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Technical Newsdesk: May 2024
In my early years at the CIOT, when describing to people what we do, I would say that we try to make the tax system bett...
Technical Newsdesk: April 2024
Late in February, along with the ICAEW, we spoke to nearly 800 HMRC staff about Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxa...
Letter to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Nigel Huddleston MP was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury (FST) on 13 November 2023, succeeding the Rt Hon V...
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Technical Newsdesk: March 2024
Immediately after the 31 January self-assessment deadline, HMRC publish statistics about that year’s filing rates....
Technical Newsdesk: February 2024
At the time of writing (in mid-January), we understand from HMRC that, notwithstanding the restrictions to the Self-Asse...
Public Accounts Committee: inquiry into the performance of HMRC in 2022-23
The inquiry (see tinyurl.com/ycku35e4) is addressing the following areas:
Technical Newsdesk: December 2023
Fast-forward a month and we are preparing notes for the appearance of the CIOT’s Director of Public Policy Ellen Milner ...
Tax simplification
As reported in the May edition of Technical Newsdesk (‘Tax simplification’, tinyurl.c
Technical Newsdesk: November 2023
Moving people away from hard copy forms and onto HMRC’s digital services is a key part of their strategy to improve the ...
Minimum standards for new digital systems and digital forms
As the level of digital interaction with HMRC continues to increase, it has become increasingly necessary to think about...