by Mike Lewis | Feb 12, 2026
Parliament’s Business and Trade Committee argues in its latest report, released yesterday, that tax compliance is crushing small businesses. Aside from concerns about tax levels and thresholds (about which there is much more to say, especially regarding VAT and...
by Mike Lewis | Jan 14, 2026
Yesterday (13 January) Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee grilled HMRC’s chief and senior staff about their efforts to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and debt. MPs referenced TaxWatch research and investigations in questions about corporate tax reliefs,...
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...
by Claire Aston | Nov 23, 2023
The fiscal event favourite, R&D tax reliefs, produced further conundrums for businesses and advisers and, therefore, HMRC. The government’s Autumn Statement 2023 confirmed the planned changes to the two main R&D tax relief schemes, which will create a...
by Sarah Walton | Jul 26, 2023
The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) today published a report1 about the complicated world of tax reliefs. Last year TaxWatch provided written evidence to the Committee on this enquiry and in December last year, TaxWatch’s then acting director, Alex Dunnagan, gave oral...
