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Tax avoidance, is it worth it?

Let’s start with a couple of truisms, tax evasion is against the law, whilst tax avoidance is a legal means

David Jones

7 May 2026

Uncategorized, Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Tax, Corporate Tax Planning, Making Tax Digital, Opinion, Payroll Services, Personal Finance, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations, Tax News, VAT

Are HMRC abusing the court system?

Recent evidence would strongly suggest that the answer is yes, given a recent string of both botched and unnecessary cases.

David Jones

30 Apr 2026

Uncategorized, Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Tax, Making Tax Digital, Opinion, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations, Tax News, VAT

UK Tax Questions Answered by Shrewsbury Accountant No. 49

As I haven’t posted a Blog on the varied questions on tax asked by clients and members of the public

David Jones

23 Apr 2026

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HMRC Debt Collectors

The amount HMRC spends annually on private sector debt collectors has increased by 630% in the last four years, and

David Jones

7 Jun 2018

VAT

VAT Questions on Input Tax answered: Part 3

This week in my final Blog on input tax, I will look at how partly exempt businesses and not-for-profit entities

David Jones

1 Jun 2018

VAT

VAT Questions on Input Tax answered: Part 2

This week I will cover some of the trickier aspects of claiming input tax when there is a potential or

David Jones

24 May 2018

VAT

VAT Questions on Input Tax answered: Part 1

This week, in the first of three articles, I will explain how a business can still claim input tax even

David Jones

17 May 2018

Business Tax, Opinion, Personal Finance, VAT

UK Tax Questions Answered by Shrewsbury Accountant No.25

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

David Jones

10 May 2018

Business Regulation, Payroll Services

Pension Auto-enrolment

All employers now have to enrol their staff into a pension scheme and The Pensions Regulator has recommended allowing plenty

David Jones

3 May 2018

VAT

Proposed VAT changes

Well here we go again! Just a few months after the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) published its review of

David Jones

27 Apr 2018

Business Tax, Opinion, Tax Investigations

HMRC fails to prove income was taxable

This week’s Blog concerns a recent a tribunal decision which raises questions about how HMRC prepares cases to be heard

David Jones

20 Apr 2018

Personal Finance, Tax Investigations

Ken Dodd has the last laugh over HMRC

This week saw the passing of comic legend Ken Dodd, and while friends, family and fans alike mourn his loss;

David Jones

5 Apr 2018

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