Rebecca Cave
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Rebecca Cave is now retired from 35 years in the tax world, including eight years as AccountingWEB's consulting tax editor.
Tax Writer
1st Dec 2023
IR35: Kaye Adams wins marathon fight with HMRC
Kaye Adams has worked as a freelance journalist and author for over 20 years, appearing on a wide variety of TV and radio programmes. She...
HMRC & policy
23rd Nov 2023
SMEs have seven key tax planning points to watch
For small businesses, companies and employers there are seven key planning areas to watch out for following this Autumn Statement. 1. Wages...
HMRC & policy
15th Sep 2023
Landlords double tax bills by taking poor advice
Dan Neidle of Tax Policy Associates has dubbed a tax planning scheme for landlords: “ the worst tax avoidance scheme ever ”, as using it...
Business tax
1st Sep 2023
Expanding tax debt is a huge burden
The amount of tax owed to HMRC ballooned during the Covid pandemic period, as taxpayers were permitted to defer payments of VAT due in the...
HMRC & policy
1st Sep 2023
HMRC penalises the poor with fines when no tax due
Many people with little or no income believe they don’t have to complete a tax return because they will have no tax to pay, and therefore...
HMRC & policy
22nd Aug 2023
Tax agents nudged to correct provisional figures
HMRC frequently sends out standard (one-to-many) letters to groups of taxpayers and/or agents concerning specific issues, ranging from...
HMRC & policy
18th Aug 2023
MTD ITSA: Three-year lock-in rule in doubt
The regulations which set out the rules for complying with MTD ITSA ( 2021/ 1076 ) were published in 2021 and they haven’t been updated...
HMRC & policy
16th Aug 2023
What are tax reliefs actually worth?
HMRC is keen to report how much tax it collects each year, as that is its mission – to collect “the right amount of tax” from each taxpayer...
HMRC & policy
4th Aug 2023
Tax returns: Data population must be fair and accurate
As part of its review of the tax administration framework , HMRC has consulted on the process of collecting third-party data for pre-...
HMRC & policy
31st Jul 2023
Exemptions help frame inheritance tax in new light
Inheritance tax (IHT) is one of the most feared taxes, but its unpopularity is not altogether logical. The latest statistics on the...
HMRC & policy