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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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UK Tax Questions Answered by Shrewsbury Accountant No.23

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

David Jones

9 Jun 2017

Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment

HMRC AI: Taxpayer vs Machine

If you take current tax legislation, add a little artificial intelligence of the sort underpinning digitisation, pursue it to its

David Jones

2 Jun 2017

VAT

VAT on second-hand goods: Do Puppies Count?

This is a VAT Tribunal case in which the taxpayer claimed the puppies it bought from a non-VAT registered breeder

David Jones

25 May 2017

Tax Investigations

HMRC Bully Boys Get Their Comeuppance

I’m going to tell you a tale of a tax investigation which opened with the nightmare letter every taxpayer dreads,

David Jones

18 May 2017

Accounts, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment

7 little known financial consequences of the snap election

Taxpayers caught out by shortened 2017 Finance Act A slim Finance Act 2017 was passed on 27th April, after shedding

David Jones

12 May 2017

Accounts

9 of the Best weird and wacky Tax Expense Claims

Any regular reader of this Blog will recall that I have each year, provided you with a selection of flimsy

David Jones

5 May 2017

Corporate Tax Planning

Making Tax Digital – What its going to cost you!

Most of you will not know much if anything about Making Tax Digital (MTD) yet. You may have been told

David Jones

28 Apr 2017

Corporate Tax Planning, Personal Finance, Self Assessment

Saving Tax: How Much is the Dividend Allowance

On 6th April 2016 a new Dividend Allowance in the form of a 0% tax rate on the first £5,000

David Jones

20 Apr 2017

Tax Investigations, VAT

Small businesses suffer from HMRC’s VAT abuse crackdown

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has expressed great concern that HMRC’s new measures to crackdown on abuse of the

David Jones

13 Apr 2017

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