If you're a director or Person with Significant Control (PSC) of a UK company, there's a change that's already live and worth checking you're not behind on. Since 18 November 2025, identity verification has been a mandatory part of appointing a new director or registering a new PSC. If you're setting up a company or bringing someone new onto the board, this step is no longer optional paperwork — it's a precondition. No verification, no appointment. For directors and PSCs alre

Someone always tells you their cousin claims their whole car as a business expense and "HMRC's never said a word." Maybe. Or maybe the letter's just not arrived yet. Let's go through what's actually true. Your coffee doesn't count. This surprises more people than it should. If you're working from a café and buy a flat white, that's not a business expense just because you happened to open your laptop nearby — it's food and drink you'd be having anyway, meeting or not. HMRC cal