Making Tax Digital: pilot launched
At the time of writing (6 April) the highly anticipated pilot of MTD has just commenced.
Welcome to April’s Technical Newsdesk
he Spring Budget took place on 8 March (at the time of writing that is last week) and we are awaiting publication of the...
Flat rate scheme: guidance on new ‘limited cost business’ status
These changes have previously been reported in the March edition of Technical Newsdesk, and a feature article by Neil Wa...
Welcome to March’s Technical Newsdesk
We start off with a summary of HMRC’s responses to the August 2016 Making Tax Digital consultations, which HMRC released...
Welcome to February's Technical Newsdesk
5 December 2016 might seem a long time ago now, and a lot has happened since: Christmas, the New Year, a new President i...
Charity Commission: consultation on power to disqualify trustees and senior managers – including HMRC’s fit and proper person test
Under the relevant legislation, the Charity Commission can disqualify individuals if three cumulative tests are met:...
Welcome to January’s Technical Newsdesk
The Christmas period meant that our deadline for production of Technical Newsdesk was very early in December....
Making Tax Digital – the CIOT, ATT and LITRG consultation responses
Bringing business tax into the digital age – LITRG messages While the LITRG is generally supportive of the digital stra...
All Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Tax
In assessing the issues under inquiry, it is necessary to look both backwards (learning from the past), and forwards (an...
Action required
Significant changes to HMRC powers and sanctions around tax evasion, particularly anything offshore, have been introduce...