Hammond To Axe Staircase Tax Thanks to the campaigning efforts of The Sun and the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), the Chancellor of Exchequer, Richard Hammond, has agreed to “look into” scrapping the hated ‘staircase tax’ which is hurting small

600,000 Small Firms Fear VAT Shake-Up In a major shake-up to the country’s VAT, up to 600,000 of small businesses who are currently under the tax threshold may have to start charging it on their goods.  Certain goods and food

Paradise Papers: What Now For The Professional? In  2016 the tax affairs of the rich and powerful were thrust into the limelight when the Panama Papers were released, and now around eighteen months later this has happened once again.  In

24/10/2017 Tackling Vat fraud on goods imported from outside the EU (UK) Draft regulations implementing a scheme to tackle a major source of Vat and duty avoidance by deterring and disrupting rogue non-EU businesses that sell goods imported and stored

17/10/2017 Draft legislation for levy on added sugar in soft drinks (UK) Draft regulations introducing the levy that underpins the government’s childhood obesity strategy by providing a strong financial incentive for soft drinks companies to reformulate their products with less