Insights

Webinar: Female Founders & Leaders

Female founders & leaders - A webinar, in collaboration with the London Stock Exchange, bringing together experienced female founders and leaders to share reflections and strategies drawn from building companies.

Band on tour

Getting ready for touring: key accounting factors for emerging musicians

Five of the key areas to think about: funding, insurance, payment cards, merchandise and budgeting.

Docklands

Places for People Homes Ltd v HMRC: treatment of residential service charges

A VAT case with major implications for UK landlords, management companies, maintenance trust companies and residential estates.

What could the new CASS Assurance Standard mean for EMIs?

When the FRC's CASS assurance standard is revised to bring CASS 15 into scope, how will this impact senior management?

LSE - Female Founders

Female founders on scaling

Female founders share insights on starting and scaling a business. Watch two conversations and read Polly Barnfield’s reflections on the realities of growth.

Luigi Lungarella

TSI Instruments v HMRC: import VAT on after-sales repairs

In confirming a key point about input VAT recovery by the person importing the goods, this Tribunal decision left the company with a £8.5m import VAT cost.

Remote working

Remote working and Permanent Establishments: clearer guidance for employers

Can remote work create a permanent establishment? The OECD's 2025 update brought clarity regarding cross-border tax risk.

Lee Brook - CEO

The Moment – January 2026

The Moment - January 2026 Bringing you our latest insights and updates.

Exemption of healthcare from VAT: is a diagnosis actually necessary?

Does the healthcare exemption from VAT apply to cosmetic treatment? Illuminate Skin Clinics Limited v HMRC (2025) gave helpful guidance.

Your first CASS 15 audit: helping you prepare for the new rules

Requirements under CASS 15, key aspects of the requirements, and our checklist to help ensure you’re CASS 15 ready.

Home Studio

Building a home studio: understanding the tax implications

Guidance for entertainers on the tax consequences of paying for and owning your home studio.

Hippodrome and VAT partial exemption: standard method or only method?

Hippodrome v HMRC (2025) reinforced the difficulty of convincing HMRC to approve partial exemption special methods (PESMs) to calculate residual input VAT recovery.