The Upper Tribunal’s June 2026 decision in Barclays Bank v HMRC remits an £800 million corporation tax dispute back to the FTT — and sends a clear warning to CFOs relying on audit sign-off to protect their loan relationship deductions.
The FTT has issued its final ruling in the eight-year PGMOL employment status saga — and HMRC has lost again. Here is what the Stage 3 multi-factorial analysis means for every CFO managing a contractor or flexible workforce.
Section 250 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 comes into force on 29 June 2026. It extends corporate criminal liability to every UK criminal offence committed by a senior manager within their authority — with no reasonable procedures defence. For CFOs, the exposure is direct and specific. Here is what you need to do in the next 22 days.
The First-tier Tribunal barred HMRC from a managed service company case after describing its conduct as ‘shambolic and haphazard’. The taxpayer won by default. Here is what every CFO managing an HMRC dispute needs to take from this decision.
The UK’s first Pillar Two global minimum tax filing deadline closes on 30 June 2026. Here’s who is in scope, what needs to be filed, the three compliance scenarios for different parent jurisdictions, safe harbour elections, and eight CFO action points to clear the deadline.
The Upper Tribunal sets aside a £1.97m director’s liability notice as an abuse of process — because HMRC had assured the director in writing that dishonesty was not being alleged. A landmark ruling on the Kittel/dishonesty distinction and director personal liability under section 61 VATA 1994.
Two R&D tax relief developments demand immediate CFO attention: the June 30 Claim Notification Form deadline for December year-end companies, and HMRC’s new Targeted Advance Assurance pilot for SMEs. Miss the first and you lose the claim. Ignore the second and you pass up a rare pre-claim certainty tool.
Today marks a significant development in HMRC’s approach to tax certainty for major investors. The Advance Tax Certainty Service officially
The High Court has sanctioned Waldorf Production’s restructuring plan over HMRC’s opposition — the first EPL cram-down under the post-Petrofac framework. Here is what the ruling means for CFOs on tax losses, the ‘no worse off’ test, and HMRC’s limits as a dissenting creditor.
HMRC Agent Update 143 brings backdated mileage rate increases, a new R&D advance assurance pilot, live CIS penalties, and the first MTD for Income Tax quarterly deadline. Six actions every CFO needs to take before summer 2026.
