Tax in 2020: A Q&A with Deloitte tax innovation experts - Part 1
Accounting Firms

Tax in 2020: A Q&A with Deloitte tax innovation experts - Part 1

5y Chris Jewers

Tax in 2020: A Q&A with Deloitte tax innovation ex...

Accountancy Age spoke with Deloitte tax innovation experts Andy Gold and Chuck Kosal on the topic of Deloitte's tax plans for 2020, innovative tax sol...

View article
How to add value to your tax return offering
Tax

How to add value to your tax return offering

5y Chris Jewers

How to add value to your tax return offering

Despite often being considered the bread and butter for accountancy firms, the value you as an accountant offer your clients by completing their tax r...

View article
The shifting role of tax auditors in the digital age
Audit

The shifting role of tax auditors in the digital age

5y Christiaan Van Der Valk

The shifting role of tax auditors in the digital a...

VP of Strategy at Sovos, Christiaan van der Valk, argues that the digital age is changing the role of tax auditors, not rendering them obsolete. Read ...

View article
Get the latest analysis and reports delivered to your inbox daily
R&D tax credits: Government must “take urgent steps” to support innovation
Tax

R&D tax credits: Government must “take urgent steps” to support innovation

5y Tom Lemmon

R&D tax credits: Government must “take urgent step...

Luke Hamm, CEO of GovGrant, has said that the government must add some “rocket fuel” to the R&D tax credit scheme or risk losing out to competitors ab...

View article
Media furore over corporate tax targets Netflix
Corporate Tax

Media furore over corporate tax targets Netflix

5y Miles Dean

Media furore over corporate tax targets Netflix

Miles Dean, Head of International Tax at Andersen Tax argues that companies like Netflix are unfairly targeted by the media for their tax record, desp...

View article
Payroll: SME employees making pay check errors need accountant's expertise
Personal Tax

Payroll: SME employees making pay check errors need accountant's expertise

5y Chris Jewers

Payroll: SME employees making pay check errors nee...

The survey found that the problem was particularly prevalent among employees of smaller businesses, with 77% of SME employees believing, incorrectly, ...

View article
Boris Johnson should order a Loan Charge review before it's too late
Tax

Boris Johnson should order a Loan Charge review before it's too late

5y Chris Jewers

Boris Johnson should order a Loan Charge review be...

It is easy to see why many contractors and freelancers are worried about the impact of this charge. If the charge is not suspended, up to 50,000 peopl...

View article
How to cook a frog, or how to tax a non-dom
HMRC

How to cook a frog, or how to tax a non-dom

5y Mark Davies

How to cook a frog, or how to tax a non-dom

Mark Davies, Managing Director of Mark Davies & Associates, talks about taxing a non-dom and the outcome of the current policy for the Exchequer. ...

View article
Insolvency implications – extending joint and several liability
Tax

Insolvency implications – extending joint and several liability

5y Emma Rawson

Insolvency implications – extending joint and seve...

ATT's Technical Officer Emma Rawson talks about new powers for HMRC, Tax avoidance and evasion cases and the scope for uncertainty Read More...

View article
Grant Thornton and BDO appoint new partners
People In Practice

Grant Thornton and BDO appoint new partners

5y Tom Lemmon

Grant Thornton and BDO appoint new partners

Grant Thornton and BDO have appointed new partners. Joanne Brown is promoted to partner and public services lead at Grant Thornton, while Ian Bowden a...

View article
HMRC glitch means self-employed risk underpaying tax bill
HMRC

HMRC glitch means self-employed risk underpaying tax bill

5y Chris Jewers

HMRC glitch means self-employed risk underpaying t...

Just 14% of late payment fines were cancelled last year, down from 16% the previous year, suggesting HMRC is becoming less sympathetic towards late ta...

View article
PAYE tax checks: it’s that time of year again
Tax

PAYE tax checks: it’s that time of year again

5y Brian Palmer

PAYE tax checks: it’s that time of year again

Tax expert Brian Palmer shares his tips and tricks for getting through p800 forms, with advice on appeals, what to look out for and help from the LITR...

View article
Non-compliance measures paying off for HMRC
HMRC

Non-compliance measures paying off for HMRC

5y Chris Jewers

Non-compliance measures paying off for HMRC

A Failure to Correct policy, that came into force in October 2018 and can see penalties of up to 200% of the tax liable, seems to have prompted a rush...

View article
Industry experts give their take on impending IR35 legislation
HMRC

Industry experts give their take on impending IR35 legislation

5y Chris Jewers

Industry experts give their take on impending IR35...

We questioned which industries will be affected by the IR35 new legislation, due to come into effect in April 2020, and what businesses and freelancer...

View article
IR35 - HMRC scrutinising where TV presenters stand and choice of clothes for tax purposes
HMRC

IR35 - HMRC scrutinising where TV presenters stand and choice of clothes fo...

5y Chris Jewers

IR35 - HMRC scrutinising where TV presenters stand...

The BBC recently estimated that up to 800 of its TV presenters could be challenged by HMRC over their employment status Read More...

View article
The evolution of the European tax and accounting landscape
Technology

The evolution of the European tax and accounting landscape

5y Beth McLoughlin

The evolution of the European tax and accounting l...

Henri Van Engelen, managing director of tax and accounting, Europe, for Wolters Kluwer, shares his thoughts on some of the trends shaping the sector R...

View article
UK presses ahead with digital services tax
Tax

UK presses ahead with digital services tax

5y Chris Jewers

UK presses ahead with digital services tax

The UK and France are pressing ahead with a digital services tax (DST) in the face of pressure from the US Read More...

View article
Ten things we’ve learnt about the Agent Services Account this year
Tax

Ten things we’ve learnt about the Agent Services Account this year

5y Helen Thornley

Ten things we’ve learnt about the Agent Services A...

ATT's Helen Thornley details what we have found out so far from using HMRC's Agent Services Account Read More...

View article
HMRC takes record £860m in penalties
Personal Tax

HMRC takes record £860m in penalties

5y Tom Lemmon

HMRC takes record £860m in penalties

Last year, HMRC imposed a record £860m in penalties on individual taxpayers, up 24% from £694m in 2017/18, according to accounting group UHY Hacker Yo...

View article
Taxing tech giants: the challenges accountants should know
Tax

Taxing tech giants: the challenges accountants should know

6y Dave Beach

Taxing tech giants: the challenges accountants sho...

As the OECD delivered its global approach to taxing digital services, tax experts warn current accounting norms are due to be axed, with challenges an...

View article
"Tax is the centre of the social contract" - SSE finance director
Tax

"Tax is the centre of the social contract" - SSE finance director

6y Gregor Alexander

"Tax is the centre of the social contract" - SSE f...

SSE's finance director Gregor Alexander explains why it was important for the company to receive a Fair Tax Mark - and why paying your fair share of t...

View article
Wealthiest families in UK gobble up inheritance tax relief
Tax

Wealthiest families in UK gobble up inheritance tax relief

6y Tom Lemmon

Wealthiest families in UK gobble up inheritance ta...

A small number of the wealthiest families in the country are sharing up to £666 million a year in inheritance tax relief, according to Tax Justice UK ...

View article
European Commission notified about more than 380 potentially unlawful tax breaks in the last five years
Tax

European Commission notified about more than 380 potentially unlawful tax b...

6y Tom Lemmon

European Commission notified about more than 380 p...

The European Commission has been made aware of around 385 tax breaks which may be unlawful under State aid rules over the last five years, according t...

View article
Millions of new businesses; billions in missing taxes
Tax

Millions of new businesses; billions in missing taxes

6y Richard Asquith

Millions of new businesses; billions in missing ta...

In his monthly column, Avalara's Richard Asquith looks at what international tax authorities are doing to ensure compliance and mop up missing taxes R...

View article
Part One: Understanding cyber security in accountancy
Security

Part One: Understanding cyber security in accountancy

6y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

Part One: Understanding cyber security in accounta...

Emmy Hawker takes a deep dive into cyberspace, assessing how prepared accountancy firms and practices are for the ever-growing threat of cyber-crime R...

View article
HMRC applied to shut down 4,160 businesses in 2018
HMRC

HMRC applied to shut down 4,160 businesses in 2018

6y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

HMRC applied to shut down 4,160 businesses in 2018

Funding Options has shared their insights with Accountancy Age Read More...

View article
Are HMRC’s Accelerated Payment Notices proof of the taxman’s aggression?
HMRC

Are HMRC’s Accelerated Payment Notices proof of the taxman’s aggression?

6y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

Are HMRC’s Accelerated Payment Notices proof of th...

RPC has reported that a percentage of APNs have been withdrawn by HMRC Read More...

View article
1 6 7 8 9 10 13