Since April 2025, HMRC has reclassified double cab pick-up trucks as cars rather than commercial vehicles.
Previously, pick-ups with payloads over 1,000kg were taxed as commercial vehicles, allowing drivers to pay a fixed Benefit-in-Kind (BiK) rate – regardless of luxury
level. These vehicles will now be taxed based on CO₂ emissions, placing many in the highest tax brackets due to their size and poor aerodynamics.

HMRC has named over 4,000 deliberate tax defaulters since 2015, collectively owing more than £1.5 billion.
These individuals or firms were penalised for deliberate errors in tax returns or failing to meet tax obligations. Here is the sector breakdown:

Concerns over Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ tax policy shift, scrapping tax benefits for non-domiciled residents (non-doms),
has prompted concern amongst high earners. Legal experts warn that UK-based wealthy individuals – not just non-doms – are now considering leaving the UK to reduce their tax liabilities.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s £25 billion National Insurance hike brought in £300 million less than expected in its first two months. PAYE
income tax and employer NI contributions totalled £37.2 billion in May – up 9.5% from last year but £200 million below forecast.

Labour MPs and influential advisers are urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves to ‘launch a tax raid’ on
landlords as part of efforts to fill a fiscal gap without breaking the party’s manifesto commitment against increasing taxes on ‘working people’.