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The UK tax gap jumped to £59.2bn for 2024-25, but only 12% is evasion. Why carelessness now drives most of it, and what that means for small businesses.

An Upper Tribunal win for a KFC franchisee reset how I treat VAT on mixed bundles. If you sell meal deals or hampers, the multiple-supply rule matters.

New FRS 102 rules make small companies and micro-entities disclose going concern from January 2026. An ex-auditor on what to write and who should worry.

The VAT you collect is not your money, but it sits in your account and gets spent like it is. Here is the behavioural trap, and how I fix it for clients.

HMRC has reaffirmed that screen scraping its Government Gateway is banned and can block your agent account for it. Here is what I am auditing in my own stack.

HMRC wants 'reckless' tax declarations to be a criminal offence. Here is where careless, reckless and dishonest actually sit, and what it changes for me.

A US LLC looks cheap to form, but UK residents can face an effective tax rate over 75%. HMRC's June 2026 consultation proposes a fix. Who's exposed.

Cloud certifications test whether you can drive the software. A year in audit drilled three instincts into me that no Xero or QuickBooks course ever will.

From 25 June, VAT on children's meals and family attractions drops to 5%. I look at who actually keeps the saving and how to get your tills right.