KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond: The Taxplainer Podcast

In the last episode of series 2 of The Taxplainer we explore the new UK transfer pricing record keeping regulations introduced last year with Tax Director Peter Algar. With December year-ends fast approaching, many companies will need to be thinking about UKTP compliance, including the impacts of these new rules.

Do you struggle to attract and retain top talent? In this episode of The Taxplainer, we delve into the world of Employee Value Propositions (EVPs) with expert Manish Godhwani. Discover how a compelling EVP can elevate your employer brand, attract the right talent, and boost employee engagement.

In this episode of The Taxplainer, expert Lorenzo Rossetti explains how businesses can save money and gain control by taking charge of their customs declarations through looking at self-filing.   Find out about customs, duties, VAT and more in exclusive content for Beyond at www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk

Make sure you're ready for any HMRC reviews. That's the message from tax expert Kamal Aggarwal in this episode of The Taxplainer, as he shares insights on business risk reviews, including key areas of focus and how to prepare for a successful outcome.   To find out more on business risk reviews, compliance and tax in general, visit our Insights Hub on Beyond at www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk

In this episode of The Taxplainer, recorded shortly after Keir Starmer's Autumn Budget warning on the 26th August, we delve into the potential tax implications it could bring with, Tim Sarson, Head of Tax Policy at KPMG. Tim analyses the possibilities and sheds light on where the next Chancellor might find the necessary funds. From capital gains and employer National Insurance to fuel duty and beyond, we explore the options and discuss the potential impact on your wallet. Tune in to gain valuable insights and prepare for the economic challenges ahead.   Find more insights like this on www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk  and continue the conversation with experts and peers in our Tax Leaders Community.

In this episode of The Taxplainer, we delve into the world of PBIKs (Payrolled Benefits in Kind) and explore the significant changes coming to payroll in April 2026. Join us as we chat with Natalie Shingler, a payroll expert from KPMG, who breaks down everything you need to know about PBIKs.   Why not find out more in our Insights Hub and Payroll Community on Beyond? Continue the conversation at www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk

In this bumper episode of The Taxplainer, Pensions Senior Manager Ranjit Shoker, dives deep into the common pitfalls employers face with auto-enrolment, offering valuable insights and practical advice for upcoming changes and ensuring you're compliant.   Want to find out more? Visit www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk for more exclusive content on pensions, payroll and workforce.

In this episode returning guest Andy Bradford speaks to Arran, fresh off his holiday, about the VAT complications you can face when selling a business and why this has come to light following recent case law. Find out more at www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk and join our communities to discuss with experts and peers alike.

In this episode, Barbara Bell returns to explore the changing world of landfill taxes and how upcoming changes will start with landfill operators and trickle down through local authorities, waste collection companies and the man on the street. The 21.6% rate rise comes into effect in April 2025, but there’s plenty that business can and should be doing to prepare today.   Find further insights on environmental taxes today at www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk and join our ESG Insights for Leaders Community to connect with experts and peers in that sector.

This episode of The Taxplainer we dive into the upcoming changes to the UK tax landscape for non-domiciled individuals. Special guest host Iain McCluskey speaks with Claire Jopson from our Global Mobility Services Team, and Gavin Shaw from our UK Family Office and Private Client Team about the current rules for UK non-domiciled individuals, how this will transition to the Foreign Income and Gains (FIG) regime by April next year, and how businesses can prepare for that transition from old to new. They also explore how these changes will affect high net worth individuals and the impact they’ll have on IHT. To find out more on these changes visit www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk

Confused about the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT)? You're not alone! In this episode of The Taxplainer, Arran dives into this environmental tax with expert Suffyan Bhatti. They discuss what PPT is, how it works, who is affected and importantly, how it should tie into your ESG strategy. Find out more on environmental taxes on Beyond, and get in touch with experts and peers alike in our ESG Insights for Leaders Community. Head to www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk now!

In this episode we welcome back GMS Director Lucy Reid as she joins Arran to talk about business changes you could be considering to resonate with, and retain younger generations of workers - and how global mobility could play a role in that.   Revisit our global mobility mini-series from series 1 (episodes 14-17) and find out more on global mobility at www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome

This episode we continue our transfer pricing mini-series as Arran speaks with Kate Guinan, a Director in our transfer pricing team. This time we're discussing the transfer pricing of debt. What you should be looking out for in terms of recent changes in the OECD TP guidelines, and where you might even be able to find some cash tax benefits in reassessing intergroup debts.   Find out more on transfer pricing and a wide range of topics at: www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome 

This episode Gareth Hann, Director of transfer pricing, returns for part two of his transfer pricing enquiries series where he talks to Arran about what businesses need to do when faced with an enquiry from HMRC. Want to find out more? Head over to KPMG Beyond for more insights on transfer pricing and related topics. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome

This episode join Gareth Hann, Director of transfer pricing, for part one of a podcast double bill where he talks to Arran about HMRC transfer pricing enquiries and everything you need to know as a business. Want to find out more? Head over to KPMG Beyond for more insights on transfer pricing and related topics. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome

In this episode of The Taxplainer, we unravel the mysteries of P11D reporting as the annual deadline that may have employers scrambling, looms closer. Join host Arran Thoma and employment tax expert Rachel Beecroft as they break down everything you need to know about P11Ds including what benefits need to be reported, handling the complexities of some of these benefits and how best to file your reports ahead of the deadline. Want to find out more?   Head over to KPMG Beyond for further insights on this and the future of P11D. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome

Discover how to optimize your transfer pricing strategy by aligning it with risk control in this insightful episode of The Taxplainer Podcast. We’re joined by Anna Keith, Director in our Global Transfer Pricing Services team discuss HMRC's new guidance and how it impacts your business.   Want to find out more?   Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome

In this episode of The Taxplainer, we delve into the world of tax disputes with expert Vicky Topps, a formerly of HMRC now a Director within KPMG's disputes team. Vicky sheds light on the changing landscape of HMRC compliance and offers invaluable insights on how businesses can prepare for and navigate disputes effectively.   Want to find out more?   Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected]

Welcome to the first episode of series 2 of The Taxplainer. In this episode environmental tax specialist Sarah Beeraje explains the UK's proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and its implications for businesses with high-carbon emissions in their supply chains.   Want to find out more?   Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of related content.   www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected]

In this episode of the Taxplainer podcast, we bring you a preview of The Future of Legal – the first episode in our brand-new podcast series. Hear from Luisa De Gouveia, Group Head of Legal Operations for Sky, as she discusses the role technology can play in managing outside counsel, and her experience in integrating a new e-billing system at Sky’s legal department.

In this episode, we welcome back Michael Wilson from our Employment Tax team, as he discusses what you need to know about contractors, off-payroll workers and third-party supply of labour and why HMRC are tightening the screws on organisations who seemingly are getting it wrong.   Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of further insights. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome or contact us directly [email protected]

In this episode of The Taxplainer, Arran speaks to Daniel O'Toole, a Senior Manager in KPMG's Innovation Reliefs and Incentives team, to discuss the recently announced tax reliefs and incentives for the creative and media sectors in the UK.   Daniel unpacks the Audio-visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC) and the Video Games Expenditure Credit (VGEC), explaining how these tax incentives can provide a significant cash saving for film, TV, and video game production companies. Don't miss out on this valuable information that will help you stay ahead in the creative sector.   Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of further insights.   www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome   Or contact us directly at [email protected]

In this episode we delve into the world of tax incentives for innovation. Arran sits down with Jack Potter, a Senior Manager in the Innovation Reliefs & Incentives team at KPMG, to discuss the Patent Box relief granted by HMRC.   Discover how this relief can help businesses reduce their tax liability on profits attributable to patented technology. Learn about the eligibility criteria, including the types of patents that qualify and the calculations involved in determining the relief.   Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of further insights. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome   Or contact us directly at [email protected]

This episode we talk about grants with a Manager from our Innovation Reliefs & Incentives team – Chris Foster. Chris explores government grants and financial incentives for businesses, discussing their availability, challenges in accessing them, and tips for successful applications.   Need more information on how to find out about grant opportunities for your business?   Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of further insights. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome   Or contact us directly at [email protected]

This episode, Arran talks with Dan Burton, our UK Innovation Advisory Lead as he discusses the various ways in which incentives and reliefs could add to your cashflow, and how businesses should be looking at innovation management as a whole, to ensure they’re taking advantage of all opportunities available to them. Want to find out more? Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected].

This episode, we’ve something a little different for you with a snippet of the Q&A session from our recent Conserve or Reform event, where a panel of experts from KPMG UK discuss the 2024 outlook for the economy, politics, and of course taxes! Hear from Sandra Cox - Partner and Head of National Markets Tax, Tim Sarson - Head of Tax Policy, Yael Selfin - Vice Chair & Chief Economist, and Richard Kelly - Senior Manager on our External Affairs Team, as they give their thoughts on these topics.  Watch the full event, alongside a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos on KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond.  www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/on-demand-events/Conserve-or-reform-ODE Or contact us directly at [email protected] 

This episode, we’re joined by Chris Hawkes, a Director from our Global Mobility Services team as he talks about tax equalisation when it comes to global employees and what your options are for their tax compliance.  Have you got further questions on how to manage your international tax responsibilities? Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected]

This episode, Arran talks with Jamie Moss, a Director from our Global Mobility Services team about non-UK resident directors. Jamie brings to light the very serious repercussions if you don’t get this right but talks about what he’d advise anyone with non-UK resident directors to do. Want to find out more? Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected]

This episode, Lucy Reid a Director from our Global Mobility Services team, talks about the key things that you need to think about from a tax perspective when dealing with business travellers. With business travel on the rise again, Lucy discusses the risks and need for reporting. Do you have any questions? Need to find out more about business travellers in your organisation? Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected]

This episode, we catch up with Kaljinder Nijjar as he defines what Global Mobility means for us in this day and age. Kal, a Partner in our Global Mobility Services team, talks about the need to be aware of compliance, reputational impact and even the safety of your international workers.  Interested to find out more?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected]

This episode we have something a little lighter for you as our host, Arran Thoma, takes a leaf out of the classic 18th century carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and investigates 12 of the weirdest taxes from history. Far from a gift you'd want to receive from your true love, but genuinely interesting information, join us for this bumper episode before we break for Christmas.  Got any more unusual taxes that Arran has missed?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond and let us know in the Tax Leaders community.  Simply go to www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected] And from everyone at Beyond - have a wonderful Christmas! We'll see you in 2024.

This episode, Arran talks with a Partner in our Family Office & Private Client team, Jo Bateson, about charitable giving. Discussing reliefs on donations, and how they can help your giving to go further, especially at this time of year. Need to know more?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected]

This episode our Head of Trade & Customs, Becky Okuda, provides an insight on the key things to look for when filing your duties and customs, to make sure you don’t get caught out. Need to know more?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected] 

This episode we catch up with Barbara Bell, a Director in KPMG’s Environmental Taxes Team, as she explains what enironmental taxes are and why businesses should be aware of them. Barbara highlights some of the taxes in play, how they can affect your supply chain and where you can offset some of those costs with exemptions and reliefs.  Got a burning question on environmental taxes? Want to find out more?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond, continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected] 

This episode we talk to Michael Wilson, a Partner in our Employment Taxes team as he discusses the difficulties businesses often face when thinking about employment taxes. Michael touches on the increase in HMRC inquiries, tricky areas like minimum wage, and of course opportunities to help employees in a particularly difficult time.  Want to hear more?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected] 

This episode Aruni Mukherjee, another partner in KPMG’s Indirect Tax Team, talks us through the vital role VAT can play in your Black Friday (and other holiday) promotions. Aruni picks out 3 key areas where VAT considerations can sometimes be missed in promotions and speaks to why they're important to consider as part of your strategy.  Have you got your Black Friday deals sorted? And do they take VAT into account?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond, to discuss this and more, with a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos to inspire you.  www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected] 

This episode we ask Andy Bradford, a partner in KPMG’s Indirect Tax Team, to explain just what indirect taxes are and how they can affect businesses. Andy talks us through what role things like VAT play in supply chain, and what you need to look out for to make sure you’re getting them right.  Got a burning question on VAT? Want to find out more about indirect taxes? Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond, continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected] 

This episode we talk to Damien Margetson, Director in our Forensic team as he discusses The Failure to Prevent Fraud legislation on the back of our episode on CCO last week. Whilst this isn't strictly a tax issue, it often falls to tax professionals due to its links to HMRC, and Damien discusses just what you need to be aware of. Need to find out more?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected] 

This episode we talk with Tania Dimitrovich a Corporate Tax Director for KPMG UK as she discusses the ins and outs of Corporate Criminal Offence compliance. What it covers, what businesses need to be aware of, and HMRC's six guiding prinicpals for staying compliant. Want to know more?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected] 

This episode we talk to Debbie Reith a Director in our Innovation Reliefs & Incentives team, who gives us an overview on R&D Tax credits, how and where you can use them, and how to take advantage of some of the new developments in reliefs and incentives.  Need to find out more?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access a wealth of exclusive tax related articles and videos. www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected]

Hello and welcome to our brand-new micro-podcast for KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond – The Taxplainer! Listen as our host for the show, Arran Thoma, covers what we’re hoping to achieve with this podcast, and what you can expect to hear from us and our guests, as we unpack all facets of the tax world.  Any questions? Want to find out more?  Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access exclusive content.  www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected] 

This episode, Arran catches up with KPMG UK’s lead on the Employment Solutions Team – Paul Moreels. Paul brings to life the benefits that both businesses and employees can see when we’re discussing salary sacrifice, and what needs to be considered when implementing benefits like this across your company.  Want to discuss this further? Have a specific question on how to implement this for your business? Join us on our new digital platform KPMG Private Enterprise Beyond to continue the conversation and access exclusive content.  www.kpmgbeyond.co.uk/welcome Or contact us directly at [email protected]