by Simon Watkins | Jul 1, 2024
Mining the tax gap to pay for additional public spending pledges has become the norm during election campaigns for the UK’s major parties. This election cycle is proving to be no different. Both Labour and Conservatives have cited around £6 billion as aspirational...
by Claire Aston | Jun 14, 2024
At the end of the week of the political party manifestos for next month’s UK General Election, the TaxWatch team have been looking through the various pledges concerning tax from a compliance and administration lens and summarise our thoughts below. Labour Party All...
by Claire Aston | Jun 7, 2024
The UK Liberal Democrats have re-issued a pledge to significantly increase the rate of the current UK’s Digital Services Tax (DST) from 2% to 6%, if they were to form part of the next UK Government at the upcoming General Election, intended to boost spending on mental...
by Claire Aston | Mar 6, 2024
Responding to today’s Spring Budget 2024, the TaxWatch team focuses its thoughts on a few areas it found particularly interesting, from a tax compliance and administration standpoint. Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) As speculated in recent days, the Chancellor...
by Claire Aston | Jan 8, 2024
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. Given TaxWatch has long campaigned on issues of tax compliance and administration, we...
