4/15/2026 11:23:11 AM QE Tax Flash: Spotlight on the Construction Industry By Liesl Fichardt Emily Au Julius Konstantin Berling HMRC has strengthened its enforcement powers in the construction industry by distributing responsibility for tax fraud throughout the...
4/9/2026 2:36:44 PM QE Tax Flash: The Spring Squeeze By Liesl Fichardt Emily Au Julius Konstantin Berling While no new tax rises were announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, the real substance lay in the Office for Budget...
4/1/2026 9:06:49 AM QE Tax Flash: Penalties are now HMRC's new tool: Shifting the bar in favour of HMRC By Liesl Fichardt Emily Au Julius Konstantin Berling His Majesty's Revenue & Customs ("HMRC") are increasingly using penalties as a tool to punish taxpayers for mistakes – even where there...
3/25/2026 8:56:41 AM QE Tax Flash: Is This Good or Bad? Policing the UK Labour Market's "Umbrella Companies" By Liesl Fichardt Emily Au Julius Konstantin Berling Across the UK temporary labour market, umbrella companies have become widely used. Those companies, and others who engage them, are...
3/16/2026 11:19:12 AM QE Tax Flash: Late Tax Filings Get Costly By Emily Au UK corporation tax filing obligations become stricter this year, with the UK tax authority doubling penalties for late filings from 1...
3/9/2026 3:05:50 PM QE Tax Flash: Complexity Coming for Carry By Liesl Fichardt Emily Au Julius Konstantin Berling From 6 April 2026, reforms for the tax treatment of carried interest come into effect. Until now, it has been taxed as a capital gain,...
3/3/2026 11:30:24 AM QE Tax Flash: The tax burden gets heavier By Liesl Fichardt Emily Au Julius Konstantin Berling From April 2026, HM Revenue and Customs will impose new quarterly digital tax reporting requirements on self-employed individuals and...