliver her Spring Statement on Wednesday, she will be doing so with a tighter fiscal straitjacket than any of ...

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UK SMEs pause investments as Spring Statement looms
Budget 2025

UK SMEs pause investments as Spring Statement looms

1y Marina Mouka

UK SMEs pause investments as Spring Statement loom...

Business confidence remains high, but uncertainty stalls capital spending Read More...

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What to expect from the Chancellor’s Spring Statement
Budget

What to expect from the Chancellor’s Spring Statement

1y Marina Mouka

What to expect from the Chancellor’s Spring Statem...

The UK’s first Spring Statement under Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set for 26 March, but those expecting headline-grabbing tax and spending announcemen...

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‘Further complexity’: accountants split on new R&D reliefs
Budget

‘Further complexity’: accountants split on new R&D reliefs

3y Sam Alberti

‘Further complexity’: accountants split on new R&D...

New R&D tax measures mark 'return to generosity' but add complexity, argue accounting experts Read More...

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Accounting bodies: HMRC service levels ‘top priority’ for Spring Budget
Budget

Accounting bodies: HMRC service levels ‘top priority’ for Spring Budget

3y Sam Alberti

Accounting bodies: HMRC service levels ‘top priori...

HMRC service levels have fallen to an “unacceptably low level” and must be urgently addressed as part of the forthcoming Spring Budget statement, the ...

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Chancellor ‘walking on a knife edge’ with Capital Gains Tax
Budget

Chancellor ‘walking on a knife edge’ with Capital Gains Tax

3y Greg Noble

Chancellor ‘walking on a knife edge’ with Capital ...

There has been an 18% increase in CGT in the last year alone Read More...

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IR35 has been ‘damaging’ to the self-employed says Sir John Redwood
Politics

IR35 has been ‘damaging’ to the self-employed says Sir John Redwood

3y Greg Noble

IR35 has been ‘damaging’ to the self-employed says...

The Chancellor must decide whether he will include IR35 in the Spring Budget Read More...

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Spring Statement 2019: VAT MTD is go, but no further mandation until 2021
MTD

Spring Statement 2019: VAT MTD is go, but no further mandation until 2021

7y Brian Palmer

Spring Statement 2019: VAT MTD is go, but no furth...

Hammond responded to the government's Making Tax Digital for VAT initiative in his written Spring Statement yesterday Read More...

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What does the Spring Statement mean for accounting and finance professionals?
Brexit & Economy

What does the Spring Statement mean for accounting and finance professional...

7y Accountancy Age

What does the Spring Statement mean for accounting...

Fiscal Phil returns to deliver his Spring Statement just two weeks before Brexit day Read More...

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