Spring Statement 2026

3 minutes to readSpring Statement 3 March 2026: Is that it? The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered her Spring Statement on 3 March 2026. Despite repeated confident assertions that the government had the “right economic plan”, good news on the economy was thin on the ground. Unemployment is expected to rise to 5.3% later this year, and the Office …

Autumn Budget

6 minutes to readChancellor Rachel Reeves’s second Budget was making headlines before she even stood up, thanks to an unprecedented “technical error” by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) which led to documents being published early. Thanks to that OBR leak, the press and other keen Budget watchers such as ourselves already knew the headline details: frozen tax …

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – get ready now

4 minutes to readIn June of this year, we outlined the ‘who, what and why’ behind Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – the overhaul in the way taxpayers, agents and HMRC link and feed information to each other: It’s happening – Making Tax Digital for Income Tax HMRC is now running a campaign with letters and advertising …

Spring Statement 2025- comment & summary

4 minutes to readThe Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, was keen to remind us that today’s announcements were not a Budget, and that the Spring Statement did not raise any taxes for “working people”. Whilst that was a relief for many taxpayers, a closer examination of the documents published alongside the Spring Statement reveals a raft of tax announcements. Administration …

HMRC targets historic online marketplace sales

2 minutes to readHMRCs latest campaign is a push to ensure tax compliance by those who sell through online platforms. The One to Many campaign Called the One to Many campaign, a letter is sent to people who receive income from online marketplaces , and haven’t reported their incomes. HMRC now receives data directly from platforms about their …