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January 2020

Chancellor announces Budget date
Minimum wage rates announced
Review of the Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge
Chancellor commits to review of IR35
Retiring clinicians payments
Guidance on Structures and Buildings Allowance
Call for review of High Income Child Benefit Charge
Self assessment deadline approaching
Current list of deliberate tax defaulters
Welsh government publishes Draft Budget

December 2019

Making sure gifts to employees are tax-free
Advisory fuel rates for company cars
HMRC offers tips on avoiding Self Assessment tax scams
Check employment status for tax tool update
Temporary pensions tax arrangement for NHS staff
HMRC issues guidance on cryptoassets
Latest guidance for employers
Research and Development spend

November 2019

Budget will not now take place on 6 November
Christa Ackroyd loses IR35 appeal
Clamp down on enablers of tax avoidance schemes
Increase in probate fees abandoned
Charities fraud protection failures
Guidance for employers
HMRC countdown: file your tax return
Genuine HMRC contact and recognising phishing emails and texts

October 2019

VAT domestic reverse charge for building and construction services delayed
Independent review of the Loan Charge
Senior clinicians' pensions consultation
HMRC collects record amounts of IHT
'Major gaps' in no-deal Brexit guidance
Brexit-readiness events for business
Experts warning over insolvency debts
Money Laundering non-compliance

September 2019

Simplify apprenticeship funding
HMRC issues Customs EORI numbers
Trusts with small amounts of savings income
Advisory fuel rates for company cars
PAYE late filing and late payment penalties
Self assessment deadlines
HMRC latest guidance for employers
Strong Customer Authentication

August 2019

Off-payroll rules for the private sector
Digital Services Tax
Insolvency hierarchy changes
Private Residence Relief changes
Working parents may be eligible for tax-free childcare this summer
VAT changes may cause construction chaos
Wage growth at a high
Updated guidance on spotting HMRC scammers

July 2019

Tax gap remains low
Preparing the workforce for EU Exit
MTD for VAT latest
Employer Bulletin - latest guidance
New measures to ensure small businesses get paid on time
Payment on account confusion
UK Investment Support Directory
Consultation on the operation of Insurance Premium Tax

June 2019

MTD for VAT is now live
OTS calls for simplifying everyday tax for smaller businesses
HMRC taskforce tackles dishonest dog breeders
Forms P11D - reporting employee benefits
Welsh taxpayers income tax code mix-up
Consultation on Companies House reforms
Consultation on ancillary capital gains reliefs
Advisory fuel rates for company cars
Non-compliance with minimum wage regulations

May 2019

Consultation on extension of IR35 rules
Government confirms implementation of pensions dashboards
'Springtime' tax scams target young people
Latest guidance for employers
VAT fuel scale charges
Money Laundering
'Flexible extension' to Article 50
Scottish Air Departure Tax plans further delayed

April 2019

MTD for VAT
Reporting Benefits in Kind - Forms P11D
Additional Brexit advisory documents for small businesses
Delay to rise in probate fees
Update on Structures and Buildings Allowance
Call for tax on social media businesses
Changes to income tax for 2019/20
HMRC wins disguised remuneration avoidance case

March 2019

Spring Statement 2019
HMRC advice - prepare for no deal
Start date looming for Making Tax Digital for VAT
Advisory fuel rates for company cars
Scottish income tax bands confirmed for 2019/20
Minimum Wage increases
Pensions auto enrolment contributions to rise
Tax efficient investments ahead of the tax year end
Latest update for employers
Households with landlines should be vigilant

February 2019

Businesses urged to prepare for post-Brexit Customs Declarations
MTD for VAT - pilot extended to all eligible businesses
HMRC's Voice ID database
Spring Statement date announced
'Unbelievable excuses' for late filing of tax returns
Protect your pension pots

January 2019

Scottish Budget 2018 income tax changes
Scottish Budget 2018 property tax changes
HMRC reminder to employees to claim their tax deductible expenses
Pension contribution increases ahead
HMRC publish details of deliberate tax defaulters
Self assessment deadline approaching

December 2018

The Scottish Budget key announcements
Committee warns small businesses 'could pay heavy price' for MTD
Leaving the EU with no deal
180,500 new homeowners benefit from stamp duty tax relief
Tax-free gifts to employees
Advisory fuel rates for company cars
Phishing tax refund email targets university students
Inheritance Tax Review by Office of Tax Simplification

November 2018

Budget 2018
Personal tax changes - allowance and basic rate band increases
Capital allowances changes
Entrepreneurs' Relief changes
Making Tax Digital for VAT
New guidance for employers
HMRC countdown: file your tax return
Further contingency planning guidance on a 'No deal Brexit'

October 2018

Autumn Budget 2018
UK Budget date announced
Self-employed Class 2 National Insurance will not be scrapped
'No deal' Brexit guidance and small business survey
Deadline for 'paper' self assessment tax returns
Deliberate tax defaulters
Genuine HMRC contact and recognising phishing emails and texts
HMRC identify record £15.6 million minimum wage underpayments

September 2018

HMRC warning: time to declare offshore assets
Stamp duty cut
Software suppliers - Making Tax Digital for VAT
Advisory fuel rates for company cars
HMRC latest guidance for employers
'No deal' Brexit guidance

August 2018

Bank of England raise interest rate
Making Tax Digital for VAT
Scotland introduces relief for first time buyers
Next round of tax draft tax legislation published
One million couples still eligible for tax boost
Consultation on pensions cold calling ban
Use Tax-Free Childcare over the summer holidays

July 2018

Workers' rights for Pimlico Plumber
Latest guidance for employers
UK 'tax gap' falls to 5.7%
HMRC extends RTI late filing easement until April 2019
HMRC saves public £2.4M by stopping fraudsters
VAT reverse charge for construction services consultation
Enterprise Management Incentive continues

June 2018

Tax refund scams warning from HMRC
200,000 receive back pay as HMRC enforce National Minimum Wage
Advisory fuel rates for company cars
Universal Credit and self employment
State Aid approval granted for the Enterprise Management Incentive
Wales to set devolved income tax rates

May 2018

Changing priorities at HMRC
GDPR compliance deadline looms
Tax reliefs following the Scottish Budget
EMI options may not qualify for tax relief
P11D deadline approaching
VAT fuel scale charges
HMRC consultation on benefits exemption for workplace charging facilities

April 2018

GDPR
Employer-Supported Childcare gets a reprieve
Making Tax Digital for VAT from April 2019
Welsh Land Transaction Tax introduced
Income tax changes from 6 April 2018
Update for employers and their employees
Spring Statement announces consultations

March 2018

Spring Statement 2018
Tribunal rules BBC journalist is caught by 'IR35' legislation
Advisory fuel rates for company cars
Scotland's five income tax bands and tax relief for pensions
Minimum Wage increases
Pensions Auto Enrolment reaches a million employers
Year end tax planning

February 2018

HMRC rejected Self Assessment expenses and excuses
Tax-free childcare roll out
HMRC halts thousands of scam text messages
Updated list of professional subscriptions
What will the Spring Statement bring?
Scotland revise income tax bands

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