‘Delay off-payroll extension until 2021’

The extension of off-payroll (IR35) rules to the private sector in April 2020 should be delayed by a year, following the cancellation of Budget 2019. Chancellor Sajid Javid intended to deliver his first Budget speech on Wednesday, 6 November, only for it to be...

Stamp duty receipts down 7% in 2018/19

The Treasury's take from stamp duty land tax fell by the largest amount since the start of 2008/09, Government figures show. HMRC collected £11.94 billion in stamp duty receipts on completed property or land purchases in 2018/19 - a 7% decline on the previous tax...