In MWL International Ltd and Maywal Ltd v HMRC [2026] UKUT 00062, the Upper Tribunal (UT) upheld the First Tier Tribunal's (FTT's) decision that National Insurance Contributions (NICs) were payable on the misreporting of 'pool cars' for Benefit In Kind purposes.
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This week, the government published its ‘Budget Information Security Review’, following the leak in the run-up to last autumn’s Budget. In its report, the National Cyber Security Centre found that in the hour before Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget speech, the content of the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook was downloaded in full nearly 25,000 times.
Last year's November Budget was accessed over 24,000 times before Rachel Reeves addressed Parliament, according to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It was discovered that the March 2025 Budget had also suffered unauthorised access. As a result, stricter security procedures are to be introduced at both the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and HM Treasury (HMT).
HMRC have released a new policy paper on operational activity following the independent review of the loan charge. HMRC are now reviewing taxpayers' disguised remuneration arrangements and issuing letters to those affected.
In Ifoem Odina v HMRC [2026] TC09767, the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) found that an individual who had been subject to financial abuse from her former spouse, and who had not seen or approved her tax returns, was nevertheless subject to the High-Income Child Benefit Charge. Rental income remained taxable on her, forming part of her Adjusted Net Income, despite the fact that she had not received it.
HMRC have issued a warning about an email scam, which asks agents to update their Anti-Money Laundering (AML) supervision registration details.
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Now that the 2024-25 Self Assessment deadline has passed, many advisers are starting to look ahead to the next few months when several significant changes in the world of tax will be introduced, not least Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, about which HMRC are currently contacting some affected taxpayers.
With the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax (IT) around two months away, HMRC are now writing to more taxpayers who will be mandated into the regime from 6 April 2026.
HMRC have released Employment-Related Securities (ERS) Bulletin 63, which contains important information on changes to the net settlement reporting requirements for Employment-Related Securities (ERS).
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It will come as no surprise that the 2024-25 Self Assessment deadline is now just around the corner. What may be a little more of a shock is that HMRC’s telephone helplines were going to be closed on 31 January, albeit with ‘enhanced’ webchat support available.
