Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) is a tax paid by the purchaser on buying land or property within England and Northern Ireland. Similar rules operate in Scotland and Wales. There are set SDLT...

Making Tax Digital (MTD) is finally upon us, with more than a million VAT-registered businesses now included in the programme for VAT returns and record-keeping. While voluntary MTD pilots have been open to the public...

With the UK experiencing its warmest February day on record earlier this week, spring has sprung and with it – on Wednesday, 13 March 2019 – is the Spring Statement. The statement is the Treasury’s...

Going into Budget 2018, between leaks and political instability, few expected Chancellor Philip Hammond would have surprises left to spring. How wrong we were. Under pressure to support No 10’s ‘end of austerity’ message, bolstered...

  As you may be aware from the news, the Government wants the tax system to become a modern digital experience.  Many of you will have already experienced the HMRC digital revolution via the filing...

Inheritance tax (IHT) receipts hit a record high of £5.2 billion in 2017/18, according to statistics published by HMRC. This was a year-on-year rise of 8%, and continues a long-term pattern as IHT receipts have...