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HMRC will not appeal the PGMOL ruling that football referees are self-employed. Dave Chaplin says the decade-long case lays bare flaws in the CEST tool and…
Ministers are weighing whether parts of the crackdown on the £135 de minimis import relief used by Shein and Temu can land before 2029, as UK…
Dividend tax rates rose by two percentage points in April 2026 while the allowance held at £500. Here is what the change costs company directors in…
From April 2027 the cash ISA allowance falls to £12,000 for under-65s and a 22% charge will hit interest on cash in stocks & shares ISAs.…
Promoters in the recruitment and temporary labour sector are pushing a bogus payment ‘trick’ that HMRC says has no legal foundation — and SMEs further down…
Thousands of British exporters chasing US tariff refunds through the CAPE system may walk away empty-handed, warns Blick Rothenberg, as ineligibility and filing errors plague claims.
HMRC has been defeated in the landmark £584,000 PGMOL employment status case, with a tribunal ruling football referees were genuinely self-employed — casting fresh doubt over…
Employers' National Insurance Contributions have soared by £28bn in a single year, £4bn above the Government's own forecast, triggering redundancies in hospitality and retail and slowing…
Founders and advisers warn the latest hike in Business Asset Disposal Relief to 18% is squeezing entrepreneurs and pushing Britain's homegrown talent abroad.
Thousands of importers face an open-ended wait for US tariff refunds as CBP's new CAPE portal covers only 63% of claims. UK SMEs trading transatlantically could…
New IR35 rules from April 2026 raise the small company threshold, shifting tax compliance back to freelancers. Here’s what contractors and scaling businesses need to know.
Budget measures expanding EMI scheme eligibility, EIS and VCT limits now in force, with the government expecting £100m in additional investment for Britain's fastest-growing companies.
Corporation tax rates are unchanged for the 2026 financial year, but profits between £50,000 and £250,000 still face a marginal rate of 26.5 per cent.
New analysis warns the £2,000 NI cap on salary sacrifice could disproportionately hit middle earners and reduce pension benefits for millions.
UK individual insolvencies have surged 18% year-on-year, with experts warning households are at breaking point as high interest rates, inflation and debt pressures intensify.