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The CIOT has made an Autumn Statement 2023 representation on Cryptoassets and their treatment for tax purposes.

10 October 2023 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors

HMRC have issued new guidance on how to claim an Economic Crime Levy refund.

This Order provides for relief from land and buildings transaction tax in designated Scottish green freeport tax sites.

Spotlight 63 highlights an avoidance scheme marketed to landlords which claims to bypass the restrictions on mortgage interest relief, reduce taxable profits from the property business and reduce CGT and IHT. HMRC is clear that the scheme is not effective.

A new Practice Direction requires documents to be submitted to the Upper Tribunal electronically via the Tribunal’s CE-File secure online portal.

HMRC’s latest Digest provides short updates on basis period reform, registering for VAT and recently announced service changes.

3 October 2023 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors

The CIOT has responded to the Treasury consultation: ‘Reforming anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing supervision’.

HMRC has issued a new toolkit intended to help advisers consider whether clients who have used the remittance basis have made taxable remittances.

The CIOT has responded to HMRC’s consultation: ‘Taxation of Employee Ownership Trusts and Employee Benefit Trusts’.

HMRC has updated its guidance to explain what deposit holders need to do before the Certificate of Tax Deposit (CTD) Scheme closes on 23 November 2023.

25 September 2023 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.

The CIOT has commented on the draft Finance Bill 2024 legislation on abolishing the pensions lifetime allowance.

19 September 2023 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.

HMRC has published new guidance on its internal procedures for deciding how tax disputes should be resolved, depending on the particular circumstances of a dispute and how much tax is at stake.

The government is to legislate to preserve the current 0% stamp duty/SDRT (stamp tax) charge on the issue (and on exempt capital-raising transfers) of UK shares and securities to a depositary or a clearance service operator or their nominees.

This Order appoints 30 September 2023 as the day on which the late-payment and repayment interest provisions come into force for the purposes of the economic crime (anti-money laundering) levy.

The CIOT has commented on the draft Finance Bill 2024 legislation which will introduce additional information reporting requirements for businesses.

The CIOT has commented on the draft Finance Bill 2024 legislation which introduces a new strict liability criminal offence for a person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a stop notice issued by HMRC requiring them to stop promoting a tax avoidance scheme.