On December 11, 2018, the UK Government tabled The Value Added Tax (Input Tax) (Specified Supplies) (Amendment) Order 2018 before the House of Commons to close a VAT avoidance loophole that is exploited by some UK insurers.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that the UK can unilaterally abandon the process of leaving the European Union, providing parliament approves the move.

On November 27, 2018, the UK Government published consolidated guidance on the customs, VAT, and excise regulations that have been drafted to deal with the possibility that the UK may leave the EU on March 29, 2019, without a deal on a transition period that would delay Brexit until 2020.

The UK Parliament's Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee has proposed that provisions should be stripped from the Finance Bill that would extend the time limit on assessing offshore tax to 12 years

PSD2 should be seen as an opportunity for banks to redefine the customer experience.

The tax office has admitted that it anticipates that some people 'will become insolvent as a result' of its new loan charge

David Whiscombe comments for BrassTax on a change of legislation for penalties for carelessness in avoidance arrangements.

The man in charge of the Welsh Government's purse strings has left the door open to raising income tax before the next assembly election in 2021.

David Whiscombe comments for BrassTax on a change of legislation for penalties for carelessness in avoidance arrangements.

BKL's David Whiscombe looks at a recent case where HMRC's presumption of carelessness on the part of the taxpayer was firmly rejected by the Tribunal.