TaxWatch’s summary of the UK General Election party manifestos
TaxWatch reflects on the party manifestos for the upcoming General Election
New age related Personal Allowance – rolling back the years?
Conservative Party to re-introduce age related allowances: TaxWatch’s thoughts on the proposal
Can’t or won’t? HMRC’s lack of openness with recent FOI requests
HMRC is being elusive about the amounts due on specific offshore compliance penalties, providing confusing answers to Freedom of Information requests.
Are we nearly there yet? In search of the elusive offshore tax gap
HMRC now says offshore tax gap data will be published in June 2024, two years after the government announced it and a year after the information was due.
TaxWatch responds to the Spring Budget 2024
The TaxWatch team focuses its thoughts on a few areas of the Budget statement it found particularly interesting, from a tax compliance and administration standpoint.
Would scrapping furnished holiday let tax benefits really raise £300m?
Abolishing preferential tax rules for furnished holiday lets owners will only raise the speculated revenue if the compliance rules are carefully thought out.
Taxing online selling: What’s really changing?
Misunderstandings and confusing media coverage last week have created uncertainty about how transactions made via online platforms such as Vinted, Ebay and Airbnb should be taxed.
TaxWatch responds to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement 2023
Amongst the theatrical showmanship that characterises UK fiscal events TaxWatch pulls out a few of the more interesting announcements made in today’s Autumn Statement.
Holiday let tax rules allow owners to escape thousands of pounds in tax
The tax treatment of furnished holiday properties appears inappropriately generous and could encourage houses to be locked away to save thousands of pounds in taxes.