Contractor accountants in the UK and Ireland are bitterly opposed to a legally binding EU-wide tax rate, but the prospect of such an event is moving closer.

You may be relieved to learn that the European Council has agreed new requirements to reduce bureaucracy and create a less burdensome accounting and reporting system for micro-businesses.

Contractor accountants may be concerned to learn that George Osborne is considering changing tax relief on pension contributions when he delivers the March Budget.

One of the few advantages of resting between contracts is that you can go off on holiday without that nagging feeling that you’re throwing away lots of earnings to do so.

Accountants may be interested to learn that HMRC will not be checking the record keeping abilities of accountancy firms in the future.

Contractor accountants who missed the deadline for filing their self-assessment tax return are likely to receive a penalty notice from HMRC in the next few days.

HMRC recently arrested around 16 people, including some City bankers, suspected of participating in a tax evasion.

The Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association launched two new services last week to provide support and advice for unemployed contractor accountants.

Since outing Mr Lester as a tax avoiding monster intent on destroying the UK economy single-handed, the press have continued to turn up cases where people are working for the Civil Service in a range of senior roles but who aren’t actually Civil Servants.

HMRC raked in an additional £4.06 billion through its investigations into corporation tax last year.

According to MPs, the Treasury has not got to grips with financial trends, nor has it made plans to deal with them, online accountants may be interested to learn.

The latest company liquidation figures published by the Insolvency Service have been released.