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HMRC is reducing the late-payment interest rate to 7.25% and the repayment rate to 3.75% from 26 November 2024 for most taxes and payments. Interest on quarterly instalment payments of corporation tax will also be reduced from 18 November.

These Regulations are made to amend the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (the LTTA 2017) to insert a new Schedule 21A (relief for special tax sites) which provides for a new relief from land transaction tax for qualifying transactions of land within a special tax site.

HMRC has published new guidance on paying Pillar 2 top-up taxes

These Regulations outline the methodology for calculating the average prices of oil and gas over a reference period, which will determine if the conditions for the early termination of the Energy Profits Levy (the Energy Security Investment Mechanism) under Section 17A(1) of the Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Act 2022 (the 2022 Act) have been met.

The Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 has received Royal Assent.

This report sets out recent developments in international tax reform and covers progress made on the implementation of the BEPS minimum standards and tax transparency, as well as updates on tax policy, tax and inequality and tax administration.

18 November 2024 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors

The 2024 UK-Romania Double Taxation Agreement has been published by HMRC.

Published on 7 November 2024, Finance Bill 2025 includes many of the Autumn Budget announcements, with a revised version of the legislation to replace the tax treatment of resident but non-UK domiciled individuals.

11 November 2024 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors

HMRC have published Guidelines for Compliance for qualifying companies who have elected into the Patent Box tax treatment.

Certain provisions of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the Act) relating to civil recovery of cryptoassets in Scotland come into force on 7 November 2024 and the offence of failing to prevent fraud across the UK on 1 September 2025.

Amendments are made to the Platform Operators (Due Diligence and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2023, SI 2023/817 to ensure that, where there is a UK platform operator, information about sellers who are resident in the UK must be reported to HMRC. They also remove regulation 10 to remove the proportional reduction of thresholds for reporting in cases where the seller is registered on the platform for only part of a reportable period.

HMRC has updated its guidance on receiving income tax or PAYE repayments on behalf of others.

HMRC has published three new guidance pages and updated one other on research and development (R&D).

4 November 2024 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors

HMRC has published new guidance on applying for statutory clearance.

The Chancellor’s Budget on 30 October 2024 will increase employer NICs, raise the main rates of CGT, initiate reform of the tax treatment of carried interest, and confirmed the replacement of the remittance basis regime and removal of the VAT exemption for private school fees. Some of the smaller announcements were of equal interest, including extending mandation of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax and increasing the HMRC late-payment interest rate.

HMRC has updated the list of services which can be accessed from the business tax account.

28 October 2024 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors