HMRC’s current areas of focus, projects and trends within their compliance activity, with key statistics, tips for best practice. Including:
- Are HMRC entitled to what they are asking for?
- HMRC's use of Schedule 36
- Assessments - what to look out for
- Penalties - awareness of HMRC’s approach
- R&D enquiries
- COP9
- Prompted and voluntary disclosures - nudge letters are here to stay!
- And much, much more.
In this talk Andrew will look at the current state of the tax profession as it reflected in the pages of Taxation Magazine. He will discuss how the profession has evolved during the decade he has been in post and will look in detail at some of the most common issues which practitioners, particularly those in small and medium sized practices, face on a daily basis. He’ll also talk though some of the most interesting queries recently submitted by readers and how other readers have answered them.
A red box, a huge rise in costs, hiring freezes just to stay afloat. It’s more than a month into the new budget – and even Gregg’s has raised its prices to cope. But there’s another way.
In this panel, pension, payroll and accounting experts explain how to ease the NI tax burden – and boost employee benefits – with salary sacrifice.
Join us and discover:
What salary sacrifice is – and why it’s key to reducing NI costs
Practical steps to implementing it for you and your clients
How Heaton Vences and Cooper Parry save their clients thousands
This session will explore the implications of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for landlords, addressing common challenges. Attendees will gain practical insights into supporting landlord clients through the MTD transition, with real-world case studies highlighting successful implementations.
As MTD reshapes landlord tax, accountants must equip landlord clients for compliance. This session offers actionable strategies and processes, aligning with Accountex's focus on current industry trends and practical applications.
This panel session focuses on what the accountant needs to know about the 'future of tax in the UK'. Croner-i will be the voice of the accountant, curating a list of questions influenced by our incredible community of accounting professionals that we would like the HMRC to support with. The HMRC aims to provide more clarity about upcoming changes to UK tax and the potential outcomes of the 'Making Tax Digital' initiative to help dispel some of the confusion about their plans for the future of tax in the UK.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD) is a little over 300 days away and will be a fundamental shakeup in how you and your clients will interact with HMRC and each other. Unlike some other sessions out there, the aim here isn’t to sell you a software product or convince you that MTD is the best thing since sliced bread. Instead, this practically focused session will give you the essential knowledge of what is involved and highlight pitfalls and pain points. By the end of the session you will be able to draw up your MTD action plan and identify the steps you need to take to get ready for April 2026.
With so many recent changes in the SME tax landscape for 2025-26 and you need to take stock and 'be in it to win it! If you are going to provide the best possible advice for your clients you need to practice what you are going to preach!
Nichola reviews the essential ingredients needed to run the most tax efficient business in 2025-26. The goal of this session is to inspire you by providing you with a perfect business model for tax, we will be looking a trends in business structures, owner remuneration and benefits, incentivising staff, capitalising on tax reliefs with capital and succession planning.
Recent R&D Tax Relief Tribunals have expanded the pool of knowledge regarding how the R&D legislation should be correctly interpreted with regard to subsidies and subcontracting, and established with greater clarity some highly relevant R&D tax legal points. This presentation and subsequent Q&A aims to give a specialist insight on these current hot topics from an ex-HMRC inspector and a regulator’s perspective, with consideration of both the impact on current claims and how subsidy and subcontracting is dealt with under the new Merged Scheme for R&D.
there are major changes to UK GAAP on revenue recognition and lease accounting from 1 Jan 2025. Are you and your clients prepared? Experts Julia and Ollie will be sharing the vital information, you need to get ahead of the changes coming next year.
AI continues to be embedded across much of our everyday lives. Often viewed with caution should we see AI as a practical tool to support firm efficiency and reduce risk? In this session we bring together a panel of experts from HMRC, AI and tax to show what is possible now and debate what the future holds.
Key takeaways:
The benefits of AI to tax planning today and in the future
How AI can support greater client insights
Identification and mitigation of risk
How to prepare for the next wave of digital transformation in the UK
Using more than one share class in a company is common for many reasons, including paying dividends independently between different shareholders. However, many companies set these up without properly understanding the tax implications (now and in the future). This session aims to identify the key tax issues with setting up alphabet share structures including the risk to advisers on advising on these.
With 80% MTD awareness, it’s time to think beyond the basics. In this session, we explore how integrating AI and automation into your MTD workflow can revolutionise the process, enhancing efficiency and client satisfaction. Learn how AI can streamline compliance, reduce manual effort, and offer valuable insights, all while boosting your firm's productivity. Discover the future of MTD and unlock new opportunities for growth and innovation in your practice.