Topics: Business enterprise

  • HMRC offers Loan Charge settlements

    Thousands of people and employers with outstanding Loan Charge liabilities are being invited to take advantage of a new settlement scheme that could reduce their bills by up to £70,000. It will see most customers’ bills reduced, with around a third able to settle without paying anything at all. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is writing to eligible customers.

    HMRC is inviting everyone with outstanding Loan Charge liabilities to take advantage of the new Loan Charge Settlement Scheme

  • 240 crypto millionaires revealed in new government data

    240 people reported more than £1 million in capital gains from cryptoassets in the 2024 to 2025 tax year official statistics show, accounting for £717 million of cryptoasset gains between them. Total taxable capital gains from cryptoassets for 17,600 individuals were £1.38 billion in the 2024 to 2025 tax year, with an average gain of £78,000 reported per individual. Following the

    Smartphone and laptop displaying cryptoasset investment charts and financial data, with HM Revenue and Customs branding.

  • New HMRC enforcement blitz means nowhere to run for dodgy high street businesses

    Chancellor John Healey is urging people to report tax fraud as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ramps up its work to tackle illegal activity on the high street. The improved Report Tax Fraud service on GOV.UK makes it easier than ever to ‘shop' high street businesses they suspect are involved in fraud, from vape shops to barber shops.

    HMRC officer carrying out checks on a high street shop

  • 436,000 sole traders and landlords make their tax digital

    More than 430,000 sole traders and landlords successfully sent their first Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax quarterly update for the 7 August deadline. Almost 565,000 customers have now signed up to the service.

    HMRC Making Tax Digital graphic with a cartoon radio character and the text “Making Tax Digital is Here”.

  • Say ‘I do’ to getting your side hustle tax right

    The invitations are out, the venues are booked and the flowers are ordered - but for wedding suppliers who have turned their hobby into a side hustle, there is one more item on the to-do list: checking their tax obligations.

    HMRC campaign graphic with the text “Tax to pay on your side hustle? Visit GOV.UK”. The image shows two people looking at pho

  • Businesses urged to apply by end of July for Vaping Products Duty to continue trading from October

    Businesses involved with vaping products will receive correspondence from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) imminently, reminding them to apply for Vaping Products Duty (VPD) and the Vaping Duty Stamps (VDS) Scheme which start on 1 October 2026.
    Apply now to continue trading from 1 October 2026.
    VPD will apply to all vaping products whether they contain nicotine or not. If businesses have not

  • Step-by-step VAT guidance helps businesses self-serve online

    Since launching on 1 April 2026, HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) new interactive VAT guidance tool is making it easier for newly VAT-registered businesses to understand their obligations, use online VAT services with confidence and get their tax right first time.
    The tool provides the support businesses need after registering for VAT:
    Step-by-step guidance Practical examples Short videos.

  • 5.6 million taxpayers check their pay in the HMRC app an average of 18 times a year

    5.6 million taxpayers checked their pay in the HMRC app last year a total of 100 million times – equivalent to 18 times each a year. The app had 7.6 million unique users and 2.8 million new users in 2025 to 2026. HMRC transformation is on track – with digital services taking off, and outdated communication being phased out.
    Millions of taxpayers are choosing to go digital and check their pay

  • Tax Minister to owners of dodgy shops: “We are coming for you”

    HMRC made unannounced visits to six souvenir shops across central London this week, as it significantly scales up its work to tackle illegal activity on the high street. Officers from HMRC were joined by colleagues from Home Office Immigration Enforcement, Westminster Council Trading Standards and the Metropolitan Police. The teams checked shops selling royal family, London and UK-themed gifts.

  • 298,905 Self Assessment filers quick off the mark

    Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers got ahead of the game by filing their Self Assessment return early last month, with 86,270 submitting on day one - as Easter Monday emerged as the most popular date.

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