
Spot the difference: Ackroyd and Kelly – TV presenters and tax
What’s the difference between Christa Ackroyd and Lorraine Kelly? No: it’s not the start...

VAT default surcharge – beware!
In Porter & Co (TC 07028), a decision released on 6 March 2019, a...

Making Tax Digital and VAT: getting ready for April
Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT is imminent. VAT-registered businesses with a taxable turnover...

DIY VAT Housebuilders Scheme: appeal disallowed, but only just
This appeal, that of Mr David Cosham ([2019] UKFTT TC06985), concerned electric blinds installed...

Contractor sector unmoved by Spring Statement 2019
Contractor UK has reported on ‘The quiet Spring Statement for contractors that their advisers...

Spring Statement 2019 summary
On any other day, the Chancellor’s Spring Statement would have dominated the headlines. However,...

Readers’ forum: Property transferring
Writing for Taxation magazine, BKL tax adviser Terry Jordan answers a reader’s query about...
Women, let’s look at the real issue: it’s still a man’s world
As I sit browsing social media, I find myself becoming more and more cynical...

Readers’ forum: Discretionary trusts
Writing for Taxation magazine, BKL tax adviser Terry Jordan answers a reader’s query on...

The other deadline: year-end tax planning
In the excitement (not sure that’s the right word, but we’ll go with it...

2018/19 year-end strategies
As the end of the tax year draws closer, it is important to review...

Auto enrolment in 2019: minimum contributions are changing
Millions of employees have been automatically enrolled in a workplace pension since auto enrolment...