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May 2023
  • Online VAT filing portal to close in May
  • UK inflation falls to 10.1% in March
  • Tax threshold freeze trebles to £25 billion
  • PAC criticises government for billions lost to error and fraud
  • No sign of hiring difficulties easing, says BCC
  • £177.6 million lost to impersonation scams in 2022
  • Workers must be protected from decisions made by AI, TUC says
  • Latest guidance for employers
April 2023
  • Capital allowances reformed in 'Budget for growth'
  • Business groups welcome Spring Budget
  • HMRC issues guidance on abolition of pensions lifetime allowance
  • Bank of England raises UK interest rates
  • HMRC late payment interest rate
  • Taxpayers given more time for voluntary national insurance contributions
  • Two freeports confirmed for Wales
  • Small businesses at risk as energy costs rise
March 2023
  • HMRC sounds warning on new VAT penalties
  • Spring Budget must ease cost pressures on businesses, says BCC
  • Inflation remains close to 40-year high
  • UK economy narrowly avoided recession last year
  • Record 11.7 million tax returns received on time
  • 'Digital pound' likely to launch this decade, says Treasury
  • HMRC urges eligible couples to claim Marriage Allowance
  • Advisory fuel rates for company cars
February 2023
  • Energy bill support for firms to be reduced from April
  • Bank of England raises interest rates to highest level in 14 years
  • Government launches consultation on R&D relief
  • Fewer firms investing in training despite skills shortage
  • UK business confidence plummets to 13 year low
  • Small firms 'facing challenges when applying for financing'
  • BCC warns SME exporters 'under tightening pressure'
  • Pensioners outnumber young people for filing self assessment tax returns
January 2023
  • MTD for ITSA delayed for two more years
  • Tax non-compliance during pandemic
  • Government extends mortgage guarantee scheme
  • Chancellor announces Spring Budget date
  • Bank of England raises base rate
  • Brexit deal not delivering for businesses
  • Plymouth and South Devon freeport gets go ahead
  • Chancellor launches financial sector reforms
December 2022
  • Tax burden rises following Autumn Statement
  • CBI praises Chancellor for 'delivering stability' in Autumn Statement
  • IFS warns of fall in household incomes
  • OECD warns UK on course for biggest economic downturn
  • Auto-enrolment has helped workers save £114 billion into pensions
  • UK businesses anticipate growth in exports
  • Digital Services Tax has raised £358 million
  • Advisory fuel rates for company cars
November 2022
  • Government pushes back economic statement
  • New PM must restore confidence, say business groups
  • Inflation returns to 40-year high
  • FCA warns that eight million are struggling to keep up with bills
  • IoD survey finds UK businesses anticipate growth in exports
  • Self assessment clock ticks down to under 100 days
  • Latest guidance for employers
  • British Business Bank lending now exceeds £12 billion
October 2022
  • Government abandons plan to scrap 45p top rate of income tax
  • Chancellor outlines growth measures at Mini Budget
  • IMF criticises government over tax plans
  • Government caps business energy bills
  • VAT businesses must be ready for Making Tax Digital filing by November
  • SMEs facing recruitment struggles
  • HMRC raises late payment interest from 11 October
  • Action Fraud warns scammers are exploiting cost-of-living crisis
September 2022
  • HMRC releases more details MTD for Income Tax
  • Ofgem raises energy price cap
  • Treasury Committee warns government against 'flying blind' with Emergency Budget
  • Experts warn inflation could keep rising in 2023
  • Energy firms call for windfall tax to be scrapped by 2025
  • TUC urges government to raise NMW
  • Report finds decline in the use of cash is easing
  • Advisory fuel rates for company cars
August 2022
  • Recovery Loan Scheme to be relaunched
  • National insurance threshold rises
  • IMF warns UK is set for slowest rate of growth of G7 countries
  • Reform required to combat staff shortages, says BCC
  • IoD calls for extension of capital allowances super-deduction
  • Insurer warns of rise in fraudulent claims amid cost-of-living crisis
  • New finance legislation aims to unlock investments
  • Pandemic-born businesses could add £20.4 billion to UK economy
July 2022
  • MTD for income tax pilot extended
  • HMRC criticised over IR35 implementation
  • Inflation hits 40-year high
  • Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 13-year high
  • NICs increase has immediate impact on businesses
  • Manufacturers call for support package
  • Latest guidance for employers
  • New homeowners warned over tax refund claims
June 2022
  • Chancellor announces windfall tax on energy firms
  • Energy price cap set to rise to £2,800 in October
  • Inflation hits 40-year high
  • Almost 66,500 filed self assessment returns on 6 April
  • New law to protect access to cash announced in Queen's Speech
  • HMRC issues £14 million in penalties for minimum wage offences
  • Advisory fuel rates for company cars
  • Number of firms in critical financial distress rises sharply
May 2022
  • HMRC starts chasing up SEISS overpayments
  • UK government unveils energy strategy
  • Treasury announces it will regulate some forms of cryptocurrency
  • HMRC names avoidance scheme promoters for first time
  • New HMRC one-stop online shop provides taxpayers with tax relief information
  • Export growth is 'stagnant', BCC finds
  • Latest guidance for employers
  • Government inaction on long COVID could cost billions
Recent news

08 May 2023

Online VAT filing portal to close in May

HMRC has reminded businesses that file VAT returns annually that the online VAT filing portal will close from 15 May 2023.

08 May 2023

UK inflation falls to 10.1% in March

UK inflation has dropped, but remains in double-digit levels, as the cost-of-living crisis eased slightly in March.

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