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Why are gift baskets being targeted by HMRC?

I cannot think of anyone who, having received a basket of goodies as a present, would not be pleased. So,

David Jones

4 Jun 2026

Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Tax, Corporate Tax Planning, Opinion, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax News, Uncategorized, VAT

Great British Summer Tax Savings

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a temporary cut in VAT on 21st May 2026, with the intention of giving financially strapped

David Jones

28 May 2026

Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Tax, Corporate Tax Planning, Making Tax Digital, Opinion, PAYE & RTI, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax News, Uncategorized

New tax return impositions on company directors

On 5th April 2026 and for all future tax years, the rules governing the personal tax returns of company directors

David Jones

21 May 2026

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Charitable giving may be vatable

I recently became involved with a situation where HMRC demanded output tax on donations received by a charity. I found

David Jones

22 Nov 2018

Business Regulation, Business Tax

HMRC Surcharges, Pick up the phone!

This is a case where HMRC’s failure to deal with telephone calls from a taxpayer was accepted as a reasonable

David Jones

16 Nov 2018

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Accountant’s Amusing anecdotes from the trenches!

Now that I am officially semi-retired (I have every Wednesday off and extra holidays), my thoughts turned to some of

David Jones

8 Nov 2018

Self Assessment, Tax Investigations

HMRC v Steel: Director’s tax return not required

It is vitally important to distinguish between the powers actually granted by Parliament to HMRC; together with the obligations actually

David Jones

1 Nov 2018

Self Assessment

Eamonn Holmes Challenges HMRC’s IR35 Rules

HMRC is challenging the pay ITV host Eamonn Holmes received through his limited company. If Holmes is found to be

David Jones

25 Oct 2018

Business Regulation, Business Tax, Payroll Services, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning

UK Tax Questions Answered by Shrewsbury Accountant

Here is my latest tranche of UK Tax Questions Answered. Each question is from a Tax Blog reader which I

David Jones

18 Oct 2018

Business Tax, Comments on Global News

HMRC’s BREXIT WARNING LETTER

HMRC is in the process of writing to around 150,000 VAT-registered businesses across the UK regarding the immediate ramifications of

David Jones

11 Oct 2018

Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Tax

9 Bizarre excuses for filing company accounts late

First it was HMRC, now Companies House are getting in on the act by publishing an annual list of the

David Jones

5 Oct 2018

Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning

Personal tax planning

How to reduce what you owe the taxman Absolutely no-one wants the taxman to take more than his fair share,

David Jones

28 Sep 2018

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