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This Order widens the scope of tax legislation applying to alternative finance arrangements, specifically the purchase and resale arrangements and the diminishing shared ownership arrangements. The Order will allow both Home Purchase Plan providers that are not financial institutions but are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and certain alternative finance arrangements facilitated through FCA-regulated peer-to-peer platforms to come within the scope of provisions for alternative finance arrangements.

23 May 2022 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.

These Regulations amend child benefit and tax credits legislation for various reasons, including to remove a number of temporary easements introduced during the coronavirus pandemic.

HMRC has published Agent Update issue 96 (May 2022) providing a round-up of recent developments for tax agents and advisers.

The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has shared an update from HMRC that it is pausing some Research & Development Tax Credit (RDTC) payments while it investigates some irregular claims.

HMRC has updated factsheet CC/FS48 and added new sections to provide more information about the recovery of overclaimed Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) grants.

The consolidated text of the 1993 UK-Ukraine Double Taxation Convention as amended by the 2017 protocol has been added to the tax treaties and related documents between the UK and Ukraine.

The CIOT has shared an HMRC briefing on share sale proceeds where disposal figures declared on taxpayer’s Self-Assessment returns don’t match those declared by the purchasing company.

HMRC has published new factsheet CC/FS57 on the Human Rights Act and DOTAS penalties.

16 May 2022 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.

HMRC’s Stakeholder Digest (11 May 2022) provides a round-up of the latest news and updates including information on financial support for SME businesses, tax-free childcare, tax credit renewals, Moscow stock exchange status, guidance on tax on tips, gratuities and service charges, EU import controls and data on transfer pricing and Diverted Profits Tax.

The Welsh government has reached an agreement with the UK government on the establishment of freeports in Wales.

These Regulations extend the effect of the DOTAS provisions in FA 2021, which allow HMRC to issue notices where it reasonably suspects that arrangements are notifiable tax arrangements, to NICs arrangements.

These Regulations will exempt three new social security payments from income tax with retrospective effect from the date of their respective introductions.

Opening the 2022–23 Parliamentary session on 10 May 2022, the Queen's Speech set out the UK Government's legislative priorities including the following:

HMRC has updated its tax credits guidance to confirm that tax-free pension lump sums should not be included in income for the purposes of tax credits claims and renewals.

HMRC has increased the interest rates for late payments of tax following the Bank of England’s decision on 5 May 2022 to increase the bank base rate from 0.75% to 1%.

The Government has issued a publication aiming to kickstart a conversation with businesses on reforming the UK’s capital allowances regime.

HMRC has published its Trusts and Estates Newsletter for April 2022.

The CIOT publishes updated note, prepared by the CIOT, STEP and ICAEW, on HMRC’s approach to the treatment of loans secured on foreign income or gains by remittance basis users