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HMRC can now raid your bank account

Recently, HMRC announced that it plans to chase lower value tax debt more aggressively by direct recovery of debt powers

David Jones

23 Jul 2026

Comments on Global News, Opinion, PAYE & RTI, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax News, Uncategorized

Are student loans a stealth tax?

Many readers of this Blog will either have a student loan themselves or have an employee who has one, but

David Jones

16 Jul 2026

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

HMRC plan to collect all tax by direct debit

Today’s Blog is about mounting HMRC concerns over late payment of VAT and PAYE. They are now looking at ways

David Jones

10 Jul 2026

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The ‘Tax Gap’ is close to £100billion

According to HMRC, “The tax gap is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid

David Jones

14 Aug 2025

Accounts, Business Regulation, Corporate Tax Planning, Opinion, PAYE & RTI, Pension, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Tax News, Uncategorized

How inheritance tax (IHT) changes could affect your pension

Rachel Reeves’s team at the Treasury have now published their finalised plans, outlined in her Autumn Budget, to push ahead

David Jones

7 Aug 2025

Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Start-up, Business Tax, Corporate Tax Planning, Opinion, PAYE & RTI, Pension, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax News, Uncategorized, VAT

A roundup of the latest tax news

In the last few weeks there have been quite a number of HMRC press releases and briefings concerning various aspects

David Jones

31 Jul 2025

Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Tax, Corporate Tax Planning, Opinion, PAYE & RTI, Payroll Services, Pension, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax News, Uncategorized, VAT

Income tax perks under attack

HMRC carry out periodic research into all aspects of taxation, but unfortunately, many of their research papers are rather esoteric

David Jones

24 Jul 2025

Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Tax, Opinion, PAYE & RTI, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax News, Uncategorized, VAT

The next instalment of the Jaffa cake saga

Today’s Blog is inspired by a comment by Callum Macrae that I read recently on LinkedIn, the employment-oriented social networking

David Jones

17 Jul 2025

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

The latest update on Making Tax Digital

Further to my Blog on MTD (Making Tax Digital), posted on 27th June, I have now received updated advice from

David Jones

10 Jul 2025

Accounts, Business Regulation, Business Start-up, Business Tax, Opinion, PAYE & RTI, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Self Assessment, Tax News, Uncategorized

Do I need to fill in a tax return?

When I logged in to the tax office’s website recently, I was met with the headline, “Nearly 300,000 customers file

David Jones

3 Jul 2025

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

OMG! MTD is almost upon us

The concept of MTD (Making Tax Digital) was first publicly aired by HMRC when David Cameron became Prime Minister in

David Jones

26 Jun 2025

PAYE & RTI, Opinion, Payroll Services, Pension, Personal Finance, Personal Tax Planning, Uncategorized

What financial help is available if you have children & the tax implication, if any

Today’s Blog is concerned with what you can claim from our wonderful government if you have children, together with any

David Jones

19 Jun 2025

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