The loan charge is a tax charge that needs to be reported and paid by the 30 September 2020. If you worked through an umbrella company in the past, you may have been paid through arrangements that are caught by the loan charge – although you may not have realised this was the case. In this article ...

Given the current unprecedented jobs and income situation, it is likely that some people could now pay less loan charge by way of the three-year spreading provisions, because one of those three years will be 2020/21.

HMRC have sent out 'notices to file' to people who they believe may have to report and pay the loan charge by the forthcoming 30 September 2020 deadline.

A recent HMRC announcement that five people have been arrested on suspicion of fraud in connection with promoting arrangements designed to get around the loan charge, has been welcomed by the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG). This follows repeated recommendations by the group urging HMRC to not only use their compliance and enforcement powers, but to publicise when they have used them, to ...

Guidance and draft legislation on the loan charge, following Amyas Morse’s independent review and the government response, have now been published. The headline is that the loan charge remains in place, although some changes have been made. We await further clarification on some aspects from HMRC, ...