In this article we look at issues that are likely to affect sportspeople in their dealings with the UK tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Sportspeople, whether already at their peak…

I recently spoke to a senior manager at a top 40 professional services firm. The SM is technically brilliant, good at managing junior staff and looking to be promoted to (associate) Director.…

This year has been…interesting to say the least. We had a great program of events lined up and obviously circumstances conspired against us all. Some of our pre-planned technical events went ahead…

Now the loan charge deadline has passed, it is time for us to take a step back and look at how the relationship between HMRC and the tax advisory profession has evolved…

As you may be aware, HMRC are receiving huge amounts of information from overseas, particularly as a result of the Common Reporting Standard. The CRS is a multi-lateral agreement between over 100…

Hopefully readers will recognise the quote above from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, when the Ministry for Magic place an official at Hogwarts to “oversee matters”. With this in…

Over the last month HMRC have swiftly changed from a tax collection machine to a money distribution centre and they have carried this out admirably. Aside from providing funds to companies for…

…figuratively speaking of course. Now we are all effectively on lockdown, they shouldn’t be coming near you in person for a while (and that’s a topic for another post). A version of…