In Broadsteady Limited v HMRC [2016] UKFTT TC04886 vehicles used by sales reps did not give rise to a VAT fuel scale charge liability as private use was incidental.
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The Government has launched a consultation on reform of the Substantial Shareholding Exemption (SSE) which sets out a range of possible options from technical changes to replacement with a new, more comprehensive exemption.
HMRC have launched a consultation aimed at extending IR35. 'Off-payroll working in the public sector: reform of the intermediaries legislation' follows the announcement of the proposed changes in Budget 2016.
The ICAEW / ICAS have released some proposed amendments to "TECH 02/10 Guidance on realised and distributable profits under the Companies Act 2016".
The Government has launched a consultation on the treatment and transparency of tips, gratuities, cover and service charges.
A new report by the National Audit Office (NAO), 'The quality of service for personal taxpayers', reveals that HMRC misjudged its customer staffing in its move to automate telephony and change to paperless self assessment in 2014 and 2015.
HMRC have launched a consultation, Tax deductibility of corporate interest expense: consultation on detailed policy design and implementation, to obtain views about how the restriction on the tax deductibility of interest should be legislated.
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HMRC has launched a consultation Reforms to corporation tax loss relief: consultation on delivery, following the announcement at Budget 2016 that companies will be able to use trading losses brought forward more flexibly in the future
HMRC is continuing its RTI penalty concession. Employers have an extra three days to report their payrolls online...until 2017.