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A recent opinion from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has cast doubt on the rule that VAT on business entertainment costs cannot be reclaimed. The Advocate General (an officer

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February 2010 has seen the latest decision in the battle between Robert Gaines-Cooper and HMRC. Twenty or so years ago Mr Gaines-Cooper contends that when he purchased a home in

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We have received several cases of attempted phishing by fraudsters against clients. These have all, so far, taken the form of an unsolicited email which states that there is some

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A recent VAT Tribunal case Enersys Holdings UK Ltd has highlighted the potential to revisit penalties charged by HMRC where the penalty is disproportionate to the error made. In this

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I am sometimes amazed where people get their advice from.  I was at a seminar this week and was told, over coffee, by one of the businessmen there that he

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Mileage rates from 1 December 2009: In TT140 we reported on the new rates to be used for paying the fuel-only element to employees who claim for business miles driven

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Expected VAT changes from 1 January 2010 There are a number of changes to VAT legislation which are expected to come into effect from 1 January 2010 which readers need

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With Christmas nearly upon us, I thought it would interest readers to know some of the tax rules that surround some Christmas traditions at work. Firstly, the Christmas party: Ordinarily,

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I hate the tube, and before anyone says I am not “environmentally friendly” and only using a car to travel around, I do like using the buses (although I have

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As a follow up to my earlier blog, here are some more unusual taxes from the past and more tax planning, which shows that no matter how crafty the Taxman, those