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October 2019
George Bull
Weekly tax brief

2019 – the year with no Budget?

After the Budget that never was, what happens next? The scrapping of the 6 November Budget may deprive us of political theatre, but the effects are potentially more severe. As soon as the next Government has taken office, it must draw up its plans for medium-term spending and tax decisions to provide the UK with a clearer fiscal and economic path, and to allow the Office for Budget Responsibility to do its important work.

5 minutes
October 2019
George Bull
Weekly tax brief

OECD proposals will shift taxable profits away from tax havens and back to customer countries

The OECD has published new proposals for taxing international consumer-facing businesses. These proposals go much further than the FAANGs (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google) and seem likely to catch other profitable global brands. We summarise the proposals and consider how they fit in with the UK’s diverted profits tax and digital services tax.

3 minutes
October 2019
Sian King
Weekly tax brief

High income child benefit charge enquiries on the rise

A recent surge in High-Income Child Benefit Charge enquiries opened by HMRC shows that the tax department is successfully using the mountain of knowledge available in its ‘CONNECT’ computer system. Big Brother may indeed be watching you, and sending you tax bills, but recent court cases show that HMRC is not always correct. If you receive a HICBC tax demand, check it carefully before you pay.

3 minutes

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