HMRC has begun contacting registered childcare providers inviting them to sign up online to make sure that they are eligible to receive payments from the tax-free childcare accounts being introduced from early 2017.

In Jerome Anderson v HMRC [2016] UKFTT TC05314, the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) denied a football agent relief for trading losses: if he was carrying on a trade, then it was not on a commercial basis with a view to making profits.

In Eric Eastman V HMRC [2016] TC05276, the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) allowed suspension of a penalty for a one-off capital gains tax (CGT) error. The taxpayer’s accountant made the mistake and he created to new systems to prevent re-occurrence.

HMRC have released Revenue and Customs Brief 13 (2016), 'VAT, the liability treatment of a dwelling formed from more than one building', this sets out a change in its VAT treatment for contruction and conversion of dwellings. 

When does Making Tax Digital (MTD) apply? What does MTD really mean? How will it affect you?