The Guidance Strategy Forum brings together representatives from HMRC and external stakeholders to discuss HMRC’s range of guidance products.

The CIOT has submitted a response to the Scottish Parliament call for views on the Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill.

The ATT, CIOT and LITRG each completed the online response form to the consultation on the future of council tax in Scotland, published jointly by the Scottish government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities. The CIOT and LITRG also made a joint written submission.

Despite some of its flaws, one benefit of HMRC’s now-defunct Agent Forum was that it provided a route for agents to share experiences of difficulties they encountered when dealing with HMRC systems, services and processes.

CIOT and ATT concerns over the impact of the proposals for registration of tax advisers on reputable firms and practitioners were put to ministers during debate on the Finance Bill in February.

In January, the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group launched a dedicated information hub on its website to help taxpayers navigate the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax.

LITRG recently published an article aimed at taxpayers, highlighting cases where there appear to be mismatches in the bank and building society interest included in HMRC’s tax calculations. Here, we draw out a few key points that may be useful for advisers to be aware of.

Both CIOT and ATT prepared briefings on the tax adviser measures in Parts 6 and 7 of the Finance Bill.

We set out below summaries of several Finance Bill briefings by the CIOT in respect of indirect tax.