Tax Blogs

    Manchester City’s Stadium

    Manchester City’s Financial Controversy: An Accountant’s Perspective

    By: Steve Collings | Posted on: 15th Oct 2026

    Steve Collings looks beyond the football headlines to examine the financial reporting, tax and audit issues at the heart of the case. Another month, another…

    Taxing Temptation

    The Briefcase #61: Taxing Temptation

    By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 2nd Oct 2026

    A fancy chocolate bar hiding in your cupboard might seem like a private indulgence, but these extravagances are more often than not a matter of…

    6 Very Difficult Questions Tax Tribunals Have Been Faced With

    The Briefcase #60: 6 Very Difficult Questions Tax Tribunals Have Been Faced With

    By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 17th Sep 2026

    Tax law covers employment, property, investment, business expenses, marriage, divorce, and basically everything you could ever hope to do, or hope not to do. It’s…

    The World's Weirdest Tax Deductions

    The Briefcase #55: The World’s Weirdest Tax Deductions

    By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 13th Aug 2026

    Spend enough time as an accountant and you’ll hear all sorts of theories about what people think they can claim as a tax deduction. Barristers…

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    The Briefcase #27: Five Taxes That Refuse to Die

    By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 23rd Jan 2026

    Tax law evolves extremely slowly, like the drip-drip-drip growing into a mighty glacier. And like glaciers, a tax law can survive for centuries – long…

    The Strange World of Tax-Free Organisations

    The Briefcase #9: The Strange World of Tax-Free Organisations

    By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 12th Sep 2025

    There’s nothing quite as divine as tax exemption. Whether it’s religion or royalty, some organisations float above earthly matters – earthly matters such as funding…

    strawberries and cream sandwich

    The Strawberry and Cream VAT Debate

    By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 2nd Jul 2025

    Marks & Spencer’s latest culinary offering – a strawberries and cream sandwich inspired by Japan’s viral “fruit sando” – has captured not just the public’s…

    The 10 Strangest Taxes in History

    The 10 strangest taxes in history

    By: AccountingCPD | Posted on: 18th Dec 2024

    “Nothing is certain except death and taxes”– Benjamin Franklin, 1789 It’s clear that no one has ever liked paying taxes, but not all taxes are…