A sacked HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officer who abused her position to help her husband launder £3.3m of criminal money has been sentenced today.

HMRC repaid £44.3m to savers who paid too much tax when first accessing their pension between 1 July and 30 September this year.

Latest HMRC figures out today reveal that the total government tax 'take' jumped £8.9bn year on year in the latest five month period.

The number of cash ISAs increased 11% to 7.9m in the 2022/23 tax year but the number of Stocks and Shares ISAs fell, according to latest figures from HMRC.

An increasing number of families are being caught out by unexpected inheritance tax bills on gifts made less than seven years before death.

The number of people expected to pay dividend tax in the 2024/25 tax year has almost doubled since 2021/22, a Freedom of Information request from AJ Bell has revealed.