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August / September 2026 Issue
Assess all the risks
Helen Pearson and Lucy Ryczany examine the crossover between HMRC investigations, the Crown Prosecution Service and SFO investigations and prosecutions.
For many businesses, a tax...
The bishop, the curate and HMRC’s annual report
Tony Monger works his way through HMRC’s latest annual report, so you don’t have to.
In 1895, the humorous magazine Punch published a cartoon that...
June / July 2026 Issue
The gloves are off
HMRC is slowly but surely moving towards a tougher approach when it comes to taxpayer compliance, writes Tarandeep Singh Sangra.
Many practitioners will be aware...
Getting creative
Charlotte Anson explains how tax reliefs work in the creative industries.
Despite previous challenges, the UK’s creative industries have seen renewed growth in the past...
April / May 2026 Issue
HMRC’s CCG: the nuts and bolts
Former tax inspector Amit Puri explains how the HMRC’s Customer Compliance Group is structured and outlines the roles of its front- line staff.
As someone...
Enquiry or‘allegation’?
Gary Brothers explains how and why HMRC escalates cases – and how advisers can stop it.For many general practice accountants an HMRC enquiry is...
February / March 2026 Issue
Show us the money!
Five years of HMRC customer redress data paints a predictable picture, writes Andrew Park, who assesses and analyses the figures.
Fresh data obtained on behalf...
HMRC kicks off image rights debate
Patrick Way KC provides an update on the rules around footballers’ remuneration and their image rights.
Tucked away in the Budget 2025 publications was a...
December / January 2026 Issue
Why don’t people trust HMRC?
Mike Lewis explains some of the reasons for the record low level of trust in the UK’s tax authority.
HMRC is never going to win...
WhatsApp: blessing or curse
Nick Scott offers some thoughts on risk governance when using WhatsApp for work communications.Businesses large and small are increasingly using WhatsApp messages as a...
October / November 2025 Issue
AI: tread carefully…
Jesminara Rahman explains why artificial intelligence cannot, and should not, replace the professional tax adviser.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an inescapable presence in modern...
Where’s the humanity?
After five years of scrutiny from HMRC, Buzzacott managed to prove gifts to a client. were non-taxable. Barbara Bento and Mia Robinson relate a...