Breaking barriers
This might seem an odd time to be talking about tax reform.
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Counting reliefs
The very first project from the brand new Office of Tax Simplification looked at tax reliefs
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Background At the time of writing, I was expecting to report on one of a number of IR35 cases involving TV personalitie...
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The tip of the iceberg
On 13 February 2019 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released a public Consultation Doc...
What does Simplification mean?
The Office of Tax Simplification held a conference on 28 February, to discuss its current programme of work, where it mi...
Fair exchange?
HMRC have extensive information powers. These are contained primarily within Finance Act 2008, Schedule 36....
Where are we now?
The risk of a no deal Brexit remains high at the time of writing this article (7 March 2019), even if there is some dela...
Devolving taxes: learning from the Scottish experience
Introduction The Scottish Taxes Policy Forum (STPF) has been formed in order to collaborate on technical analysis of Sc...
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Income tax Individuals with total income in excess of £150,000 pay the additional rate of income tax, currently 45% (46...
Better Budgets
On 12 February, Her Majesty the Queen gave Royal Assent to Finance Act 2019.