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Many of you will agree with me, I'm sure, that travel rules for the self employed have to be applied using a certain amount of judgement according to the facts and individual circumstances. The rules are not straightforward. You need a good grasp of case law, and often, unless your case sits on 'all fours' with one of the case precedents, it can be something of a lottery as to whether or not your client can survive a full tax enquiry into their travel expenses unscathed. 

The House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee want to hear from a 'wide range of people' in inviting written contributions for its inquiry on the draft Finance Bill 2018 and examining developments in the balance of powers and safeguards between HMRC and the taxpayer and progress on the ‘Making Tax Digital’ programme.

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This time we tackle two very modern tax problems, 'How to tax gains made on cryptocurrencies?' and 'Whether it is possible to claim exemption from next April's Making VAT Digital filing obligations?'

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If you have a student in the family they will be packing or heading off to Uni' this week. We have some top tax tips and an adviser guide.

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I have been continuing my review of FTT decisions on penalties this week. That vexed question of whether ignorance of the law can ever be a reasonable excuse for a filing failure crops up time and time again in appeals against late filing penalties for the newly infamous Non-resident CGT return.