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- Self assessment payments via the HMRC app up 65%
- Government must ramp up its growth strategy, says think tank
- Tax timebomb poses existential threat to high streets, government warned
- Over 4,700 file festive self assessment returns on Christmas Day
- HMRC app usage surged in 2025
- Anxiety over business rates hits record high
- Over 4,800 self assessment scams reported
- Spring Statement set for 3 March 2026
- Inheritance Tax reliefs threshold to rise to £2.5 million for farmers and businesses
- Latest guidance for employers
- UK Treasury to regulate cryptocurrency under new legislation
- HMRC offers time to help pay self assessment tax bills
- Budget unlikely to be growth game changer
- £725 million UK apprenticeship overhaul targets youth unemployment
- Salary sacrifice changes will impact over three million employees
- Covid fraud cost UK taxpayer £10.9 billion
- Still time to start self assessment returns, says HMRC
- Most sole traders are not ready MTD changes
- Sensible solution on unfair dismissal will deliver faster improvements
- E-invoicing will be fundamental change for VAT-registered businesses
- MTD penalties waived for first year of Income Tax
- Advisory fuel rates for company cars
- AI tools giving risky consumer advice, warns Which?
- Chancellor raises £26 billion in Autumn Budget
- UK inflation rate falls for first time since March
- Bank deposit protection limit to be increased to £120,000
- Christmas crafters urged to check tax rules
- AI will shrink headcount as hiring confidence remains at record low
- Self-employed overcounted for decades by official data
- Budget choices will determine success of UK’s growth mission, says CBI
- Chancellor refuses to rule out raising taxes in Autumn Budget
- UK could fall behind in net zero race, BCC warns
- CIOT calls for implementation of IHT transitional gifting rule
- Budget should tackle hiring issues, says BCC
- Chancellor announces ‘blitz on business bureaucracy’
- Give State Pension its own PAYE scheme, says LITRG
- Over 750,000 young people yet to claim savings
- Countdown to Vaping Products Duty begins
- Budget must give UK business a competitive edge
- Long-term sickness blighting UK economy
- HMRC to resume taking tax owed by debtors directly from their bank accounts
- Digitally excluded can apply for MTD for Income Tax exemption now
- Covid repayment window opens
- Budget Board must focus on easing the cost of doing business, says IoD
- Chancellor to explore reforms to business rates on second premises
- Advisory fuel rates for company cars
- HMRC splits advisory fuel rates for electric cars
- Autumn Budget to be delivered on 26 November
- Latest guidance for employers
- Warning as 170,000 self assessment scams reported to HMRC
- Over 850,000 self employed to be pulled into first phase of Making Tax Digital
- Deadline approaching to extend teen Child Benefit claims
- HMRC cuts late payment interest rate to 8%
- HMRC targets personal expenditure on self assessment
- UK labour market continues to weaken
- HMRC urges families to save money with Tax-Free Childcare
- SME exporters hit by new US customs charges
- Economic confidence plummets to all-time low
- Crackdown on late payments launched in plan to back small businesses
- Homebuyers get bogus SDLT claims warning
- More small firms expect to shrink than grow
- Government publishes Finance Bill supporting documents
- Pensioners ‘set to be worse off’, warns DWP
- Recruitment static as firms assess NICs impact
- Harsh personal guarantees will chill growth ambitions, warns FSB
- HMRC warns of Winter Fuel Payment scams
- HMRC criminal tax offence plan risks going too far, warns CIOT
- HMRC to fine crypto investors £300 for non-disclosure
- IHT on pensions most unpopular of Labour’s tax increases
- More than 25% of UK businesses hit by cyber-attack in past year
- Windsor Framework starting to fracture the UK Internal Market, warns FSB
- HMRC sends side hustle warning
- Brits ‘spending more disposable income than a year ago’
- UK government launches Industrial Strategy
- Tax gap estimated at 5.3%
- Global economy set for weakest run since 2008, warns World Bank
- FCA in international crackdown on unlawful finfluencers
- HMRC system attack is a timely reminder to keep personal data safe
- Cost of minimum retirement lifestyle has fallen amid lower energy prices
- Government introduces Pension Schemes Bill
- Energy costs ‘an anchor on our ambition’, warns CBI chief
- Chancellor outlines pension ‘megafunds’ plans
- HMRC names and shames employers failing to pay NLW
- IFS outlines ‘four big decisions’ for Spending Review
- Higher borrowing figures ‘increase prospect of tax rises’
- Household Support Fund ‘needs reforming’
- Chancellor confirms ISA allowance won’t be cut
- Parents of teens reminded to extend Child Benefit claim online
- One in ten people have no cash savings
- Almost half of sole traders unprepared for MTD changes
- Business confidence rises to highest level since late 2024
- Record numbers file assessment in first week of new tax year
- HMRC criticised for delays in processing tax refunds
- Lack of trust and board expertise putting brakes on AI adoption
- Government warned over ‘lost generation’
- HMRC launches new online interactive help for compliance checks
- Chancellor unveils plans to maintain level playing field for British business
- IHT receipts reach record £8.2 billion
- Sole traders and landlords get Making Tax Digital warning
- Inflation falls as result of lower petrol prices
- Business confidence falls to two-year low
- More parents financing children’s house deposits
- Spending Review ‘could brighten living standards outlook’
- Business group welcomes launch of Code of Practice
- Companies House begins to verify identities
- UK firms show ‘resilience’ as exports grow in January
- Confidence amongst business leaders ‘remains low’
- Loan charge review calls for evidence
- Campaigners call for tougher action on fraud
- Minimum wage rose on 1 April
- Employment reforms continue to stifle businesses’ hiring intentions
- 2025 Spring Statement – the economic picture
- 2025 Spring Statement – the political reaction
- 2025 Spring Statement – the business reaction
- No further tax increases in Spring Statement
- OECD cuts UK growth forecasts
- Act now to boost your state pension, warn tax experts
- Finance Act 2025 receives Royal Assent
- Government must tackle ‘archaic’ infrastructure
- Side hustle trading threshold raised to £3,000 per year
- Chancellor unveils plan to cut red tape
- Employment Rights amendments do little to address employer concerns
- 25,000 first-time buyers set to miss Stamp Duty deadline
- Chancellor has set herself a ‘fiscal trap’ ahead of Spring Statement
- Tax receipts rise at slower than expected pace
- Entrepreneurs call for better access to financial products
- HMRC cuts late and repayment interest rates
- Business confidence hits post-Covid low
- Business group urges government to help firms grow
- Small firms call for £3,000 apprentices incentive
- Firms face increasing cyber security risk, warns BCC
- Business tax compliance costs £15 billion a year
- £35 million added to State Pension pots
- Pension reforms to ‘unlock billions’ in government growth agenda
- British household wealth increases to £13.6 trillion
- 11.5 million file self assessment by 31 January deadline
- Parliamentary watchdog accuses HMRC of ‘degrading’ phone services
- 3.4 million still to file self assessment returns as deadline approaches
- Government commissions review of Loan Charge
- Business group outlines pro-growth measures
- Flexibility in English and Maths rules would increase take up of apprenticeships
- IMF upgrades UK outlook
- Government to ‘unleash’ AI to boost growth
- 92% of employers ‘concerned about Employment Rights Bill’
- CIOT calls on government to rewrite unfair VAT rules
- Government must reset EU trade relations, urges BCC
- Business leaders remain cautious on the outlook for the year ahead
- 5.4 million yet to file their self assessment tax return
- Have you made your financial New Year’s resolutions?
- Insurer issues Christmas scams warning
- Don’t forget to file your self assessment tax return
- Economic slowdown affecting employment
- £1.31 billion paid in Stamp Duty in November
- Spring Forecast to take place in March
- Business groups respond to Get Britain Working white paper
- CBI calls for action to ‘turbocharge growth’
- Scams warning issued as self assessment deadline looms
- HMRC urged to improve low resolution rates
- Chancellor must ‘confront range of challenges’ in Spending Review
- HMRC urges self assessment taxpayers to spread the cost
- No tax changes for online sellers
- Interest rates ‘set to be higher for longer’
- Number of taxpayers caught in 60% ‘tax trap’ rises
- Retailers write to Chancellor over Autumn Budget measures
- Intergenerational transfers ‘having profound impact on people’s economic prospects’
- BCC calls for industrial strategy that benefits all parts of UK
- Permanent business rate cut for high street on the way
- Hybrid working the ‘new normal’ for a quarter of adults
- Pension reforms ‘must unlock growth’
- Government bank referral scheme ‘secured loans for just one in 20 companies’
- Business frustrated at halt in rollout of digital trade platform
- Almost half of UK adults have not written a will
- Chancellor’s Budget tax increases ‘will boost growth sustainably’, says IMF
- Budget ‘first step of what’s needed to lift living standards’, says think tank
- Employer NICs rise may have unforeseen consequences
- 2024 Autumn Budget – the economic picture
- 2024 Autumn Budget – the business reaction
- Chancellor promises to drive growth and raises £40 billion in taxes
- Government launches British Infrastructure Taskforce
- Government ‘planning inheritance tax increases in Budget’
- Business groups raise concerns over potential NI rise
- New Growth and Skills Levy must end ‘cycle of failure’
- ‘Strong case for capital gains tax reform’, says IFS
- UK Finance urges government to deliver economic growth in Budget submission
- Government cracks down on late payments
- Young people reminded to reclaim government savings
- Government announces apprenticeship reforms
- Savers added £42 billion into cash ISAs in first half of 2024, data shows
- Chancellor hits the right notes in Conference speech
- HMRC urged to take action to ‘defuse side hustle time bomb’
- IoD outlines key policy changes in Budget submission
- IPSE calls for fairer off-payroll rules in Budget
- Reforms to IHT, CGT and NI ‘could raise over £20 billion a year’
- Pension pot needed for basic retirement rises to nearly £110,000
- Scam complaints reach highest ever level, data shows
- £5.5 billion lost as a result of tax evasion, report finds
- UK has record number of self-employed workers aged 60 or over
- 2024 could see ‘record number’ of company creations
- Homebuyers paid £1.2 billion in stamp duty in July, data reveals
- Freelancers want to see fairer, simpler tax system from Autumn Budget
- Fake HMRC letters target small businesses
- Working parents face rising childcare costs during summer holidays
- Chancellor refuses to rule out CGT rise
- £19 billion in unpaid taxes ‘unlikely to be recovered’
- Government contracts ‘out of reach’ for SMEs, business group warns
- HMRC to send Simple Assessment tax statements to pensioners
- Digital trade deal hailed as big win for business
- HMRC failing on responsiveness, says Charter report
- Chancellor announces Autumn Budget date
- 320,000 individuals ‘pushed into poverty’ as result of interest rate rises
- Business group outlines five ‘key priorities’ for removing barriers to trade
- Government urged to remove tax burdens for charities
- King’s Speech unveils raft of bills designed to ‘unlock economic growth’
- More than 500,000 individuals caught in 60% tax trap
- UK’s economic recovery putting down roots
- HMRC launches VAT Registration Estimator
- British Business Bank launches Growth Guarantee Scheme
- Self assessment payment on account due on 31 July
- Rachel Reeves named as the UK’s first female Chancellor
- Business ready to work in partnership with Labour government
- Average earnings ‘just £16 a week higher than they were 14 years ago’
- 50% of savers unaware they are charged fees on their pension pots
- Next government warned ‘you can’t be pro-growth without being pro-green’
- UK’s investment performance ‘worse than every other G7 country’
- Business group warns tax rises will be ‘difficult to avoid’ over next five years
- Tax gap at record high
- HMRC ‘has not fined a single ‘enabler’ of offshore tax evasion’, data reveals
- Next government ‘should extend company car benefit in kind taxation tables’
- HMRC collected £1.39 billion in unpaid inheritance tax in last five years, data shows
- Action needed to help firms ‘navigate digital future’
- Next government will need to build trust between HMRC and self-employed
- Savers ‘dangerously underestimating’ minimum cost of retirement
- Last 15 years ‘worst for income growth in generations’, says IFS
- BCC outlines five-point plan for ‘immediate action’ by new government
- Government urges workers to check tax codes following ‘costly mistake’
- Generative AI could widen corporate inequalities business group warns
- Tax receipts totalled £75.4 billion in April data shows
- Next government will need to partner with business
- £235 billion ‘cash mountain’ sitting in bank accounts with low interest rates
- Taxpayers spend total of 800 years waiting to speak to HMRC
- Post-Brexit border checks set to cost UK more than £4.7 billion
- HMRC to receive extra £51 million in phone funding
- Retirees report £119,000 shortfall in pension savings
- 300,000 file tax returns in the first week of the tax year
- Business leaders’ economic confidence rose in April
- UK economy will see slowest growth in G7 next year
- New customs rules cause confusion and uncertainty
- Business group calls on Ofgem to ‘take action’ on standing charges
- HMRC clarifies tax rules for WFH commuting
- HMRC launches online voluntary national insurance payment service
- Small firms confused over upcoming import rules
- Business price pressures persist, warns BCC
- HMRC launches MTD for Income Tax pilot
- Small firms ‘treading water’ on investment, BCC warns
- More than seven million adults still struggling to pay bills, finds FCA
- Only five MTD for ITSA software products ready for testing
- Accessing finance getting more difficult for SMEs
- Government urged to implement reforms to R&D tax system
- PAC challenges HMRC on governance and accountability of MTD
- Research suggests SMEs are ‘bracing’ themselves for tough months ahead
- 1.6 million pensioners expected to fall into income tax net, according to research
- AI could replace up to 8 million UK jobs, warns report
- Small businesses still hampered by late payments, warns FSB
- NMW is the ‘single most successful economic policy in a generation’, says think tank
- HMRC halts helpline closures
- UK workers ‘face 20 years of pay stagnation’, Foundation warns
- Budget introduces increase in Landfill Tax rates
- Think tank warns Budget tax cuts will not compensate for price rises
- 2024 Spring Budget – the economic picture
- 2024 Spring Budget – the political reaction
- 2024 Spring Budget – the business reaction
- Jeremy Hunt cuts NICs again in the Spring Budget
- HMRC’s tough approach to IR35 has ‘chilling effect’ on economic activity, warns IPSE
- March is top month for Marriage Allowance claims
- Reports suggest air travel tax could rise in Spring Budget
- Number of tax fraud cases opened by HMRC fallen by more than half
- 500 firms named and shamed for underpaying staff
- HMRC publishes guidance on MTD for ITSA for sole traders and landlords
- Only a third of UK adults confident with self assessment
- Clarity on new border checks is vital, says BCC
- Fall in government borrowing ‘increases possibility of tax cuts’ in Budget
- Business group urges Chancellor to outline ‘sustainable growth plan’
- AAT outlines top asks in Budget representation
- HMRC warns self assessment taxpayers as scam referrals rise
- NAO publishes findings on HMRC’s monitoring of effectiveness of tax reliefs
- British families facing a ‘triple savings challenge’, Foundation warns
- CBI calls for Chancellor to use Budget to ‘build momentum’ in the economy
- Small businesses ‘finding it harder to access finance’
- Record 11.5 million taxpayers file tax returns by 31 January deadline
- Employment Allowance should be increased at Spring Budget
- Raise VAT threshold to £100,000, says FSB
- Chancellor suggests taxes may be cut in Spring Budget
- Almost 45,000 set up HMRC payment plans
- Value of tax penalties surged by 25% between 2022 and 2023, data shows
- Cost of student loan system ‘has increased by more than £10 billion’, IFS finds
- IMF warns AI will affect jobs and worsen inequality
- National Insurance contributions cut from 6 January
- Over 50s bucking decline in freelance numbers
- HMRC targets side hustles as online platforms share information
- Higher earners in Scotland to pay increased rate of income tax
- Countdown for 5.7 million to file their 2022/23 self assessment tax returns
- Spring Budget 2024 date confirmed for 6 March
- Have you made your financial New Year’s resolutions?
- Don’t forget to file your self assessment tax return
- Trade body issues warning over festive scams
- Businesses say hybrid working is here to stay
- More than half of SME owners say they intend to work on Christmas Day
- 98% of Covid fraud tip-offs not being investigated, ministers admit
- Business group welcomes energy regulator’s proposals to protect firms
- HMRC updates IR35 compliance guidance
- Research finds UK is ‘hub for innovation’
- BCC warns red tape, rising costs and regulation ‘holding back exports’
- Autumn Statement spending plans represent ‘very big fiscal risk’, OBR warns
- Businesses still struggling to understand net zero target
- Utility bills ‘main drivers of rising costs’ for many small firms, FSB finds
- Autumn Statement cuts ‘won’t stop tax revenues rising to highest ever levels’
- Report finds HMRC has ‘lost sight of putting taxpayers first’ in relation to MTD
- 2023 Autumn Statement – the economic picture
- 2023 Autumn Statement – the political reaction
- 2023 Autumn Statement – the business reaction
- Chancellor delivers tax cuts with Full Expensing made permanent
- Small firms facing ‘sky rocketing business rates bills’, warns FSB
- Chancellor unveils Back to Work plan
- Nearly 100,000 taxpayers use HMRC’s app to pay self assessment tax bills
- Business groups respond to policies announced in 2023 King’s Speech
- Government agrees ‘historic’ commitment to crack down on crypto tax evasion
- UK requires ‘more certain tax system’, says CIMA
- Inflation falls to two-year low of 4.6%
- ‘Digital revolution’ priorities for SMEs outlined by BCC
- Business group calls for AI training for new skills to be made tax deductible
- SMEs involved in banking disputes have ‘nowhere to turn’, FSB warns
- Government report warns AI could increase risk of cyber-attacks
- HMRC responds to Treasury Committee’s call for review into tax reliefs
- Chancellor in a ‘fiscal bind’ ahead of Autumn Statement, says IFS
- Scams warning issued to 12 million self assessment taxpayers
- Government ‘considering extending mortgage guarantee scheme’
- Hybrid and remote working here to stay, says IoD
- Online platforms should sign up to Prompt Payment Code, says FSB
- FRC outlines reporting expectations amidst cost-of-living crisis
- UK set for biggest tax rise in at least 50 years
- Many firms still facing recruitment problems, BCC finds
- Chancellor urged to ‘unleash green markets to deliver prosperity’
- BCC unveils proposals aimed at creating a more efficient business investment system
- Less than 1% of small firms receiving net zero help
- Chancellor confirms rise in National Living Wage from April 2024
- IoD outlines ‘top five policy recommendations’ to help drive economic growth
- HMRC urges nearly 430,000 young people to claim Child Trust Fund cash
- Firms ‘will look to Autumn Statement for measures to help with rising operating costs’
- Government slow to recover over £1 billion Covid grant fraud
- IoD reacts to changes to Corporate Governance Code
- Autumn Statement to be a ‘watershed moment’ for small business support
- SMEs ‘struggling to access finance’, says ACCA
- Run-up to General Election to be marred by ‘continued stagnation’ of living standards
- Business group calls for ‘urgent’ new legislation to safeguard workers against AI
- Business needs an ‘integrated transport plan’ from government
- Individuals warned scammers are impersonating finance watchdog
- BCC calls for government to ‘unlock power of British business’
- HMRC should increase rewards for whistleblowers, says law firm
- Over a third of households across England will pay higher energy bills this winter
- Half a million pound pay rise given to FTSE 100 CEOs, research shows
- More than 550,000 SMEs ‘struggling to pay tax bills’
- Three ‘key changes’ need to be made to reach net zero, says BCC
- Another million savers to be hit with tax on interest
- UK importers feeling geopolitical pressures
- UK wages grow at record rate
- UK set for five years of lost economic growth, warns think tank
- HMRC collects record CGT receipts totalling £16.7 billion
- Tax down on pints but up on wines and spirits in Alcohol Duty overhaul
- Recruitment key to fixing inflation, says BCC
- Rapid scam response scheme prevented over £55 million of fraud, data shows
- MPs call for UK tax system to be overhauled
- Almost a million Child Trust Funds not yet accessed, MPs warn
- More than £50 million in overpaid pensions tax repaid by HMRC
- South Yorkshire named as first UK Investment Zone
- HMRC gives £1.8 million a year to charities to help excluded taxpayers
- ‘Vast majority’ of UK businesses offer flexible working, research finds
- Economic uncertainty causing hiring to slow, report finds
- Interest rate rise causes household wealth to fall by £2.1 trillion
- Older workers who retired at start of Covid much poorer, says IFS
- Mothers ‘may have been underpaid £1 billion in State Pension payments’
- Alcohol Duty set for August overhaul
- CMA scheme will force retailers to publish live fuel prices
- Government must show how it plans to steer economy towards net zero, says BCC
- Private sector activity stabilised in June, says CBI
- ‘Road Duty’ needed to ensure electric vehicles ‘don’t put pressure on public finances’
- £3.2 million in money laundering penalties issued by HMRC
- HMRC extends deadline for voluntary NICs to April 2025
- Economic Advisory Council launched by BCC to ‘power up growth’
- SMEs planning ‘significant investment’ in technology this year, research suggests
- Women ‘more than twice as likely’ to miss out on pensions auto-enrolment
- Typical energy bill to fall under new price cap
- Tax-Free Childcare helps 650,000 families save on their childcare costs
- HMRC increases late payment interest rate to 7%
- Number of early self assessment filers doubles in five years
- Small businesses ‘see no progress on the barriers to growth’, BCC warns
- HMRC seeks views on changes to Construction Industry Scheme
- Business confidence rises for the fifth consecutive month
- Small business owners’ mental health ‘affected by financial concerns’
- ‘Fresh thinking’ needed in regard to MTD for ITSA
- CMA launches review into AI foundation models
- 77% of financial scams originating on social media, banks warn
- Unsolicited calls selling financial products set to be banned in UK
- Tax take rises by 10% to reach £786.6 billion, official data shows
- Confidence amongst small businesses has rebounded, says FSB
- High trading costs ‘deterring UK SMEs from expanding internationally’
- Economic growth adversely affected by ‘shrinking workforce’, committee warns
- £177.6 million lost to impersonation scams in 2022
- HMRC urges companies that file VAT returns annually to use compatible software
- Rising childcare costs ‘keeping parents from returning to work’, report suggests
- Confidence amongst CFOs has risen at sharpest rate since 2020
- UK economy is ‘back on the right track’, says Chancellor
- Men ‘still earning more than women’, research suggests
- Size of six-year tax threshold freeze has trebled to £25 billion, research finds
- Large tech companies may be able to bypass Digital Services Tax, committee warns
- UK firms ‘being held back’ from international trade by new customs procedures
- HMRC issues guidance on abolition of pensions lifetime allowance
- UK firms require energy support contingency plan, says BCC
- Small businesses at risk as energy costs rise
- Two freeports confirmed for Wales
- US tops list for UK businesses to trade with outside Europe
- Wage stagnation leaving workers £11,000 worse off per year, data finds
- Budget boosts employment but living standards falling, says Resolution Foundation
- Treasury estimates MTD for Income Tax deferral will cost over £1.75 billion
- Capital allowances reformed in ‘Budget for growth’
- 2023 Spring Budget – the economic picture
- 2023 Spring Budget – the political reaction
- 2023 Spring Budget – the business reaction
- Taxpayers given more time for voluntary national insurance contributions
- Childcare ‘crisis’ hurting economy, warns FSB
- HMRC fails to tackle £2.3 billion furlough fraud
- Fuel duty hike ‘could have big consequences for small firms’ says FSB
- DWP backs proposals to expand Automatic Enrolment
- The Pensions Regulator increases focus on climate and ESG reporting
- Spring Budget must ease cost pressures on businesses, says BCC
- Ofgem announces energy price cap as bills set to rise
- FSB urges government to ‘change course’ on decision to slash R&D tax support
- Planning for net zero has ‘slipped down list of priorities’ for businesses, says BCC
- HMRC reminds eligible couples to claim Marriage Allowance
- Budget must ‘support a UK-wide economic recovery’, says FSB
- FSB calls for introduction of apprenticeship incentive for under 25s
- Spring Budget ‘must hit four key targets’, warns BCC
- CBI urges Chancellor to ‘deliver action that will drive economic momentum’ in Budget
- HMRC urges families to make use of Tax-Free Childcare scheme
- Record 11.7 million tax returns received on time
- IMF warns UK economy set to shrink in 2023
- Chancellor rules out tax cuts ahead of Spring Budget
- Tax receipts total £553 billion, HMRC data reveals
- UK business confidence plummets to 13-year low
- HMRC introduces automated text system to help with self assessment queries
- Large cost-of-living gap between rich and poor households persists, think tank warns
- Government launches consultation on R&D relief
- Fewer firms investing in training despite skills shortage
- Pensioners outnumber young people for filing self assessment tax returns
- WEF warns businesses and households facing a ‘polycrisis’
- Energy bill support for firms to be reduced from April
- Small firms ‘facing challenges when applying for financing’, FSB finds
- Food price inflation hit record high in December
- UK economy shrank more than first thought in three months to September
- Tax non-compliance during pandemic cost UK £9 billion
- Government extends mortgage guarantee scheme
- Ensure your business is protected against winter weather
- ONS data suggests festive food sales rose in November
- Have you made your financial New Year’s resolutions?
- HMRC urges taxpayers to get self assessment wrapped up early
- MTD for ITSA delayed for two more years
- Chancellor announces Spring Budget date
- Consumer group calls for victims of push payment scams to be refunded
- Mortgage payments to surge, says Bank of England
- UK economy returns to growth in October
- EBRS has ‘removed serious risk for quarter of businesses’, IoD finds
- FSB urges government to ensure energy suppliers don’t inflate prices
- £4.5 billion lost to COVID-19 fraud
- UK in recession until end of next year, warns CBI
- Study finds one in four small businesses plan to close if energy bill support ends
- NAO reveals Digital Services Tax has raised £358 million
- Threshold freeze equivalent to 3.5% tax hike
- Think tank suggests UK workers are ‘living through a two-decade wage stagnation’
- UK in a ‘new era of higher taxation’, IFS warns
- CBI praises Chancellor for ‘delivering stability’ in Autumn Statement
- 2022 Autumn Statement – the political reaction
- 2022 Autumn Statement – the business reaction
- Tax burden rises following Autumn Statement
- Economists question ‘hole’ in public finances
- Data reveals auto-enrolment has helped workers save £114 billion into pensions
- Chancellor needs to make ‘tough fiscal choices on spending and tax’, says CBI
- CBI urges government to rethink planned rise in business rates
- Energy support vouchers worth £400 going unclaimed
- BCC outlines economic support measures in manifesto sent to Prime Minister
- Gender Investment Gap causing women to miss out on £599 billion
- Banks warn young people particularly vulnerable to scams
- Self assessment clock ticks down to under 100 days
- Skills shortages hit 75% of UK businesses
- FCA warns that eight million are struggling to keep up with bills
- New PM must restore confidence, say business groups
- BCC finds SMEs ‘struggling to manage digital services’
- HMRC reminds young people to claim CTFs
- Chancellor to publish Medium-Term Fiscal Plan on 31 October
- IMF criticises government over tax plans
- VAT businesses must be ready for Making Tax Digital filing by November
- Government abandons plan to scrap 45p top rate of income tax
- Pension regulator warns employers over auto enrolment duties
- Real Living Wage rises by 10% to £10.90 an hour
- Government caps business energy bills
- 2022 Mini Budget – the economic picture
- 2022 Mini Budget – the political reaction
- 2022 Mini Budget – the business reaction
- Chancellor uses Mini Budget to outline measures to boost economic growth
- Data finds late payments costing small businesses £684 million per year
- Prime Minister ‘considering scrapping sugar tax on soft drinks’
- Wealthier households ‘set to receive twice as much cost-of-living support’
- UK facing ‘deepest squeeze on living standards in a century’
- CIOT outlines three strategies for improving UK tax system
- HMRC releases more details on MTD for Income Tax
- Ofgem raises energy price cap by 80%
- TUC urges government to raise NMW ‘immediately’
- Treasury Committee warns government against ‘flying blind’ with Emergency Budget
- Experts warn inflation could hit 18% in 2023
- Tax-Free Childcare to ease parental costs as kids return to school
- Energy firms call for windfall tax to be scrapped by 2025
- Student loan interest rates slashed for second time amid cost-of-living crisis
- Rising energy prices ‘greatest test for SMEs’
- HMRC takes record £14 billion in capital gains tax
- Government launches new fraud squad
- Pension anti-scam strategy unveiled as cost-of-living crisis continues
- HMRC sends Marriage Allowance reminder
- Pandemic-born businesses could add £20.4 billion to UK economy
- More women have been underpaid state pension than previously thought
- IoD calls for extension of capital allowances super-deduction
- Insurer warns of rise in fraudulent claims amid cost-of-living crisis
- New finance legislation aims to unlock investments
- R&D tax credit criteria set to be subject to greater scrutiny
- UK economic growth better than expected in May
- Reform required to combat staff shortages, says BCC
- CBI says leadership hopefuls need a plan for growth
- BCC warns of ‘perfect storm’ of increasing costs
- First Plastic Packaging Tax returns due this month
- Millions hit with three-hour broadband outages during last year
- Chancellor announces windfall tax on energy firms
- Lending to small businesses hits all-time low
- Tax credits customers warned about scammers posing as HMRC
- NICs increase has immediate impact on businesses
- UK companies trial four-day working week with same pay
- HMRC criticised over IR35 implementation
- FSB finds one in three business owners suffered COVID-related mental health decline
- Shoppers slow spending as consumer confidence dips
- Drop online passwords to foil hackers
- Almost 66,500 filed self assessment returns on 6 April
- Pension regulator running spot checks on UK employers
- Charity warns lowest income households will wait longest for council tax rebate
- HMRC issues £14 million in penalties for minimum wage offences
- Government ‘refuses to rule out windfall tax’ on oil and gas companies
- CBI chief calls for cost-of-living help for people on lower incomes
- Rise in VAT will mean higher prices, businesses warn
- HMRC reminds working parents they can receive help with Easter childcare costs
- Majority of smaller businesses do not understand ‘carbon jargon’
- UK government unveils energy strategy
- Treasury announces it will regulate some forms of cryptocurrency
- Economic growth slowed in February, data shows
- New HMRC one-stop online shop provides taxpayers with tax relief information
- HMRC names avoidance scheme promoters for first time
- Business groups comment on latest inflation figures
- Which? warns it is ‘now or never’ to halt UK’s ‘cash crisis’
- Energy bosses call for price cap to be scrapped to prevent ‘horrific’ winter
- HMRC starts chasing up SEISS overpayments
- Government inaction on long COVID could cost billions
- Data shows IHT receipts up £0.7 billion
- Government borrowing more than halves, data reveals
- Off-payroll rule compliance an issue for HMRC
- HMRC reminds married couples to utilise Marriage Allowance
- Almost 100,000 taxpayers using HMRC’s Time to Pay
- Spring Statement is the time to act, says CBI
- Help to Buy scheme pays out £674 million to house buyers
- Two freeports planned for Scotland
- FSB calls for relief for small employers in Spring Statement
- SSP Rebate Scheme set to close in March
- HMRC collects £30.8 billion through tax probes
- 82% of VAT registered businesses are still unaware of MTD deadline
- HMRC warns taxpayers not to share personal details online
- Student loan repayments to start at £25,000
- MTD for VAT brings in an extra £195 million in tax
- CMA frees leaseholders from rising ground rents
- Bank of England raises interest rates for third month in a row
- Chancellor cuts fuel duty in Spring Statement
- 2022 Spring Statement – the business reaction
- 2022 Spring Statement – the political reaction
- 2022 Spring Statement – the economic picture
- Plastic Packaging Tax comes into force this April
- Households on lowest incomes face significant rise in living costs, data finds
- Consumer group issues fraud warning on online shopping scams
- Businesses urged to apply for remaining COVID-19 support grants
- Soaring wage and energy costs force three quarters of UK businesses to raise prices
- SDLT ‘needs to be reformed’, study suggests
- Government unveils ‘Levelling Up’ strategy
- CBI says government must protect business from rising energy costs
- MPs call for road pricing to replace motoring taxes
- National insurance rise ‘set to squeeze budgets’, warns CBI
- FSB report finds small business growth aspirations ‘at pre-pandemic level’
- Claims portal reopens for Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme
- Claims portal reopens for Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme
- FSB report finds small business growth aspirations ‘at pre-pandemic level’
- National insurance rise ‘set to squeeze budgets’, warns CBI
- MPs call for road pricing to replace motoring taxes
- CBI says government must protect business from rising energy costs
- Government unveils ‘Levelling Up’ strategy
- SDLT ‘needs to be reformed’, study suggests
- Soaring wage and energy costs force three quarters of UK businesses to raise prices
- Businesses urged to apply for remaining COVID-19 support grants
- Scam HMRC call reports drop by 97%
- Treasury writes off £4.3 billion in COVID payments lost to fraud
- Government scheme gives discounts of up to £5,000 on accounting software
- Consumer group urges taxpayers to avoid using refund firms to claim tax rebates
- Government launches consultation on global minimum tax for multinationals
- COVID-19 support grants must be included on company tax returns
- Businesses facing ‘unprecedented cost pressures’, warns BCC
- Over £1 billion now recovered by HMRC’s fraud squad
- HMRC gives self assessment taxpayers more time to ease COVID-19 pressures
- HMRC gives self assessment taxpayers more time to ease COVID-19 pressures
- Over £1 billion now recovered by HMRC’s fraud squad
- Businesses facing ‘unprecedented cost pressures’, warns BCC
- COVID-19 support grants must be included on company tax returns
- Government launches consultation on global minimum tax for multinationals
- Consumer group urges taxpayers to avoid using refund firms to claim tax rebates
- Government scheme gives discounts of up to £5,000 on accounting software
- Treasury writes off £4.3 billion in COVID payments lost to fraud
- Scam HMRC call reports drop by 97%
- Almost 3,000 file self assessments on Christmas Day
- Over 440,000 small firms at risk due to late payment crisis
- Businesses facing ‘unprecedented cost pressures’, warns BCC
- UK recovery slows as staff shortages take their toll
- HMRC urges taxpayers to stay alert to digital scams
- Contactless limit to increase to £100 from 15 October
- Welsh government delivers Budget
- Self assessment taxpayers must declare COVID grants on tax returns
- HMRC’s Time to Pay plan raises £46 million
- FCA to introduce new consumer duty
- Climate Change Committee calls for higher tax on household gas
- New Covid restrictions are a ‘setback for businesses’, warns CBI
- New Covid restrictions are a ‘setback for businesses’, warns CBI
- Climate Change Committee calls for higher tax on household gas
- FCA to introduce new consumer duty
- HMRC’s Time to Pay plan raises £46 million
- Self assessment taxpayers must declare COVID grants on tax returns
- Welsh government delivers Budget
- Contactless limit to increase to £100 from 15 October
- HMRC urges taxpayers to stay alert to digital scams
- UK recovery slows as staff shortages take their toll
- Businesses facing ‘unprecedented cost pressures’, warns BCC
- Over 440,000 small firms at risk due to late payment crisis
- Almost 3,000 file self assessments on Christmas Day
- Gender pay gap has seen ‘barely any change’ over past 25 years, IFS finds
- Government responds to OTS report on CGT
- Government sets out tax details on TAM Day
- Jobs recovery continues despite end of furlough
- Customs Declarations from EU changing on 1 January
- HMRC issues warning on self assessment scams
- House sales drop dramatically after stamp duty holiday ends
- Third of UK manufacturers struggling with debt and rising costs, research suggests
- Data requests ‘costing businesses thousands each year’, research suggests
- Data requests ‘costing businesses thousands each year’, research suggests
- Third of UK manufacturers struggling with debt and rising costs, research suggests
- House sales drop dramatically after stamp duty holiday ends
- HMRC issues warning on self assessment scams
- Customs Declarations from EU changing on 1 January
- Jobs recovery continues despite end of furlough
- Government sets out tax details on TAM Day
- Government responds to OTS report on CGT
- Gender pay gap has seen ‘barely any change’ over past 25 years, IFS finds
- UK economic recovery slowed by supply problems
- Cryptocurrency tax gap triples
- Only a third of businesses taking action to cut emissions
- HMRC’s tax take falls by billions due to pandemic
- New law introduced to help protect pension savers from scammers
- Costs ‘weighing on businesses’ sustainability intentions’, FSB finds
- Treasury received five million malicious emails over past three years, research finds
- Payment period on residential CGT is doubled
- IFS predicts millions to be worse off next year due to tax rises
- 2021 Autumn Budget – the economic picture
- 2021 Autumn Budget – the political reaction
- 2021 Autumn Budget – the business reaction
- Chancellor delivers Budget to lay foundation for a strong economy
- Bank of mum and dad’ financing half of first-time purchases, research finds
- Manufacturing activity remains firm, but supply pressures mount, says CBI
- FSB study shows small firms losing £25 billion per year to tax admin
- Applications now open for freeports
- Over 40 trade associations back statement on business rate reform
- Deadline for 2020/21 self assessment tax returns approaching
- Three in ten firms to employ fewer people as result of NIC increase, IoD finds
- FSB warns tax rises ‘threaten recovery from pandemic’
- IoD urges government to introduce tax super-deduction for investment in retraining
- New emergency fraud hotline launched
- Working Tax Credit customers must report changes to working hours
- Chancellor commits £500 million to extend job support schemes
- Three in ten firms to employ fewer people as result of NIC increase, IoD finds
- Deadline for 2020/21 self assessment tax returns approaching
- Over 40 trade associations back statement on business rate reform
- Applications now open for freeports
- FSB study shows small firms losing £25 billion per year to tax admin
- Manufacturing activity remains firm, but supply pressures mount, says CBI
- Bank of mum and dad’ financing half of first-time purchases, research finds
- Chancellor delivers Budget to lay foundation for a strong economy
- 2021 Autumn Budget – the business reaction
- 2021 Autumn Budget – the political reaction
- 2021 Autumn Budget – the economic picture
- IFS predicts millions to be worse off next year due to tax rises
- Payment period on residential CGT is doubled
- Treasury received five million malicious emails over past three years, research finds
- Costs ‘weighing on businesses’ sustainability intentions’, FSB finds
- New law introduced to help protect pension savers from scammers
- HMRC’s tax take falls by billions due to pandemic
- Only a third of businesses taking action to cut emissions
- Cryptocurrency tax gap triples
- UK economic recovery slowed by supply problems
- Chancellor commits £500 million to extend job support schemes
- Working Tax Credit customers must report changes to working hours
- New emergency fraud hotline launched
- IoD urges government to introduce tax super-deduction for investment in retraining
- FSB warns tax rises ‘threaten recovery from pandemic’
- Government announces plans to make requesting flexible working a day one right
- IoD urges government to reduce planned level of business tax rises
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax self assessment delayed for a year
- FSB survey suggests unemployment to rise by 50,000 as result of NICs rise
- Inflation sees sharpest increase on record
- OTS says changing date of tax year end would be beneficial
- Higher taxes and lower business investment ‘not a plan for growth’, warns CBI
- Business groups warn over tax increases
- Chancellor to deliver Autumn 2021 Budget on 27 October
- Tax-Free Childcare can ease the cost of the return to school, says HMRC
- FSB suggests business rates system ‘disincentivises investment’
- Drop proposed basis period reform, urges ICAEW
- Drop proposed basis period reform, urges ICAEW
- FSB suggests business rates system ‘disincentivises investment’
- Tax-Free Childcare can ease the cost of the return to school, says HMRC
- Chancellor to deliver Autumn 2021 Budget on 27 October
- Business groups warn over tax increases
- Higher taxes and lower business investment ‘not a plan for growth’, warns CBI
- OTS says changing date of tax year end would be beneficial
- Inflation sees sharpest increase on record
- FSB survey suggests unemployment to rise by 50,000 as result of NICs rise
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax self assessment delayed for a year
- IoD urges government to reduce planned level of business tax rises
- Government announces plans to make requesting flexible working a day one right
- UK recovery slows as staff shortages take their toll
- HMRC urges taxpayers to stay alert to digital scams
- Contactless limit to increase to £100 from 15 October
- Contactless limit to increase to £100 from 15 October
- HMRC urges taxpayers to stay alert to digital scams
- UK recovery slows as staff shortages take their toll
- Deadline looms for parents to update Child Benefit for 16-year-olds
- HMRC outlines changes to late payment penalty regime
- Study reveals 83% of businesses not aware of Plastic Packaging Tax
- Study reveals 83% of businesses not aware of Plastic Packaging Tax
- HMRC outlines changes to late payment penalty regime
- Deadline looms for parents to update Child Benefit for 16-year-olds
- IoD warns staff shortages ‘could undermine recovery’
- UK partners and sole traders face bigger tax bills in 2022
- Two-fifths of freelancers lost over 40% of turnover during pandemic
- Two-fifths of freelancers lost over 40% of turnover during pandemic
- UK partners and sole traders face bigger tax bills in 2022
- IoD warns staff shortages ‘could undermine recovery’
- Data reveals nearly two million workers remain on furlough scheme
- CBI survey reveals bumper growth in private sector activity
- ICAEW urges HMRC to scrap exemptions to simplify VAT rules
- FSB urges government to provide SMEs with better access to support and advice
- SMEs ‘keen to invest in growth but struggle to find financial backing’, says survey
- Government announces simplified tax reporting for self-employed and small firms
- Over 40% of UK employers planning to increase investment in skills
- CBI calls for urgent solution to ‘crippling staff shortages’
- CIOT urges government to make tax system easier to navigate
- CIOT urges government to make tax system easier to navigate
- CBI calls for urgent solution to ‘crippling staff shortages’
- Over 40% of UK employers planning to increase investment in skills
- Government announces simplified tax reporting for self-employed and small firms
- SMEs ‘keen to invest in growth but struggle to find financial backing’, says survey
- FSB urges government to provide SMEs with better access to support and advice
- ICAEW urges HMRC to scrap exemptions to simplify VAT rules
- CBI survey reveals bumper growth in private sector activity
- Data reveals nearly two million workers remain on furlough scheme
- Businesses borrowed £79 billion in COVID-19 support loans
- Government urged to provide more clarity over reopening
- HMRC publishes guidance on the fifth SEISS grant
- Furlough scheme starts to wind down
- 800,000 claim tax relief for working from home
- 13,000 investigations launched into COVID-19 support scheme fraud
- Flexible rail fares must be just the start of changes, says BCC
- Cash payments fell by over a third during 2020
- UK economy back to pre-covid level by end of year
- UK Infrastructure Bank opens for business
- Commercial rent moratorium extended until March 2022
- Delayed EU import declarations due
- HMRC outlines intention to recover £1 billion in fraudulent furlough funds
- OTS considers moving tax year end
- Business groups press for further support after lockdown easing delayed
- Business groups press for further support after lockdown easing delayed
- OTS considers moving tax year end
- HMRC outlines intention to recover £1 billion in fraudulent furlough funds
- Delayed EU import declarations due
- Commercial rent moratorium extended until March 2022
- UK Infrastructure Bank opens for business
- UK economy back to pre-covid level by end of year
- Cash payments fell by over a third during 2020
- Flexible rail fares must be just the start of changes, says BCC
- 13,000 investigations launched into COVID-19 support scheme fraud
- 800,000 claim tax relief for working from home
- Furlough scheme starts to wind down
- HMRC publishes guidance on the fifth SEISS grant
- Government urged to provide more clarity over reopening
- Businesses borrowed £79 billion in COVID-19 support loans
- G7 announces global tax agreement
- Fifth SEISS grant will be open to claims from late July
- Bounce Back Loan repayments due for many small businesses
- Economic growth accelerates in three months to May
- Number of freelancers increases for first time since onset of pandemic
- Trade credit insurance scheme to close
- Trade credit insurance scheme to close
- Number of freelancers increases for first time since onset of pandemic
- Economic growth accelerates in three months to May
- Bounce Back Loan repayments due for many small businesses
- Fifth SEISS grant will be open to claims from late July
- G7 announces global tax agreement
- Finance Bill outlines amendments to super-deduction
- NIC reliefs set for Freeports
- HMRC’s VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme to close in June
- HMRC’s VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme to close in June
- NIC reliefs set for Freeports
- Finance Bill outlines amendments to super-deduction
- UK unemployment rate falls to 4.8% in March
- HMRC received 91,000 calls to report fraud in first months of pandemic
- Government confirms start date for Plastic Packaging Tax
- Government confirms start date for Plastic Packaging Tax
- HMRC received 91,000 calls to report fraud in first months of pandemic
- UK unemployment rate falls to 4.8% in March
- Record level of Apprenticeship Levy funds expired in 2020, research finds
- Businesses planning to adopt ‘hybrid’ working after easing of COVID restrictions
- Next step of roadmap out of lockdown to take effect from 17 May
- CBI calls for more clarity on COVID-19 roadmap
- Industry groups say more work needed after UK-EU trade deal ratified
- HMRC sets out penalty regime for SEISS abuse
- HMRC sets out penalty regime for SEISS abuse
- Industry groups say more work needed after UK-EU trade deal ratified
- CBI calls for more clarity on COVID-19 roadmap
- Next step of roadmap out of lockdown to take effect from 17 May
- Businesses planning to adopt ‘hybrid’ working after easing of COVID restrictions
- Record level of Apprenticeship Levy funds expired in 2020, research finds
- Pension fraud increased to £1.8 million in first quarter of 2021, data reveals
- CBI calls for extension of Kickstart Scheme as jobs market remains subdued
- Fourth self-employed grant now open for online applications
- UK cuts electric vehicle grants by £500
- UK economy improved in February despite lockdown
- New claims required for home working tax relief
- New 95% mortgage scheme launched
- Recent changes to IR35 ‘undermine the self-employed’, says IPSE
- FSB urges government to provide greater support for UK exports
- Start of new tax year ushers in raft of fiscal changes
- ICAEW warns SMEs have ‘limited window’ to apply for Brexit grant
- Workers benefit from increases in National Minimum and Living wages
- Workers benefit from increases in National Minimum and Living wages
- ICAEW warns SMEs have ‘limited window’ to apply for Brexit grant
- Start of new tax year ushers in raft of fiscal changes
- FSB urges government to provide greater support for UK exports
- Recent changes to IR35 ‘undermine the self-employed’, says IPSE
- New 95% mortgage scheme launched
- New claims required for home working tax relief
- UK economy improved in February despite lockdown
- UK cuts electric vehicle grants by £500
- Fourth self-employed grant now open for online applications
- CBI calls for extension of Kickstart Scheme as jobs market remains subdued
- Pension fraud increased to £1.8 million in first quarter of 2021, data reveals
- Over £46 billion borrowed through Bounce Back loans
- Business rates relief extended with £1.5 billion fund
- Government publishes range of consultations to help modernise UK tax system
- Government publishes range of consultations to help modernise UK tax system
- Business rates relief extended with £1.5 billion fund
- Over £46 billion borrowed through Bounce Back loans
- HMRC to accept bulk appeals for late tax returns due to pandemic
- Thousands missing out on Tax-Free Childcare bonus
- £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund opens for applications
- £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund opens for applications
- Thousands missing out on Tax-Free Childcare bonus
- HMRC to accept bulk appeals for late tax returns due to pandemic
- COVID-19 vaccines and stimulus plans will aid global growth, says OECD
- ICAEW urges HMRC to rethink quarterly reports under MTD for corporation tax
- Government publishes details of Finance Bill 2021
- Government publishes details of Finance Bill 2021
- ICAEW urges HMRC to rethink quarterly reports under MTD for corporation tax
- COVID-19 vaccines and stimulus plans will aid global growth, says OECD
- Government to invest over £100 million in COVID fraud taskforce
- Female freelancers have faced ‘disproportionate financial struggle’ during pandemic
- Details of fourth grant for the self-employed published
- Details of fourth grant for the self-employed published
- Female freelancers have faced ‘disproportionate financial struggle’ during pandemic
- Government to invest over £100 million in COVID fraud taskforce
- Sunak sets out Budget to protect businesses
- 2021 Budget – the economic picture
- 2021 Budget – the political reaction
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- 2021 Budget – the business reaction
- 2021 Budget – the political reaction
- 2021 Budget – the economic picture
- Sunak sets out Budget to protect businesses
- Committee calls for Chancellor to outline plans for tax reform
- Online service for VAT deferral scheme opens
- Late payment penalties for self assessment waived until 1 April
- Late payment penalties for self assessment waived until 1 April
- Online service for VAT deferral scheme opens
- Committee calls for Chancellor to outline plans for tax reform
- HMRC clarifies off-payroll rules
- Domestic VAT reverse charge comes into effect on 1 March
- More support needed to help businesses once lockdown lifts
- Over half a million businesses could collapse without further support
- Clarity needed on taxation of COVID test costs, says ICAEW
- IoD calls for government to put entrepreneurs at heart of economic recovery
- IoD calls for government to put entrepreneurs at heart of economic recovery
- Clarity needed on taxation of COVID test costs, says ICAEW
- Over half a million businesses could collapse without further support
- More support needed to help businesses once lockdown lifts
- Domestic VAT reverse charge comes into effect on 1 March
- HMRC clarifies off-payroll rules
- HMRC’s customer service levels impacted by COVID-19
- 1.8 million still to file self assessment returns
- Vaccination programme set to boost economic recovery
- Vaccination programme set to boost economic recovery
- 1.8 million still to file self assessment returns
- HMRC’s customer service levels impacted by COVID-19
- Government announces £1,000 bonus to help businesses take on trainees
- CBI urges government to publish roadmap out of lockdown
- Finance Secretary for Scotland outlines spending plans in 2021/22 Scottish Budget
- Nine million people borrowed more in 2020 as result of COVID-19 pandemic
- Big businesses must pay small suppliers more quickly under changes to PPC
- HMRC waives self assessment penalties for a month
- HMRC waives self assessment penalties for a month
- Big businesses must pay small suppliers more quickly under changes to PPC
- Nine million people borrowed more in 2020 as result of COVID-19 pandemic
- Finance Secretary for Scotland outlines spending plans in 2021/22 Scottish Budget
- CBI urges government to publish roadmap out of lockdown
- Government announces £1,000 bonus to help businesses take on trainees
- Supreme Court backs small firms on business interruption claims
- Taxpayers using Time to Pay to spread cost of tax payments
- COVID-19 is reasonable excuse for self assessment late filing, says HMRC
- Pandemic drives dramatic increase in SME borrowing
- ICAEW calls for further guidance on CIS changes
- HMRC issues self assessment scam warning
- HMRC issues self assessment scam warning
- ICAEW calls for further guidance on CIS changes
- Pandemic drives dramatic increase in SME borrowing
- COVID-19 is reasonable excuse for self assessment late filing, says HMRC
- Taxpayers using Time to Pay to spread cost of tax payments
- Supreme Court backs small firms on business interruption claims
- Business groups urge Chancellor to do more to support firms
- TUC urges employers to offer furlough to parents affected by school closures
- Chancellor unveils £4.6 billion lockdown grant package
- Chancellor unveils £4.6 billion lockdown grant package
- TUC urges employers to offer furlough to parents affected by school closures
- Business groups urge Chancellor to do more to support firms
- Your financial New Year’s resolutions
- Preparing your business for winter weather
- Don’t forget to file your self assessment tax return
- BIRA urges retailers to remain vigilant during festive period and beyond
- BIRA urges retailers to remain vigilant during festive period and beyond
- Don’t forget to file your self assessment tax return
- Preparing your business for winter weather
- Your financial New Year’s resolutions
- Government must take another look at support for businesses in Tier 4, says CBI
- Chancellor extends furlough scheme until end of April 2021
- Chancellor extends furlough scheme until end of April 2021
- Scheme launched to support firms moving goods after Brexit
- Government must take another look at support for businesses in Tier 4, says CBI
- £100 billion savings glut could fuel economic recovery, says Bank of England
- CGT rise would adversely affect entrepreneurs, warns IoD
- Individuals urged to remain vigilant when making festive charitable donations
- Individuals urged to remain vigilant when making festive charitable donations
- CGT rise would adversely affect entrepreneurs, warns IoD
- £100 billion savings glut could fuel economic recovery, says Bank of England
- Lenders still supporting thousands with payment deferrals
- Businesses have ‘insufficient information’ on Brexit changes, BCC finds
- AAT warns of dramatic rise in self-assessment filing
- AAT warns of dramatic rise in self-assessment filing
- Businesses have ‘insufficient information’ on Brexit changes, BCC finds
- Lenders still supporting thousands with payment deferrals
- HMRC cracks down on marketing of tax avoidance schemes
- Third SEISS grant opens as IPSE issues warning
- Chancellor presents Spending Review
- Chancellor presents Spending Review
- Third SEISS grant opens as IPSE issues warning
- HMRC cracks down on marketing of tax avoidance schemes
- Self assessors warned to watch out for scammers posing as HMRC
- HMRC begins ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ compliance checks
- £1 million Annual Investment Allowance cap extended for a year
- £1 million Annual Investment Allowance cap extended for a year
- HMRC begins ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ compliance checks
- Self assessors warned to watch out for scammers posing as HMRC
- Wealth gap widening as result of coronavirus pandemic, research suggests
- Current CGT regime ‘fit for purpose’, says ICAEW
- HMRC confirms MTD for corporation tax to be mandated from 2026
- HMRC confirms MTD for corporation tax to be mandated from 2026
- Current CGT regime ‘fit for purpose’, says ICAEW
- Wealth gap widening as result of coronavirus pandemic, research suggests
- PAC finds over £1 billion worth of fraudulent Bounce Back loan applications
- FCA proposes further support for consumer credit borrowers impacted by COVID-19
- Chancellor extends furlough scheme to end of March
- Support for self-employed increased as lending schemes extended
- ATT issues last call for firms seeking to use increased Annual Investment Allowance
- Furlough scheme extended and changed for new lockdown
- Government launches new coronavirus fraud hotline
- Over 54,000 workers claim home working tax relief using online portal
- Tax rises ‘inevitable’, says IFS
- Tax rises ‘inevitable’, says IFS
- Over 54,000 workers claim home working tax relief using online portal
- Government launches new coronavirus fraud hotline
- Furlough scheme extended and changed for new lockdown
- ATT issues last call for firms seeking to use increased Annual Investment Allowance
- Support for self-employed increased as lending schemes extended
- Chancellor extends furlough scheme to end of March
- FCA proposes further support for consumer credit borrowers impacted by COVID-19
- PAC finds over £1 billion worth of fraudulent Bounce Back loan applications
- Government to proceed with plans to create freeports across UK
- NAO warns loan scheme could result in £26 billion in losses
- Job Support Scheme expanded for local lockdowns
- Job Support Scheme expanded for local lockdowns
- NAO warns loan scheme could result in £26 billion in losses
- Government to proceed with plans to create freeports across UK
- Benefits-in-kind regime ‘not fit for purpose’, says ICAEW
- British Business Bank warns of fraud risks with coronavirus business loans
- Coronavirus permanently changes working patterns
- Chancellor outlines Winter Economy Plan
- Business groups welcome extended coronavirus support
- Cyber security top risk for audit executives, research suggests
- HMRC urges VAT-registered businesses to prepare for Brexit trading changes
- MPs urge Chancellor to extend job retention scheme
- FCA confirms support for mortgage borrowers
- Lockdown grants welcome but more support needed, say business groups
- IoD urges government to extend coronavirus insolvency measures
- Up to £3.5 billion in furlough payments fraudulent, HMRC finds
- Research reveals 800,000 workers being ‘under-enrolled’ in pension schemes
- Tax hike for freelancers would be unjust, claims IPSE
- Treasury publishes consultation on VAT refund scheme
- Small businesses call on government to extend Eat Out to Help Out scheme
- More than £30 million lost to pension scams
- ICAEW warns R&D credit cap may impact genuine claims
- Second round of grants for the self-employed opens
- FSB urges local councils ‘not to delay small business grants’
- Freelancers experience drop in income
- Ensure interaction between VAT and Eat Out to Help Out is understood, ICAEW urges
- HMRC publishes guidance on claiming Job Retention Bonus
- ICAEW warns taxpayers have 90 days to notify HMRC of overclaimed COVID-19 grants
- NIESR calls for furlough scheme to be kept open
- FSB calls for further help for employers as furlough wind-down begins
- More firms to benefit from CBILS following changes to loan rules
- Committee suggests many have ‘fallen through gaps in support schemes’
- FRC urges companies to provide high-quality disclosures on impact of coronavirus
- OTS publishes series of recommendations for simplifying tax system
- Chancellor asks OTS to review capital gains tax
- PAC urges government to assess tax reliefs for effectiveness
- Three quarters of businesses not ready for end of Brexit transition period
- Chancellor announces Job Retention Bonus in Summer Economic Update
- LITRG urges self-employed to check eligibility for SEISS
- FSB finds late payment crisis has worsened during coronavirus lockdown
- HMRC scraps benefit-in-kind charge on coronavirus tests
- Recovery advice scheme launched for small businesses
- UK economy shrank by almost a fifth under lockdown
- Flexible furloughing begins
- IoD urges government to support jobs and investment after coronavirus lockdown
- Business warned about rise in impersonation fraud
- HMRC updates CJRS guidance for employers
- HMRC begins sending MTD for VAT ‘nudge’ letters to firms
- UK pushing for global digital tax despite US reservations
- LITRG warns self-employed that SEISS is taxable
- Government extends furlough scheme for parents on statutory leave
- Pension savers warned over scams and transfers
- HMRC delays VAT reverse charge on construction services
- CIOT calls for property sales tax change
- One in five highly skilled freelancers face business closure to COVID-19
- Chancellor announces changes to Job Retention Scheme
- Manufacturers call for coronavirus support
- Data shows 5.2 million people have fallen victim to scams during coronavirus crisis
- IPSE urges government to extend self-employed support scheme
- Future Fund launches to give start-ups coronavirus support
- Government launches Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme
- Loan size increased to £200 million under large business interruption scheme
- Close to £15 billion borrowed through government’s coronavirus schemes
- Government makes temporary changes to Tax-Free Childcare scheme
- Chancellor extends Job Retention Scheme until October
- Self-employed grant scheme to open to applications
- UK Finance warns firms over Bounce Back loan repayments
- Over 110,000 businesses apply for Bounce Back loans on day one
- Business leaders eager for lockdown to ease, says IoD
- Government changes ISA rules to help individuals affected by coronavirus
- BCC finds significant number of UK businesses have furloughed employees
- SMEs access £2.8 billion through business interruption loan scheme
- Government launches support finder tool for businesses
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme goes live as it is extended to end of June
- Government unveils support package for innovative businesses affected by coronavirus
- HMRC releases guidance on coronavirus Self-employment Income Support Scheme
- HMRC issues guidance for VAT deferral
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme set to launch on 20 April
- Chancellor announces financial aid package for charities
- Chancellor announces changes to Business Interruption Loan Scheme
- Government publishes details on coronavirus grant schemes for small businesses
- Start of new tax year ushers in raft of fiscal changes
- Chancellor unveils help for self-employed workers
- HMRC urges businesses using VAT deferral to cancel direct debits
- Rise in contactless card payment limit
- Government unveils wage bailout scheme
- HMRC delays introduction of off-payroll rules to private sector
- Regulators request delay in corporate reporting
- Chancellor unveils £330 billion support package for coronavirus pandemic
- HMRC to stop sending automatic paper returns for self assessment
- Buy-to-let landlords getting cold feet over sector regulation
- 2020 Budget – the business reaction
- 2020 Budget – the political reaction
- 2020 Budget – the economic picture
- Chancellor delivers Budget to meet ‘challenging times’
- Off-payroll working rules get green light for April
- IFS urges Chancellor to raise taxes in upcoming Budget
- Coronavirus ‘gravest threat to global economy since financial crisis’, says OECD
- Government pledges additional financial support for flooding victims
- NAO finds tax reliefs cost UK £155 billion per year
- UK fast becoming cashless, says report
- Low take-up of TFC linked to poor understanding of scheme
- HMRC carries out fewer dawn raids
- Small landlords exiting buy-to-let market
- UK business confidence bounces back in January
- CBI publishes Budget wishlist
- HMRC announces off-payroll changes will not be applied retrospectively
- Chancellor raises NIC threshold to £9,500
- MTD for VAT proving costly and failing to reduce errors
- Company insolvencies increase to highest level since 2013
- Anti-money laundering penalties total £6.2 billion worldwide in 2019
- HMRC publishes secondary draft legislation for off-payroll reforms
- IoD calls for government to publish Brexit negotiating objectives
- Scheme launched to support firms moving goods after Brexit
- HMRC issues guidance on recognising phishing emails
- WEF states businesses must take action to combat climate change
- Government promises review of student loans repayment system
- Government launches review into off-payroll working rules
- Employees ‘losing five days a year’ as result of travel disruption
- Research reveals significant number of UK businesses anticipate a recession in 2020
- Chancellor announces post-Brexit Budget date
- Data reveals many taxpayers filed self assessment returns over festive period
- UK minimum wage gets largest ever raise
- Almost half a million taxpayers sought income tax refunds from HMRC, data reveals
- Budget watchdog doubles borrowing forecast
- HMRC making fewer tax avoidance deals
- A quarter of small businesses ‘face closure if Christmas trading disappoints’
- Businesses must prepare for festive travel disruption
- Don’t forget to file your self assessment tax return
- Have you made your financial New Year’s resolutions?
- ICAEW advises employers to take tax implications of seasonal parties into account
- OECD suggests tax revenues ‘have reached a plateau’
- UK to press ahead with Digital Services Tax despite warnings from US
- Off-payroll changes to be reviewed
- Research reveals UK firms spent £25 billion on R&D in 2018
- HMRC collects record £133 billion in VAT
- Corporation tax cuts put on hold
- HMRC issues self assessment scam warning
- Politicians pledge to take action on late payments
- Off-payroll changes need to be delayed, says FSB
- Dividend payments rise for tenth consecutive year
- Pension scam victims ‘could lose 22 years of pension savings in 24 hours’
- Loan charge review put on hold
- OTS calls for overhaul of Personal Tax Accounts
- Real Living Wage rise boosts pay for thousands
- Business confidence at a 10-year low
- Committee urges government to fix ‘broken’ business rates system
- More young people saving into pensions due to automatic enrolment
- HMRC clamping down on enablers of tax avoidance schemes
- IFS calls for Entrepreneurs’ Relief to be scrapped
- Study reveals UK eighth best country in world for doing business
- Government abandons increase in probate fees
- Investors call for clearer climate-related financial reporting
- HMRC data reveals significant rise in number of R&D tax credit claims
- Chancellor announces post-Brexit Budget date
- OECD considering plans to tax tech giants’ profits by jurisdiction
- UK government outlines policies in Queen’s Speech
- Inheritance tax ‘could be scrapped’, Chancellor hints
- UK ‘on cusp of recession’ after services sector shrinks
- Banking crime cost over £600 million in first half of 2019
- ATT calls for ‘urgent clarity’ on off-payroll working changes
- Committee calls for frequent flyer tax to tackle emissions
- FCA finds half of pension pots cashed in ‘without advice’
- BRC urges government to take action in regard to rising card fees
- Experts warn Chancellor over insolvency debts
- FRC writes to finance directors with advice on preparing for Brexit
- ICAEW calls for delay to off-payroll working changes
- Former NAO chief to lead independent review of loan charge
- Think tank calls for tax overhaul
- Chancellor claims ‘austerity is over’ as he unveils Spending Review
- FSB calls on government to tackle ‘business crime crisis’
- Tax on sugary snacks ‘could be more effective than Soft Drinks Industry Levy’
- £10 million ‘Brexit readiness fund’ launched for UK businesses
- ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ now one of the UK’s biggest mortgage lenders
- HMRC states around 3.5 million individuals ‘yet to benefit from Help to Save’
- HMRC advises VAT-registered businesses to plan for potential no-deal Brexit
- Think tank urges government to use tax system to combat air pollution
- UK manufacturing output ‘stabilised in three months to August’, CBI finds
- BRC urges Chancellor to take action on business rates
- Chancellor states stamp duty liability won’t be shifted to property sellers
- Four in ten SMEs ‘increasing prices as result of higher wages’
- Government fast-tracks Spending Review to give ‘financial clarity’ on Brexit
- Cyber-attacks on small businesses cost £4.5 billion, according to research
- UK digital businesses ‘struggle with complexity of tax compliance’
- CIOT, IFS and IfG urge Chancellor to ‘take a new approach to making tax policy’
- New OTS project aims to explore simplifying tax reporting for the self-employed
- ICAEW calls for Prime Minister to tackle ‘late payments crisis’
- FMB urges government to delay ‘disruptive’ VAT changes
- Government set to implement ‘plastic packaging tax’ in 2022
- TPR warns changing name of a business ‘doesn’t change pensions duties’
- Fraud ‘costing UK businesses £130 billion each year’, report suggests
- Many firms ‘support extension of pensions auto-enrolment’, CBI finds
- UK economy ‘may have already entered recession’
- Government publishes Finance Bill 2019-20 draft legislation
- HMRC urges firms to register for MTD for VAT before August
- OTS outlines alterations to IHT system
- Many working parents eligible for tax-free childcare this summer
- FSB states small businesses ‘incurring mammoth costs’ as result of business crime
- TPR issues pension scheme warning to savers
- Government suspends scheme for naming employers who fail to pay NMW
- Many businesses ‘including climate-related information in financial disclosures’
- Research suggests small businesses ‘unaware of AIA’
- Government tax investigations ‘taking three years to complete’, data suggests
- ICAEW responds to government ‘off-payroll working rules’ consultation
- Rise in rental costs ‘deterring young people from moving around country for jobs’
- DIT launches online tool for international investors
- HMRC launches consultation on the operation of Insurance Premium Tax
- OECD outlines timetable for reaching agreement on digital taxation of multinationals
- HMRC introduces new system to tackle scam phone calls
- Research suggests data protection fines have ‘risen by 14% in a year’
- Investment Association calls for ‘greater transparency’ on dividends
- MPs urge government to make ‘radical improvements’ to apprenticeship programme
- Millennials living in ‘relative poverty’, according to think tank
- Banking code offering ‘increased protection from criminals’ takes effect
- ATT suggests couples ‘could be affected’ by increase in stamp duty for non-residents
- CBI calls for UK firms to ‘improve people management practices’
- OTS calls for review of PAYE system
- Government launches consultation on Companies House reforms
- Cuts to grants ‘affecting sales of electric cars in the UK’
- FSB urges government to create ‘small business plan for Europe’
- AAT urges government to ‘fix broken business rates system’
- Bank of England upgrades UK growth forecast
- CIOT warns Digital Services Tax ‘not a cure for struggling high streets’
- HMRC warns young people to ‘stay vigilant’ as number of tax scams rises
- Research suggests ‘less than a quarter’ of UK SMEs plan to expand overseas
- Government pledges additional £200 million in funding for UK firms
- Business believes UK tax system is ‘fundamentally unfair’, research suggests
- Study suggests UK employees ‘work longest hours in EU’
- UK SMEs ‘exploring new sources of finance’, research finds
- IFS states high earners ‘increasingly hit by lack of indexation’
- Experts urge government to simplify Apprenticeship Levy
- Survey reveals businesses ‘investing significantly in tax technology’
- Business leaders urged to ‘do more’ to help prevent cyber-attacks
- Older workers ‘may be paying unnecessary tax on State Pension’, research suggests
- TUC states shared parental leave scheme needs ‘overhauling’
- MTD for VAT takes effect for over one million businesses
- ATT warns of tax changes for non-residential UK property owners
- ONS warns automation could ‘replace 1.5 million jobs’
- HMRC urges firms to sign up for MTD for VAT
- Government publishes additional Brexit advisory documents
- Data reveals 84,000 people fell victim to bank payment scams in 2018
- 2019 Spring Statement – the business reaction
- 2019 Spring Statement – the economic picture
- 2019 Spring Statement – the political reaction
- Chancellor delivers Spring Statement amid ‘cloud of uncertainty’
- IFS states UK ‘urgently’ needs an ‘effective’ Spending Review
- MPs urge government to implement tax on social media firms
- NEF calls for personal allowance to be replaced with ‘weekly national allowance’
- CIOT urges government to ensure Digital Services Tax is a ‘temporary fix’
- Putting MTD software into place ‘will cost firms an average of £564’, FSB finds
- Report suggests millions of people ‘would struggle in a cashless society’
- Government launches consultation on ‘plastic packaging tax’
- OTS publishes review into impact of technology on taxation
- Government publishes ‘no deal’ Brexit impact assessment
- MPs call for introduction of new levy on clothing retailers
- Small businesses ‘worrying about access to finance after Brexit’, according to report
- Survey suggests eight in ten businesses ‘aware of MTD for VAT’
- Data reveals parents ‘failing to make use of Tax-Free Childcare’
- Government publishes advice on minimising gender pay gap
- HMRC reveals 700,000 couples are ‘missing out’ on Marriage Allowance
- CIOT urges government to simplify Structures and Buildings Allowance
- HMRC figures reveal an increase in first-time buyer relief claims
- Study suggests UK workers ‘have already lost a week’s wages’ to Brexit
- CBI outlines next stage of apprenticeship reform
- Treasury Committee launches business rates inquiry
- UK small firms spending ‘significant amount’ on tax and employment obligations
- Chancellor announces Spring Statement date
- HMRC confirms Brexit will not affect roll-out of MTD for VAT
- Taxpayers urge HMRC to delete biometric data
- Government launches new taskforce to combat economic crime
- Insolvency Service urges savers to ‘protect pension pots from investment scammers’
- Rising cost of living ‘causing financial concern’ for young people, research finds
- Ban on pensions cold-calling takes effect
- HMRC extends MTD for VAT pilot scheme to all eligible firms
- SMEs ‘waiting 43 days to be paid by government contractors’, research suggests
- Experts call for introduction of ‘pudding tax’ to combat sugar consumption
- Many firms ‘actively tackling’ gender pay gap, survey suggests
- TUC report reveals household debt has ‘hit new peak’
- New energy price cap comes into effect
- Data reveals significant number of taxpayers filed tax returns over festive period
- Small business group calls for focus on ‘domestic agenda’ in New Year message
- Research suggests many UK small business owners ‘will work on Christmas Day’
- Your financial New Year’s resolutions
- Don’t forget to file your self assessment tax return
- Preparing your business for winter weather
- Productivity amongst small businesses ‘held back by poor broadband’
- Government introduces new legislation designed to ‘upgrade workers’ rights’
- ICAEW warns ‘no deal’ Brexit will ‘slam brakes on UK growth’
- ‘Bad payment practices lead to SME failures’, report suggests
- Confidence amongst small businesses ‘falls to seven-year low’
- Report suggests HMRC ‘treating taxpayers unfairly’
- HMRC writes to taxpayers ahead of introduction of Welsh rates of income tax
- ICAEW urges employers to consider the tax implications of a seasonal party
- ‘Improve employees’ digital skills via apprenticeships’, organisation urges employers
- OTS calls for overhaul of inheritance tax regime
- Committee warns small firms ‘could pay heavy price’ for MTD for VAT
- First-time homebuyers ‘saved £426 million’ as result of changes to stamp duty
- Government urges small businesses to utilise broadband vouchers
- Self-employed individuals ‘would back plans to expand pensions auto-enrolment’
- Statistics reveal ‘sugar tax’ has generated £153 million for HMRC
- Prime Minister establishes five ‘Brexit business councils’
- Government unveils changes to probate fees
- Committee launches inquiry into banks’ treatment of vulnerable customers
- HMRC delays reform of late payment penalty regime
- ONS data reveals gender pay gap has fallen to its ‘lowest level yet’
- UK late payment culture ‘showing signs of improvement’, research reveals
- Hammond delivers pre-Brexit Budget
- 2018 Autumn Budget – the business reaction
- 2018 Autumn Budget – the political reaction
- 2018 Autumn Budget – the economic picture
- HMRC launches second MTD for VAT pilot
- FSB urges Chancellor to use Budget to ‘reduce cost burdens for small businesses’
- Brexit uncertainty ‘affecting international trade’
- Government publishes further ‘no deal’ Brexit documents
- CBI publishes wishlist for 2018 Autumn Budget
- OTS launches consultation on impact of taxation on UK firms
- Prime Minister announces fuel duty freeze
- Government announces stamp duty surcharge for overseas buyers of UK property
- BCC suggests UK economic growth is ‘flatlining’
- Chancellor announces Autumn Budget date
- Research reveals £500 million stolen via fraud in first half of 2018
- Business rates ‘could be changed’ to help high street retailers
- Additional ‘no deal’ Brexit documents published by government
- Significant number of UK firms ‘unaware of Making Tax Digital for VAT’
- Treasury Select Committee calls for ‘greater regulation’ of cryptocurrencies
- Government publishes the next set of ‘no deal’ Brexit documents
- Government launches new Help to Save scheme
- New technology ‘could pave way for better working conditions’, states TUC
- Government scraps national insurance tax cut for the self-employed
- New laws aim to help small businesses to secure funding
- Small business group unveils plans for ‘fairer energy market’
- Think tank urges government to abolish Entrepreneurs’ Relief
- Time spent commuting ‘should count as part of working day’
- Official data suggests SMEs ‘reaping the benefits’ of government’s digital spending
- Government publishes ‘no deal’ Brexit advisory documents
- Significant number of businesses ‘unsure about GDPR compliance’
- HMRC increases late tax payment rate
- Treasury outlines proposals for ‘tax on plastic waste’
- £2 million lost to cryptocurrency fraud over last two months, data reveals
- New regulation requires banks to disclose customer satisfaction scores
- CIOT welcomes MTD for VAT ‘soft landing’ concession for taxpayers
- HMRC urges taxpayers to declare offshore assets
- Almost two-thirds of over-50s will ‘retire later than expected’, survey suggests
- Business groups respond to interest rates rise
- Official data reveals ‘record amount’ of inheritance tax collected by HMRC
- IoD states UK businesses ‘left in the dark’ in regard to Brexit plans
- BCC urges HMRC to ‘cut the complexity’ associated with tax administration
- Treasury Committee calls for reformation of tax relief on pensions
- New review to consider the impact of ‘cashless technology’
- OBR warns tax rises will be required to fund health service spending
- Investment in innovation needed to ‘help boost SME productivity’, states FSB
- ‘Record amount’ of tax collected by HMRC
- Committee raises concerns over impact of business rates on UK firms
- FRC publishes new Corporate Governance Code
- Government urged to ‘pick up the pace’ in regard to Apprenticeship Levy reform
- Confidence amongst the self-employed has fallen significantly, FSB finds
- HMRC saves consumers more than 2.4 million in its fight against cybercrime
- Think tank calls for major reform of buy-to-let market
- Almost half of SMEs ‘unaware of Making Tax Digital’
- Business groups call for ‘urgent progress’ in Brexit negotiations
- Business leaders call on Chancellor to review UK tax system
- Inheritance tax ‘unnecessarily complicated’, states AAT
- Government to require businesses to justify executives’ salaries
- UK tax gap ‘falls to £33bn’
- Study suggests many individuals ‘plan to work past retirement age’
- GDPR fines ‘could increase cybercrime ransom demands’
- Business group urges government to increase VAT registration threshold
- Government outlines proposals to fine company directors for unsolicited calls
- Self-employed individuals ‘unfazed by Brexit’, study suggests
- Significant number of UK firms affected by cyber-attacks and breaches, survey finds
- Think tank suggests UK taxpayers are giving ‘majority of their income’ to the Treasury
- IFS warns tax rises will be needed in order to sustain health service
- Bank of England Governor states Brexit has ‘cost UK households £900’
- UK workers will require pension pot of ‘at least’ £260,000, says study
- HMRC adds two new software providers to Making Tax Digital pilot
- Broadband speeds for UK households and small businesses are ‘51% slower than advertised’
- HMRC issues warning over tax refund scams
- Survey suggests millennials feel ‘under most pressure’ at work
- Many individuals believe self-employment has ‘improved quality of life’, survey finds
- Brexit causes HMRC to delay Making Tax Digital for individuals
- Late payments ‘remain a real problem’ for SMEs, research finds
- Car insurance costs proving a ‘significant burden’ for young drivers
- ‘Time running out’ for SMEs to prepare for introduction of GDPR, says FSB
- UK businesses ‘targeting international trade’ as part of growth plans, survey suggests
- ‘Avalanche of cuts’ affecting UK economy, says TUC
- Think tank proposes creation of a ‘wealth fund’ to address wealth inequality
- Men ‘getting better state pension deal’ than women, research suggests
- Cost of Brexit ‘divorce bill’ still unclear, says NAO
- OTS calls for ‘urgent review’ into how UK tax system affects businesses
- CBI warns of cost rises if UK strays from EU regulations
- Wage growth rate overtakes inflation for ‘first time in a year’, official figures reveal
- New business and tax measures take effect
- Business groups call for ‘urgent reform’ of Apprenticeship Levy
- Changes to termination payments could increase employer tax liability
- Reviews into UK tax system launched by committee
- BCC survey suggests UK infrastructure ‘less reliable’ than five years ago
- Confidence amongst small businesses is ‘rebounding’, says FSB
- Making Tax Digital income tax pilot open to self-employed
- Government data suggests 77% of UK firms ‘paying men more than women’
- UK wages ‘rising at fastest rate in two years’, data reveals
- Business groups respond to government’s Brexit transition period agreement
- New rules introduced to tackle online VAT fraud
- IFS states tax rises of £30 billion per year needed in order to reduce deficit
- Government publishes Making Tax Digital for VAT legislation
- Research suggests average UK small business owed £63,000 in late payments
- TUC analysis of gender pay gap suggests women ‘work for free for two months’
- Spring Statement heralds the ‘light at the end of the tunnel’
- 2018 Spring Statement – the business reaction
- 2018 Spring Statement – the political reaction
- 2018 Spring Statement – the economic picture
- Chancellor urged to freeze business rates in upcoming Spring Statement
- IPPR suggests abolishing income tax bands to help taxpayers save
- Many businesses ‘underestimate the risk’ involved with cybercrime, report finds
- Data shows many firms ‘paying male employees more than female employees’
- HMRC to receive £100 million as result of Panama Papers investigations
- Businesses ‘turning to alternative sources of finance’, research suggests
- Average UK small business ‘spends £5,000 on tax compliance every year’, study finds
- Significant number of UK workers ‘planning to become self-employed’, research finds
- Bank of England survey suggests UK workers in line for pay rise
- Government outlines reforms in response to Taylor review of employment practices
- Research suggests 70% of individuals ‘unaware of inheritance tax nil-rate band’
- Research suggests lack of savings putting individuals ‘at risk of financial hardship’
- HMRC reveals ‘record number’ of taxpayers submitted tax returns before deadline
- Chancellor commissions OTS to review inheritance tax rules
- Two thirds of businesses ‘unprepared for GDPR’, survey suggests
- Government moves to tackle the sending of scam text messages to taxpayers
- Government self assessment letters ‘lack a sense of urgency’, research suggests
- New centre designed to improve UK tax system launched by NAO
- Employers call for apprenticeship levy reform
- IoD publishes list of business predictions for 2018
- Stamp duty cut ‘fails to entice first-time buyers’, survey suggests
- Consumers to benefit from ban on credit and debit card surcharges
- Business profitability has risen considerably over last decade, TUC finds
- CBI survey reveals public confidence in UK businesses has risen significantly
- Proposed changes to VAT ‘could create additional burdens’ for business
- FSB finds confidence amongst UK small businesses has fallen
- National Living Wage rises could lead to more jobs becoming automated, IFS warns
- Government publishes staircase tax repeal Bill
- HMRC publishes draft Making Tax Digital for VAT regulations
- Significant number of tax returns filed over festive period, official figures reveal
- Businesses advised to safeguard against adverse winter weather
- Self-assessment tax return deadline looms
- Have you made your financial New Year’s resolutions?
- Finance Secretary for Scotland announces income tax changes in Scottish Budget
- Significant number of small businesses ‘unaware of Making Tax Digital requirements’
- Government proposes to extend auto-enrolment scheme to younger workers
- Chancellor announces Spring Statement date
- Government announces plans for new financial crime centre
- UK state pension ‘least generous of all advanced economies’, OECD states
- Self assessment penalties ‘to be replaced with new points-based system’
- Motorists ‘less likely to choose diesel cars’ following Autumn Budget tax changes
- Autumn Budget stamp duty changes will have ‘modest impact’, says lender
- Government unveils new Industrial Strategy white paper
- UK on course for ‘longest period of falling living standards since records began’
- Number of apprenticeships has fallen by 59%, data reveals
- Chancellor presents 2017 Autumn Budget, ‘building on Britain’s global success story’
- 2017 Autumn Budget – the business reaction
- 2017 Autumn Budget – the political reaction
- 2017 Autumn Budget – the economic picture
- Government delays Tax-Free Childcare scheme for parents of older children
- Lowering VAT threshold would put SMEs at a disadvantage, FSB warns
- Paper £10 notes set to be demonetised
- Chancellor urged to remove age-related tax inequalities in Autumn Budget
- Bank of England survey indicates pay growth set to surge in 2018
- CBI urges UK businesses to adopt ‘readily available technologies’
- Gender pay gap ‘narrows to record low’, data suggests
- TUC finds ‘market volatility’ could cost pension savers
- Chancellor ‘may have to abandon deficit target’ in upcoming Budget, IFS states
- FSB urges Chancellor to ‘rule out business tax increases’ in Autumn Budget
- ‘Immediate action’ required to stop business rates increases, BCC warns government
- Third of company directors ‘unaware’ of new data protection rules
- Chancellor suggests ‘staircase tax’ could be abolished
- CBI publishes Autumn Budget submission
- Individuals ‘should be set pensions savings targets’ to secure comfortable retirement
- ‘Progressive’ property tax regime for Wales set to be implemented
- Significant number of UK workers ‘considering setting up a side business’
- Significant number of young people ‘concerned about their finances’, study suggests
- IoD outlines Autumn Budget proposals
- British Business Bank outlines need for extra finance options for small businesses
- UK businesses ‘in the dark’ about how to make best use of Apprenticeship Levy
- Gender pay gap for female managers has ‘widened’, research reveals
- Nearly half of SMEs ‘unaware of new data protection rules’
- Pensions auto-enrolment could leave savers ‘without enough money for retirement’
- TUC calls for National Minimum Wage rates increases for younger workers
- New £10 note enters circulation
- Businesses urge government to make ‘urgent progress’ during upcoming Brexit talks
- Chancellor announces Autumn Budget date
- Government publishes Finance Bill 2017-19
- Allow older individuals to fund business start-ups from pension pots, urges IoD
- UK businesses ‘hit by rising employment costs’, BCC finds
- Data reveals significant fall in amount saved in cash ISAs
- Economists rule out interest rate rise
- Raising top tax rate could generate ‘uncertain’ consequences, IFS states
- Government outlines plans for data sharing between UK and EU post-Brexit
- Treasury urges businesses to ‘remain vigilant’ when returning old £1 coins
- Business groups respond to publication of Brexit customs paper
- Report reveals rise in multiple property ownership
- Government unveils ban on pensions cold-calling
- Firms with poor cyber security measures could face fines of £17m, government warns
- Retirement income ‘boosted by private and workplace pensions’, statistics suggest
- Data reveals confidence amongst UK businesses has taken ‘major knock’
- FSB urges government to delay National Living Wage rise
- State pension age reform leaves ‘large number of women worse off’
- New trade body to be created by government
- UK ‘won’t cut taxes post-Brexit’, Chancellor states
- Government introduces new Parental Bereavement Bill
- Consumer confidence falls to ‘lowest level since aftermath of Brexit vote’
- Government brings forward rise in state pension age
- Report suggests summer childcare costs have risen significantly
- Rise in personal debt a ‘danger to UK economy’, Bank of England warns
- HMRC announces significant changes to Making Tax Digital plans
- Less than half of businesses have discussed Brexit risks, ICAEW suggests
- Consumers taking out drawdown pensions ‘without advice’, FCA finds
- Internet issues posing a problem for SMEs, research suggests
- Business responds to Taylor Review of employment practices
- Billionth new pound coin struck as old pound coin demonetisation deadline looms
- Cybercrime a bigger concern for SMEs than Brexit, research suggests
- Government establishes new Brexit business group
- Extend minimum wage to cover self-employed, says think tank
- Brexit deal must put jobs and prosperity first, says Chancellor
- TUC suggests quarter of new fathers are ‘missing out’ on paternity leave and pay
- Personal debt growth is ‘slowing’, BBA finds
- FSB calls for government to rule out national insurance rise for self-employed
- Business groups call for ‘softer’ Brexit
- New data reveals fraud ‘hotspots’ in the UK
- Business confidence has ‘fallen dramatically’ since General Election, IoD suggests
- First cash-only Lifetime ISA enters the market
- UK economic growth ‘weakest in Europe’ during first quarter of 2017, data suggests
- Insurance costs set to rise as a result of increase in Insurance Premium Tax
- Number of 45p taxpayers reaches new high
- Survey reveals slowdown in retail sales
- New figures show significant rise in contactless card fraud
- BCC urges businesses to prepare for new data protection regulations
- Household debt set to reach ‘record high’ this year, TUC suggests
- Banks urged to take ‘meaningful action’ to safeguard consumers from fraud
- Small Business Taskforce outlines priorities for UK firms in election manifesto
- Third of this year’s retirees ‘still providing financial support to family members’
- FSB outlines ‘urgent steps’ businesses should take to protect against cyber-attacks
- ‘Brexit funding gap’ poses threat to small businesses, report warns
- UK businesses impeded by mobile ‘not-spots’, BCC reveals
- Businesses warn General Election ‘must not be about Brexit alone’
- Avoid hitting self-employed with extra costs, warns FSB
- Significant rise in business confidence, ICAEW reveals
- Small businesses concerned over impact of Brexit on EU workers, FSB suggests
- Significant rise in number of personal insolvencies, official data shows
- Significant fall in government borrowing, official data reveals
- Grandparents to pass down ‘wall of wealth’ to millennials, research suggests
- IMF upgrades UK growth forecast
- Surge in online card payments sees UK dominate global spending
- Business groups react to snap General Election announcement
- Small business confidence rises to ‘highest level in over a year’, FSB reveals
- ‘One in five businesses’ falling victim to cyber attacks
- New tax and business measures come into effect
- Gender pay gap reporting comes into effect
- Workers’ sickness levels ‘at record low’, official figures suggest
- Business groups react to triggering of Article 50
- Making Tax Digital pilot scheme launched by HMRC
- Local councils urged to take ‘swift action’ following business rates increase
- FSB research reveals single market access is ‘top priority’ for small businesses
- State pension age ‘could rise to 70’, report suggests
- New 12-sided pound coin enters circulation
- Chancellor scraps Budget plan to increase NICs for self-employed
- Prime Minister to trigger Article 50 on 29 March
- Government to create new anti-money laundering watchdog
- Parliament passes Brexit Bill, permitting Prime Minister to trigger Article 50
- New NS&I savings deal ‘likely to be bettered’, experts warn
- UK workers ‘face 15 years without a pay rise’, IFS suggests
- Chancellor presents ‘first and last’ Spring Budget
- 2017 Spring Budget: the business reaction
- 2017 Spring Budget – the political reaction
- 2017 Spring Budget – the economic picture
- Business leaders call for Brexit to be delayed if EU trade deal cannot be struck
- Chancellor expected to announce greater protection for consumers
- Government launches new strategy to ‘create world-leading digital economy’
- Chancellor claims he is ‘listening’ to business rates concerns
- ICAEW urges Chancellor to reconsider timetable for implementing key initiatives
- Accountants play ‘vital role’ in reducing corruption, study suggests
- IoD calls for Budget to include a major review of the tax system
- HMRC publishes Making Tax Digital consultation response
- Single market access and skills are main Brexit concerns for small businesses, finds FSB
- IFS warns apprenticeships policy risks being ‘poor value for money’
- HMRC set to introduce voice recognition technology to tax helplines
- Prime Minister outlines plans for new industrial strategy
- Government must ‘change way tax and budget decisions are made’, report urges
- Thousands of grandparents ‘missing out’ on National Insurance credits
- Business groups react to Prime Minister’s Brexit speech
- MPs call for more extensive Making Tax Digital pilots
- Employees spend £1,000 per year on workplace expenses, study suggests
- Significant rise in business confidence, BCC reveals
- Gender pay gap ‘halves’ for women in their 20s, research suggests
- Younger generations to inherit ‘more than predecessors’, research suggests
- Business groups outline priorities for 2017
- Wales set to receive income tax powers in 2019
- Thousands of tax returns filed over festive period, HMRC reveals
- Don’t forget to file your self assessment tax return before the deadline
- Protecting your business against wintry conditions
- Start the New Year right: make a financial resolution
- Chancellor announces Spring Budget date
- Businesses in the UK owe significant amount in late corporation tax, research reveals
- Finance Secretary uses Scottish Budget to outline tax changes
- ONS launches new online tool to allow users to calculate gender pay gap
- Business disputes ‘costing small firms billions’, FSB suggests
- ICAEW reminds employers to make use of tax break as seasonal celebrations commence
- MPs issue warning over plans to move HMRC services online
- Government unveils new payment reporting rules for large companies
- FSB welcomes proposal to put small business champions on boards
- Employment ‘unaffected’ by National Living Wage, regulatory body reveals
- Nearly a third of payments to small businesses are late, FSB report finds
- Significant number of individuals facing ‘retirement income shortfall’
- Chancellor presents Statement for ‘new chapter in Britain’s history’
- 2016 Autumn Statement: the business reaction
- 2016 Autumn Statement: the political reaction
- 2016 Autumn Statement: the economic picture
- Savers should be warned about Lifetime ISA risks, financial regulator suggests
- Government launches new digital service to help small businesses export
- Significant rise in long commutes to work, TUC reveals
- ONS to change preferred measure of inflation to include costs of home ownership
- Businesses risk losing key staff due to ‘high cost of childcare’
- 1% pension exit fee cap confirmed by FCA
- FSB calls for introduction of confidence-boosting initiatives in Autumn Statement
- Chancellor outlines new cyber security strategy
- New scheme launched to match small businesses with alternative finance sources
- CBI outlines Autumn Statement proposals
- Lowest paid workers see fastest earnings growth in 2016
- Treasury urges businesses to prepare for introduction of new pound coin
- Small Business Taskforce created to ‘protect SMEs’ in post-Brexit UK
- Treasury abandons plans to allow pensioners to sell annuities
- Millions of married couples ‘failing to claim Transferable Tax Allowance’
- Business group urges Chancellor to ‘boost business investment’
- ‘Limited progress’ has been made in reducing cost of regulation, PAC suggests
- New tool allows users to check their revised business rates
- Business groups urge Government to avoid ‘hard’ Brexit
- Savers ‘having to make difficult decisions’ about retirement plans, TUC warns
- Services sector continues to recover, according to latest PMI figures
- Chancellor urged to ‘overhaul tax policy’
- Small businesses ‘need help’ with minimum wage increase, FSB claims
- Many consumers ‘do not trust companies to use data responsibly’, survey suggests
- Businesses meet with Chancellor to discuss Autumn Statement proposals
- Small business confidence ‘falls into negative territory for first time in four years’
- Workplace pension enrolment at record high, data reveals
- Businesses ‘lack clarity’ over Apprenticeship Levy, BCC suggests
- New measures to support Prompt Payment Code confirmed
- HMRC sends text message warnings to taxpayers
- Chancellor to deliver Autumn Statement on 23 November
- Making Tax Digital ‘delayed until 2019’ for many businesses
- Government launches new disclosure facility for offshore tax evasion
- Government consults on new pensions advice allowance
- MPs call for ‘urgent action’ to prevent maternity discrimination
- Small businesses’ profits affected by National Living Wage, FSB suggests
- Small businesses financially hurt by unfair contract terms, survey suggests
- Manufacturing boosted by exports, CBI survey finds
- Significant surge in contactless card usage
- HMRC outlines further Making Tax Digital plans
- CMA publishes final recommendations for banking sector reform
- Minority withdrawing ‘too much’ from pension pots, ABI warns
- Government unveils proposals for Apprenticeship Levy and incentives
- Gender wage gap ‘wider for mothers’, report suggests
- Rising fuel prices contribute to increase in UK inflation rate
- UK interest rates cut to record low
- FSB calls on new Small Business Minister to tackle late payments
- 306% increase in pension auto-enrolment enforcements
- ONS figures show surprise acceleration in UK economic growth
- New BBI website launched to help small businesses find best banking service
- TUC research suggests British workers experienced ‘biggest fall in real wages’
- UK economy ‘deteriorating’ following Brexit vote, data reveals
- ‘Trustworthy’ digital tax system must be created by HMRC, says NAO
- Significant rise in self employment, ONS figures reveal
- Business groups react to new PM’s plans for reform
- New Chancellor Philip Hammond rules out emergency Budget but hints at policy change
- Consumers could receive low savings rates text alerts under FCA plans
- Employment unaffected by National Living Wage, survey reveals
- New CBI report finds that ‘scale-up’ businesses are key to UK productivity
- Interest on savings accounts reaches new lows
- Business groups join forces to call for ‘clear leadership and action’ after referendum
- Osborne suggests further corporation tax cuts ahead
- Small business confidence ‘reaches four-year low’
- Business groups react to Brexit decision
- Chancellor: no emergency Budget following Brexit vote
- No change to tax rules following EU referendum result, HMRC states
- Help to Buy ISA holders may be priced out of Government scheme
- Study finds cash in savings accounts ‘has fared better than stock market’
- MPs warn of consequences of ‘digital skills crisis’
- Brexit ‘will trigger emergency Budget’ to tackle £30bn black hole, warns Chancellor
- RTI penalty concession to continue, HMRC reveals
- Pension freedom users being hit by high exit fees, warns Citizens Advice
- Annuities prove popular despite pension freedoms
- Survey finds that middle classes are struggling to save
- Sugar tax may bring ‘arbitrary burden’, says TPA
- HMRC’s customer service quality ‘collapsed’, says National Audit Office
- Number of multi-generational households set to rise as house prices increase
- Payment by cheque still proving popular, new research indicates
- Queen’s Speech outlines Government’s legislative plans for the year ahead
- Savers to receive additional retirement scheme protection
- Property sales plummet after stamp duty changes, says HMRC
- Government must do more to tackle business growth barriers, says FSB
- Pay growth to remain slow until end of decade, suggests CIPD
- Women affected by State Pension delays won’t be given concessions, says Minister
- Businesses should do more to prevent online fraud, says consumer group
- Rate of inflation significantly higher for millennials than for pensioners, analysis suggests
- UK trade deficit widens to highest level since 2008, ONS figures reveal
- Chancellor claims Brexit threat is ‘weighing on the economy’ as UK growth slows
- Over 230,000 savers have taken money from their pension pot, reveals HMRC
- House price growth slowed during April, reports building society
- Chancellor warns businesses not to cut perks to compensate for National Living Wage
- TUC study finds significant wage gap between working fathers and childless men
- Significant rise in individuals switching current accounts
- HMRC has made ‘limited progress’ in reducing tax fraud, says Public Accounts Committee
- Chancellor defends Treasury’s gloomy Brexit forecasts
- Business group welcomes Bank of England’s unanimous vote to hold interest rates
- New tax measures come into effect
- MPs warn ‘too few’ understand new State Pension
- Record current account deficit figures described as ‘truly horrible’ for UK economy
- MPs call for action to be taken on ‘motherhood penalty’
- Buy-to-let landlords could face tougher borrowing tests under new proposals
- Rate of inflation remains unchanged
- 1.7 million self-employed workers to ‘miss out’ on new National Living Wage
- Small businesses’ confidence levels ‘at three-year low’, says FSB
- Interest rates set to remain at 0.5% after OBR downgrades growth forecast
- Chancellor presents a ‘next-generation Budget’ as the storm clouds gather
- 2016 Budget: The business reaction
- 2016 Budget: The political reaction
- 2016 Budget: UK growth revised down
- Prime Minister announces National Minimum Wage increases
- MPs reject proposed changes to Sunday trading laws
- Women should be given ‘early access’ to State Pension, MPs suggest
- Chancellor drops pension tax relief reform from Budget plans
- Taxpayers ‘unaware’ of key tax changes, House of Lords committee reveals
- Chancellor urged to cut income tax in 2016 Budget
- FSB reveals its 2016 Budget wish list
- New rules will require UK businesses to reveal gender pay gap
- Women have ‘half’ the occupational pension savings of men, reports TUC
- Open letter from business leaders warns that Brexit would ‘put economy at risk’ – but big names are missing
- Bereaved families ‘could face fees of up to £20,000’ under new probate plans
- New report suggests the self-employed require ‘more support’
- Chancellor’s policy changes ‘will generate £9 billion burden’ for firms, suggests CBI
- UK could face tax rises as a result of Chancellor’s ‘inflexible’ budget target, warns IFS
- New fraud taskforce launched by Home Secretary
- Information regarding women’s pension changes was ‘clear’, minister claims
- Sunday trading powers to be granted to local councils
- Help to Buy ISAs taken out ‘every 30 seconds’ in UK
- ‘Leftovers’ from apprenticeship levy to be given to small firms
- Personal insolvency figures fall to new low
- Figures reveal fall in Government borrowing
- ‘Majority’ of businesses want to remain in a reformed EU, claims CBI
- Insurance group calls for new flat rate of pension tax relief
- Surprise increase in UK inflation
- Pensioners ‘to gain’ from new state pension but younger people ‘worse off’
- CBI sets out four-point plan for new apprenticeship levy
- Government set to introduce cap on pension fund exit fees
- Auto-enrolment is putting firms ‘under pressure’, claims FSB
- Small firms’ petition for Government to scrap PTA plans rebuffed
- Levels of interest on savings accounts reach ‘new low’
- Private sector economic growth ‘picked up during last months of 2015’
- Consumer borrowing soared in last months of 2015, Bank of England figures show
- Airport retailers face crackdown on VAT discounts
- ‘No festive cheer’ for Chancellor as November borrowing figures are published
- Finance secretary for Scotland rules out any changes to the Scottish Rate of Income Tax next year
- Advisory body predicts that National Living Wage will cost UK businesses ‘more than £1bn’
- Rising number of UK employees work on Christmas Eve
- Safeguarding against adverse winter weather is a priority for businesses
- Beware of the self assessment deadline
- Have you made your financial New Year resolutions?
- New online Personal Tax Accounts officially launched by HMRC
- Government proposes Benefits-in-Kind tax relaxation
- Inflation turns positive but report suggests that wages could take years to rise
- HMRC to clamp down on offshore tax evasion in 2016
- Buyers benefit from ‘£4,500 saving’ due to stamp duty changes
- Savings accounts offering interest rates as low as 0.01%, reveals FCA
- New Help to Buy ISAs launch with interest of up to 4%
- Chancellor’s stamp duty changes are ‘ill-designed’, says IFS
- Chancellor promises £470 saving per year on household bills
- Workplace pensions ‘could be postponed for millions’ amid concerns over small business implementation
- Boost in UK workers’ pay marks most substantial rise since financial crisis
- Young likely to be poorer than parents ‘at every stage in life’, claims IFS
- 2015 Autumn Statement: Osborne pledges to ‘rebuild Britain’
- Autumn Statement: Business reaction
- Autumn Statement: Political reaction
- Autumn Statement – The economic picture
- Autumn Statement: Buy-to-let landlords face additional stamp duty bill
- Autumn Statement must not introduce measures that will affect businesses, ICAEW warns Chancellor
- Anti-fraud group issues computer takeover warning
- Possible five-year postponement of state pension age rise for those under 50
- HMRC accused of ‘failing UK taxpayers’ by MPs
- Interest rates set to remain on hold for foreseeable future after Bank of England report
- Low pay rise levels persist in spite of economic recovery
- Small businesses offered boost as Government introduces research and development plan
- Business insolvencies continue to fall, despite increase in IVAs
- Rise in insurance costs to affect millions
- Britain would face ‘serious downsides’ as a result of leaving EU, CBI warns
- Small firms report reduction in overdrafts
- CBI urges Government to ‘ratchet up productivity’ as UK growth slows
- Chancellor George Osborne’s fiscal charter approved after intense Commons debate
- Businesses warned about new ‘whaling’ email scam
- MPs call for greater protection for savers following pension reforms
- National Living Wage will have ‘negative impact’ on hiring, says FSB
- ‘Delivery is what counts’ – business groups react to Prime Minister’s conference speech
- Inflation dips below zero again as fuel prices fall
- 5p plastic bag charge comes into force in England
- CBI welcomes changes to business rates
- New Consumer Rights Act comes into force
- ISA interest rates fall to record low
- Research reveals fall in number of interest-only mortgages
- Appeal proposals for business rates are a ‘barrier to justice’ for UK firms
- Chancellor’s largest benefit cuts ‘are for those in employment’
- FSB finds small businesses are split over EU exit
- Balance transfer credit card deals subject to fees, warns consumer group
- Autumn Statement to be delivered on 25 November
- New Living Wage ‘to benefit one-in-three working women’
- UK inflation rate returns to zero
- £27 million is withdrawn daily due to new pension freedoms
- ISA popularity at ten-year low, reports HMRC
- Zero-hours contracts usage rises by 6%
- New penalties to be introduced alongside National Living Wage
- Limit for contactless card payments rises to £30 due to surge in usage
- CBI calls for new tax breaks to encourage investment in mid-sized businesses
- Retail sales grow again, but at a lower than expected rate
- New apprenticeships plan is unveiled
- Withdrawal of ONS surveys to ‘cut business costs’
- Policymaker warns of low interest rates
- UK fares poorly for skilled jobs
- UK inflation hit 0.1% in July, says ONS
- Homeowners warned of interest rate changes
- Citizen’s Advice warns of new pension scams
- Airport retailers ‘must pass on VAT savings’
- SME growth remains steady despite weak exports
- Bank lending to business forecast to rise for time since financial crash
- Lifetime tax bill for average family climbs to £734,240
- Government announces Small Business Commissioner
- Pension liberation fraud ‘triples’ – but new freedoms might not be to blame
- ‘Two-thirds of business leaders’ support regional devolution plans
- First five sectors targeted in red tape review
- Car manufacturing shows strong improvement
- Record tax take sees borrowing fall but departments still face more cuts
- Business group warns of skills crisis
- Income drawdown policies overtake annuities as pension freedoms prove popular
- Unemployment up for first time in two years, says ONS
- Second Budget 2015: the political reaction
- Second Budget 2015: some key measures
- Second Budget 2015: the business reaction
- Business group makes pre-Second Budget submission
- Government urged not to rush through annuity changes
- Buy-to-let could be economic threat, says Bank
- Report finds that businesses are being harmed by fake online reviews
- Business group says confidence in growth is high
- Prime Minister signals cuts to tax credits
- Statistics show employment rise in 2015
- UK returns to positive inflation after just one month
- OBR casts doubt on Chancellor’s surplus law
- UK trade deficit narrows to £1.2bn
- Chancellor to commit future governments to new ‘budget surplus’ rule
- Businesses need more support to protect their intellectual property
- Pensions auto-enrolment: Regulator warns that even those who only employ one person must comply
- HMRC “waives” fee for late tax returns
- Plans to extend free childcare are brought forward
- Business reacts to Queen’s Speech
- Banks Paying Less Corporation Tax
- Boost for Retailers as Sales Growth Exceed Expectations
- New Enterprise Bill to help small businesses settle late payment disputes
- UK economy slips into deflation
- Pensioner bonds become ‘biggest-selling financial product’ in UK history
- Businesses urge bold action from Government
- Bank of England report signals possibility of deflation
- New Business Secretary vows to reform strike rules
- Bank of England reports significant rise in consumer borrowing
- Economy remains resilient, says business group
- Bank bonuses taken to Supreme Court
- Nick Clegg insists on emergency post-election Budget in any coalition
- Conservatives pledge new law to ‘freeze taxes’, as General Election approaches
- Economic growth rate slows to 0.3%
- Business leader urges parties to ‘rein in’ pledges as General Election approaches
- Small businesses ‘lacking awareness’ of VAT rules
- Surge in start-ups but growth challenges remain
- Pre-election pledges ‘damaging’ to UK tax system, warns IFS
- Supermarkets show recovery in sales
- UK inflation remains at 0% but analysts dismiss fears of deflation
- CBI survey suggests that UK growth is accelerating
- New pension changes come into effect
- New Shared Parental Leave rules trigger mixed responses
- British manufacturing continues to grow
- Corporation tax change comes into force
- Global aspects included in Bank stress test
- Business groups welcome zero inflation and dismiss fears of deflation
- CBI sets out 100-day action plan for new government
- HMRC accused of failing to monitor tax reliefs
- 2015 Budget: the business reaction
- 2015 Budget: measures for savers
- 2015 Budget: the political reaction
- Britons saving more money than at any time in last decade
- ‘Diverted Profits Tax’ to target multinationals
- New intellectual property toolkit aims to help secure small business finance
- Business groups defend zero-hours contracts
- CBI figures show surprise fall in retail sales
- First real wage rise predicted since 2007
- Employment at highest rate on record
- Labour promise ‘crack down’ on tax evasion
- UK growth prediction upgraded
- Business reacts to paternity leave extension plans
- HMRC plans to scrap £100 late tax return penalty
- Journalists reveal HSBC tax evasion schemes
- IFS issues warning over further spending cuts
- Small businesses ‘face £10bn tax compliance bill’
- Younger workers hardest hit by financial crisis, study shows
- MPs to tackle supply chain bullying
- Study suggests cost of business rising ahead of inflation
- Tax crackdown sees improved results
- Call for single EU threshold for VAT
- New stamp duty rates announced for Scotland
- Treasury invites suggestions for 2015 Budget
- Government publishes guidance on new ‘Fit for Work’ service
- Inflation reaches fifteen-year low
- Small business group warns of ‘two-speed’ digital economy
- Festive self assessment tax returns reach record levels
- Petrol prices nearing £1 a litre following further cuts
- Report calls for CPI inflation to be replaced
- Small Business Resolutions: starting the new year right
- Chancellor announces Budget date
- 2015: Looking Ahead
- Filing your self assessment tax returns
- Weatherproofing a business
- Carney unveils Bank of England shakeup
- Petrol prices ‘set to fall further’ as inflation reaches 12-year low
- TUC warns of ‘two-tier’ workforce
- Business group issues warning over early interest rate rise
- HMRC nets ‘additional £3.9bn in VAT’ from small businesses
- UK real wages show biggest G20 fall
- Government unveils new proposals to tackle late payment
- HMRC powers of entry to be replaced
- The 2014 Autumn Statement at a glance
- Autumn Statement: the business reaction
- Autumn Statement: the political reaction
- Chancellor urged to ‘boost infrastructure and encourage innovation’ in Autumn Statement
- ‘Two thirds of parents’ would consider new shared parental leave
- UK borrowing down but deficit still stands
- Business rates growing faster than council and fuel taxes
- Inflation rates show slight increase in October
- MPs criticise speed of tax crackdown
- ‘Extend free childcare and cut NICs’, urges CBI
- New cap on payday loan rates
- Small business group presents tax wish list for Autumn Statement
- Competition inquiry launched into ‘big four’ banks
- Millions to receive tax summary
- New holiday pay ruling on overtime
- Gender gap ‘widening’ in UK business, claims WEF
- UK banks pass stress test
- UK now eighth best place for Doing Business
- Income tax receipts predicted to fall short
- New pension changes to be announced
- UK unemployment falls to 6%
- Business hit by Bank of England system crash
- HMRC launches Credit Card Sales Campaign
- House building highest since 2007
- Liberal Democrats intend to raise taxes
- Fewer sick days taken in 2014, reports CIPD
- Fake HMRC scam email warning for taxpayers
- Death tax to be abolished, says Chancellor
- Large rise in stamp duty collection as house prices rise
- Tax reclamation powers increased
- HMRC sends VAT MOSS reminder
- Labour leader promises NHS with no tax increase
- Research shows tax evasion passing £80 billion
- Over 100 major companies call for business rates reform
- YouGov poll shows voters call for industry
- Scotland votes as City predicts ‘decade of decline’
- Bank of England Governor supports UK wage growth.
- Housing market needs reform, says business group
- Pound falls as Scottish independence support rises
- Landlords need tax breaks, say housing groups
- Bank lending to SMEs continues to fall
- Manufacturing slows but confidence is up
- New ISA introduction leads to rise in savings deposits
- Cash payments could cost small businesses
- Treasury collects over £1bn a month in stamp duty
- Figures show gender pay gap remains wide
- Four million still not automatically enrolled
- R&D tax credit claims reach record levels for SMEs
- Liberal Democrats pledge higher tax allowance
- Number of new mortgages continues to grow
- PAYE tax code delays ‘could cause problems’
- Business group raises concerns on Government debt recovery
- HSBC calls for reform delay
- Prepare for interest rate rise, says thinktank
- £100 billion paid in VAT
- ‘Contractor loan scheme’ settlement announced
- New mortgage numbers rise as deposits fall
- Rates must rise soon, says Bank of England
- Tesco chief steps down after profit warning
- UK economy growing fastest in G7
- Energy price complaints reach all-time high
- Fresh warnings of UK housing bubble
- Wages fall as earnings peak delayed
- Think tank says fall in wages could be worse than reported
- Survey shows employers’ call for focus on key skills in education
- Payday lender complaints double
- Bank of England voices concerns over housing market
- Banks ‘ready for surge’ as New ISAs come into effect
- Flexible working rights extended to all employees
- Businesses raise concerns over new flexible working rules
- MPs call for stamp duty and inheritance tax reform
- Zero hours contract ‘exclusivity causes’ to be banned
- Corporation tax and CGT ‘should be abolished for SMEs’
- Inflation rise leads to interest rate speculation
- Most UK businesses ‘unconcerned’ by Scottish independence vote
- Figures show property boom slowing
- UK economy exceeds pre-crisis levels, says thinktank
- UK ranks highest in foreign investment for 2013
- 2014 Queen’s Speech: coalition heralds ‘bold measures’
- European Commission tells UK to rein in housing boom
- UK losing ground on renewable power investments
- EU to review agenda following landmark voting results
- New act strengthens intellectual property rights
- Tax investigators collect record amount this year
- Calls for price cuts as energy firm profits soar
- Bank of England could cap mortgages
- Firms urged to prepare for pensions auto-enrolment
- SMEs ‘more likely to hire’ than larger businesses
- Business group predicts interest rate rise
- UK economy to beat recession this year
- Annual house price growth hits double digits
- Higher rate taxpayers contribute two-thirds of total UK tax
- Report indicates surge in self employment
- Pensioners to be given advice on life expectancy
- CBI: Outlook for economic growth is ‘exceptionally strong and broad-based’
- Revenue targets undeclared second incomes
- Consumer confidence wavering, says data company
- Lowest financial pressure for years, say families
- SMEs ‘still feeling the squeeze’ despite economic improvements
- It’s a good time to sell, say home owners
- Economy still reliant on consumer spending
- Wages could beat inflation by end of April
- House prices accelerate while mortgage numbers drop
- New employment laws come into effect
- Shop prices show steepest fall in years
- Banks still deemed ‘too big to fail’
- New payments system launched for banks
- Labour to propose new energy price controls
- Concerns over pension irresponsibility
- Treasury plans to sell Lloyds Bank stake for £4bn
- Budget measures did not go far enough, says finance group
- Budget 2014: what do the measures mean for you?
- Budget 2014: the political reaction
- Budget 2014: Osborne targets ‘makers, doers and savers’ in a Budget to bolster resilience
- Cutting tuition fees ‘could fill skills vacuum’, says CBI
- Government announces new start date for flexible working extension
- UK economy predicted to exceed expectations
- Business group says medium-sized businesses must be nurtured
- Final quarter economic growth for 2013
- MPs call for ‘fundamental reform’ of business rates system
- Consumer confidence improves along with business
- Record low interest rates ‘to rise in spring 2015’
- Business leaders urged to ‘do more’ to help prevent cyber-attacks
- Bank of England voices concerns over housing market