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Reducing UK’s Digital Services Tax: The high price of trade appeasement?

Reducing UK’s Digital Services Tax: The high price of trade appeasement?

by Claire Aston | Apr 3, 2025

The UK government’s apparent willingness to reduce the Digital Services Tax (DST) rate to placate the Trump administration and potentially secure exemptions from US tariffs represents a concerning development in UK’s tax policy. As recently reported by The...
Chancellor grasps at the magic money tree whilst tacitly admitting HMRC’s prosecution rates are so low they haven’t been deterring evasion.

Chancellor grasps at the magic money tree whilst tacitly admitting HMRC’s prosecution rates are so low they haven’t been deterring evasion.

by Claire Aston | Mar 26, 2025

Photo credit: HM Treasury HMRC’s target for prosecution ‘charging decisions’ to be set 20% above the rates achieved in 2023-24. These rates have collapsed since pre-pandemic. It will be 2029 before HMRC’s target returns to the rate achieved in 2019-20 – a lost decade,...
Late filing penalties where no tax is due: time for a different approach?

Late filing penalties where no tax is due: time for a different approach?

by Claire Aston | Feb 5, 2025

Over 1.1m of UK taxpayers miss the deadline for submitting their self-assessment return deadline for 2023/24 of 31 January 2025 Automatic £100 late filing penalty automatically due, rising to £300 if the return remains outstanding by end of April Penalty is charged...
Labour’s softening on non-doms: interest groups over evidence or principle?

Labour’s softening on non-doms: interest groups over evidence or principle?

by Claire Aston | Jan 30, 2025

Photo credit: Sky News The Labour government’s recent announcement at Davos of changes to their (non UK domiciled) ‘non-dom’ policy marks a significant retreat from one of their few concrete tax commitments. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Chancellor...
Anything to declare? HMRC slips out new R&D relief disclosure facility on New Year’s Eve…

Anything to declare? HMRC slips out new R&D relief disclosure facility on New Year’s Eve…

by Claire Aston | Jan 7, 2025

Error and fraud within R&D tax relief reached £1.1bn in 2020-21 (24% of all claims) before HMRC took action to stem the losses and tighten up the claims processes. New disclosure facility launched for businesses who overclaimed R&D relief wanting to set their...
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