United Kingdom – Corporate Taxes Summary

Resident companies are taxable in the United Kingdom on their worldwide profits (subject to an opt-out for non-UK PEs), while non-resident companies are subject to UK corporation tax on the trading profits attributable to a UK PE, the trading profits attributable to
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Tax Faculty supplements ICAEW’s Spring Budget 2024 representations by writing to government on HMRC service performance and VAT simplification.

On 29 January 2024, ICAEW Head of Tax Strategy, Frank Haskew, sent two letters to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (FST), Nigel Huddleston MP.   The first letter concerned HMRC service performance. It called for increased investment in HMRC to develop better digital
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Guidance for making R&D claims released

HMRC issues its guidelines for compliance on what qualifies as R&D for tax purposes. The publication of HMRC’s latest guideline highlights the importance of correctly identifying whether a research and development (R&D) claim meets the necessary conditions to qualify for tax relief.  
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HMRC to remove paper form for VAT registration

Company Formation Org The VAT1 form will only be available to customers through the VAT helpline from mid November 2023. Over 95% of businesses, or their agents, already use HMRC’s online VAT registration service (VRS) to apply for VAT registration. HMRC wants to increase
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