The Finance Act 2019 received Royal Assent on 12 February 2019. It was originally introduced to Parliament as Finance (No.3) Bill 2018. On this page you can find guidance, parliamentary papers, representations and other commentary on the Bill's progress into law.

Technical managers from ICAEW Tax Faculty provide a summary of all the new announcements relating to tax in the 2018 Budget.

Two days after the 2018 Budget, Frank Haskew and Anita Monteith from the Tax Faculty, were joined by ICAEW's Public Sector Director Ross Campbell to discuss Philip Hammond's announcements.

ICAEW's Tax Faculty has responded to HM Treasury's invitation for comments ahead of the 2018 Budget. The response concludes that there should be no new policy initiatives on tax at this time. Attention should instead be given to enabling taxpayers easily to fulfil their obligations and to understand their entitlements. Coping with HMRC’s digital systems has been made more difficult by the number of policy changes.

The month of May marks the time when many begin to plan ahead for the summer break, but also the chance to update CPD requirements before then, so now is the time to book yourself on to some of 2019’s essential line up of CPD training courses, tailored for LSCA members.

This webinar provides illustrative examples and practical tips on how to maximise capital allowances and take advantage of the reliefs available.

Rebecca Cave explains the tax treatment of low emission vehicles. She details capital allowances, benefits-in-kind, the encouragement of hybrids, OpRA, leased cars, electric vans and the cost of charging – as well as the potential of free charging at work.

For transactions with an effective date falling on or after 1 March 2019, the due date for payment of the SDLT has changed to 14 days.

The Scottish Parliament has a package of powers to set a number of taxes , and with the first devolved taxes for Wales to go live on Easter Sunday 1 April 2018 , the question arises about what is to happen in Northern Ireland?

The month of May marks the time when many begin to plan ahead for the summer break, but also the chance to update CPD requirements before then, so now is the time to book yourself on to some of 2019’s essential line up of CPD training courses, tailored for LSCA members.

From hardcore CPD tax updates to creating a cloud-based practice, with plenty of MTD thrown, LSCA Treasurer Justin Silverman finds there was plenty on offer at the latest Practitioners’ Conference.

The month of May marks the time when many begin to plan ahead for the summer break, but also the chance to update CPD requirements before then, so now is the time to book yourself on to some of 2019’s essential line up of CPD training courses, tailored for LSCA members.

This webinar provides illustrative examples and practical tips on how to maximise capital allowances and take advantage of the reliefs available.

Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation (PCRT) has been updated making it easier to navigate with a new digital structure. This edition is effective from 1 March 2019.

An important decision was made at a First-tier Tribunal in the case of PN Bewley Ltd V HMRC.

For transactions with an effective date falling on or after 1 March 2019, the due date for payment of the SDLT has changed to 14 days.

ICAEW Tax Faculty provides analysis of the announcements relating to tax avoidance, evasion and compliance in the 2018 Budget.

ICAEW Tax Faculty provides analysis of the announcements relating to stamp taxes in the Budget 2018

HMRC contact information, including telephone numbers, online options and postal addresses, together with tips.

This guidance provides a summary of key tax rates, allowances and reliefs for 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20.

This guide to help you through the HMRC complaits process.

Taxing business properties form an important part of the tax base for many countries, but they are often complex and in an increasingly online world can be irrelevant to an organisation’s turnover. The time has come to overhaul business property tax systems and here ICAEW outlines the options.

Is hypothecation - assigning particular tax revenues to a specific public policy goal - a good thing? Read Ian Young's article presenting the facts and then decide.

Anita Monteith of ICAEW’s Tax Faculty explains how to account for trades in the sharing economy, specifically how tax and national insurance work in the gig economy

This TAXbite explains which businesses are in scope for MTD for VAT and when they must comply with the rules.

Our guide is intended to help you understand how Brexit might impact on the UK’s existing VAT rules.

This TAXbite talks about exemptions under Making Tax Digital.

This TAXbite explains how the margin schemes for VAT operate within Making Tax Digital.