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Tax news in brief 28 October 2025
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- 28 Oct 2025
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 28 October 2025, including: a reminder for employers that the November 2025 payment deadline falls on a weekend; and improved HMRC guidance to help with compliance checks.
Making the most of capital losses
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- 27 Oct 2025
ICAEW’s Tax Faculty provides a step-by-step guide to capital losses, highlighting areas where mistakes can be made and opportunities may be missed, in the run-up to the income tax self assessment (ITSA) filing deadline.
Wealthy taxpayers asked to check if tax return required
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- 27 Oct 2025
HMRC is writing to wealthy taxpayers it believes should have submitted an income tax self assessment (ITSA) tax return for the tax year ended 5 April 2023 but failed to do so.
UK continues to disappoint in tax competitiveness study
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- 24 Oct 2025
The UK has ranked 32nd overall, and 37th on property taxes, out of the 38 OECD-member countries in the 2025 International Tax Competitiveness Index (ITCI).
Economy explainers: how is property taxed?
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- 23 Oct 2025
Taxes on transactions in, and income from, land and buildings are a frequent topic for pre-Budget speculation. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty explains the rules currently in place for taxing property.
Tax news in brief 21 October 2025
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- 21 Oct 2025
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 21 October 2025, including: an update on the new R&D expert panel; and a reminder from HMRC on how to use the new self-assessment reactivation telephone service.
Student loan repayments and payrolled benefits
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- 21 Oct 2025
ICAEW is reminding taxpayers to complete a new box on their 2024/25 income tax self assessment (ITSA) tax return where their employment income includes payrolled benefits in kind (BIKs) and they make student loan repayments.
Draft Welsh Budget sets out changes to land transaction tax
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- 21 Oct 2025
The Welsh Government has ruled out increases to the Welsh rates of income tax and the thresholds for land transaction tax (LTT) for 2026-27 and has announced changes to LTT multiple dwellings relief (MDR).
Economy explainers: what is VAT?
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- 17 Oct 2025
Did you know that £1 in every £5 of tax collected by the government is VAT? ICAEW’s Tax Faculty explains how VAT works, the problems with the current system and what could be done to improve it.
HMRC encourages good taxpayer intermediation
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- 17 Oct 2025
HMRC has published a statement explaining the standards it expects of intermediaries, including accountants, employers and financial advisers, and the steps it will take to tackle the minority of intermediaries who cause harm to the tax system.
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