Long-awaited and much-needed new guidance has been issued, exploring how Personal Assistant employment status works in the context of care and support, whether self-funded or through the use of Direct Payments. 

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have told us about a correction exercise they are working on to try and identify families who may have missed out on child benefit or child tax credits in the past, due to a historic legislative change. 

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) report on their performance against the HMRC Charter standards on an annual basis. This is your chance to complete a short survey to tell us how you think HMRC have performed. We will use your feedback when we write our comments for the HMRC Annual Report.

The government is consulting on proposed changes to the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations (‘the Conduct Regulations’), including whether they should be extended to cover umbrella companies.

HMRC have confirmed that they will offer some telephone service on 31 January 2026, the self assessment deadline. They will also run an expanded digital service on Saturday 31 January 2026 and have confirmed the online support helpdesk will be open on 31 January 2026.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD) is one of the biggest changes to the UK tax system in recent years — and understanding what it means for you is more important than ever.To support landlords and the self-employed, we’ve launched a new Making Tax Digital information hub on our website.