The Tax Track
Episodes
MTD Live: are you (and HMRC) ready for MTD?
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a special episode of The Tax Track, recorded at ICAEW’s MTD Live event on 23 February 2026, we speak to HMRC and practitioners on how they are pr...
Accountancy Insights: Finance Bill changes for individuals and businesses
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Finance Bill 2025-26 is set to be the longest Finance Act in almost ten years, impacting on almost all areas of tax and posing significant challen...
Budget 25: Do the tax changes meet the tenets?
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we rate the Budget against ICAEW’s ten tenets for a better tax system, focusing on the government’s decision to freeze the person...
The latest on MTD income tax
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From April 2026, an estimated 864,000 sole traders and landlords will need to comply with Making Tax Digital (MTD) for income tax. In this episode, we...
Tax returns and Finance Bill concerns
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Tax Track, we look ahead to the 2024/25 tax return season, highlighting areas to watch out for, and explain our concerns with d...
The inside track from HMRC
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it’s performance or policy, there’s rarely an episode of The Tax Track that doesn’t mention HMRC. In this special episode we talk to one...
Challenging times for HMRC and agents
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
July was a busy month for HMRC as it published its annual accounts and report for 2024/25, along with its transformation roadmap and draft legislation...
Paying tax outside self assessment
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Simple assessment and real-time reporting for capital gains tax (CGT) are two ways for HMRC and taxpayers to sidestep self assessment for income and g...
Goodbye non-doms, hello FIG
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On 6 April 2025, the longstanding rules for UK-resident, non-UK domiciled individuals – non-doms – were abolished and replaced with a new regime f...
VAT gets its day in court – again
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do marshmallows and hair transplants have in common? Yes, they’ve both been subject to recent court cases regarding VAT treatment. And yes, thi...
Taxing times: cryptoassets in the spotlight
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ownership of cryptoassets may be on the rise, but many myths persist when it comes to how they taxed. This episode looks at how accountants can help c...
Why professional conduct matters
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maintaining high professional standards is essential, both for individual accountants and for the profession as a whole. This episode of The Tax Track...
R&D tax relief: where are we now?
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years we’ve seen changes to the rules, to processes and to HMRC’s approach to policing claims for research and development (R&D) tax...
Time to prepare for MTD and BIK
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two significant changes will take place from April 2026: Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD IT) and mandatory payrolling of benefits in kind. Whi...
A year of two halves
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bookended by a Conservative Budget in the spring and a Labour Budget in the autumn, 2024 was a busy year in politics and in tax. In this episode of Th...
How to fix VAT
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’ll be talking about the problems with VAT and why ICAEW is launching a new campaign, How to Fix VAT.Introduced in the UK some 50 ...
Checkout time for furnished holiday lets
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The abolition of the furnished holiday lettings (FHL) rules from April 2025 was announced in the Spring Budget. Following the general election, the La...
MTD: what you should do now
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Making Tax Digital income tax self assessment (MTD ITSA) will start in April 2026 for the self-employed and those with income from property with gross...
Time to act on basis period reform
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Basis period reform is an important issue at the moment, with 2023/24 a transitional year. We look at the impact of this for businesses filling in the...
HMRC on hold
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A damning report from the National Audit Office in May this year concluded what many have long suspected, that customer service from HMRC is falling ‘...
Pros and cons of payrolling benefits
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Tax Track, we discuss HMRC’s plans to mandate the payrolling of benefits in kind, and look at the implications of a recent ta...
Associated companies: a family affair
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What is an associated company and how can this affect business taxation? This episode of The Tax Track looks at how to spot an associated company and ...
New tax year, new developments in R&D
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Tax Track is the podcast series from ICAEW that explores the latest developments in the world of tax, and what they mean for members and tax profe...
Crunch time: VAT (or not) on poppadoms
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why would a food producer argue that its product is not ready for human consumption? And why does the tax year start on 6 April? Find out the answers ...
Capital allowances: the curious case of camping pods
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Tax Track is the new podcast series from ICAEW where we explore the latest from the tax world, and what it means for tax professionals, accountant...
A taxing year ahead?
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Tax Track is the new podcast series from ICAEW where we explore the latest from the tax world and what it means for tax professionals, accountants...