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Greg Smith MP, Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness APPG co-chair: the ‘independent’ HMRC Loan Charge Review — run by a former HMRC official — is unravelling as fast as Keir Starmer's governme

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Written by Greg Smith MP
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Former HMRC inspector Danny Batey on everything contractors need to know about the taxman's IR35 compliance activity, as government confirms no review of OPW, no plans for Single Worker Status, and

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HM Revenue & Customs sign outside the department's Westminster offices in London, representing HMRC's ongoing IR35 and off-payroll working enforcement.
Written by Danny Batey
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The IR35 reality now that HMRC won't be appealing — a decision that spares contractors further uncertainty — is more measured than headlines imply. 

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Yellow card held aloft during a football match, symbolising HMRC ending its appeal in the PGMOL employment status case.
Written by Angela Ferguson
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The Revenue just dropped its clearest roadmap yet for crypto enforcement.

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Business professional checking cryptocurrency market data on a smartphone while working at a laptop.
Written by Daniel Mepham
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The FDE market is no longer the exclusive preserve of a handful of headline AI firms.

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Software engineers collaborating on enterprise AI and software development in a modern office.
Written by Adam Moore
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App Accounting Group contractors getting their 10 days against HMRC is an important milestone.

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Hourglass and magnifying glass on legal documents, representing the lengthy Boox MSC tribunal dispute and ongoing HMRC investigation
Written by Tyra Ali
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Focusing on just figures if probed by HMRC over VAT is a fool’s errand. Far safer to evidence, explain and justify EVERYTHING because soon, the taxman will be done probing mid-sized firms.

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Business professional opening an official letter amid increased HMRC VAT compliance activity.
Written by Carl Bridges
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Don’t squander a critical opportunity to give your ‘input,’ because the government says it is committed to ‘ending’ a-gone-awry aspect of contractors’ work that UK contracting wouldn’t exis

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Project manager reviewing work schedules and resource planning on a digital dashboard.
Written by Chris Bloor
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Out of the latest tax fraud to hit the UK contractor supply chain comes some potential good for almost all of us, except ‘Bills of Exchange 2.0’ promoters, of course.

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Business professional reviewing a large stack of documents during compliance and due diligence checks.
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Here's something nobody really prepares you for when you set up a limited company: what happens when you want to stop.

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Man in a home office closing his laptop at the end of the workday, symbolising the completion of a business chapter.
Written by Lottie Hutchins