CEO's welcome: A busy Autumn!

Our teams have been hard at work analysing the proposals, assessing the implications for taxpayers, our members and their clients. This is often the final opportunity to influence the shape of legislation before it is finalised, so it’s a crucial phase in the policy process. The teams are focused not only on identifying technical issues or unintended consequences, but also on ensuring that the legislation is workable in practice and delivers on its stated objectives.

We strongly encourage feedback from members. If you have any views about the draft legislation, we would be delighted to hear from you. The deadline for submitting comments is tight – 15 September 2025, but any insights you can share are incredibly valuable to our responses. Please get in touch directly via [email protected] or [email protected].

We know that a significant number of you are preparing your firms and clients for the start of Making Tax Digital (MTD), and the programme continues to keep our technical officers busy too. If you want to find out more about these changes, we would encourage you to look at the ATT’s MTD resources, which are a growing bank of knowledge as we get closer to MTD going live in April 2026 (see tinyurl.com/mv8m2u3m).

Over the summer, the ATT published additions to its MTD Technical FAQ resource, addressing queries raised by members, and summarising key learnings from its ongoing work with HMRC (see tinyurl.com/2dz83mxt). We are committed to helping members navigate the transition to MTD with confidence, and will be taking queries from members in an interactive online session on 2 October. You can sign up and submit your questions in advance at tinyurl.com/8r56uxz9.

Alongside all this, the ATT’s monthly MTD peer-discussion group sessions have proven so popular that we have extended the initiative through to May 2026. Sign up now to share your learnings and queries with fellow members and our technical team (see tinyurl.com/urnvu8d5).

MTD is just one of the topics featured in the latest batch of YouTube videos created by the ATT technical team. This year’s videos cover a range of subjects, including starting a new business, tax on side hustles, simple assessment, taxing the state pension and higher rate tax. The team has also enjoyed producing a light-hearted series for younger audiences, designed to be informative, engaging and accessible. If there’s a topic you’d like to see covered, do get in touch.

The CIOT’s Autumn Residential Conference will once again take place at Queens’ College, Cambridge from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 September 2025. The programme includes a keynote address from James Murray MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, alongside a strong line-up of topical lectures and a collaborative group session. The CIOT Presidential team will be attending, alongside the senior head office staff, and would all love a chance to meet you there. It promises to be a rewarding weekend, and there may still be places available. Please contact [email protected] for further information. The full programme is available at tinyurl.com/38wtc7jt.

Finally, on Friday 26 September, the CIOT/ATT European Branch and ADIT, along with the Young IFA Network (UK Branch), will host the Young International Corporate Taxation Conference at the Deloitte Auditorium in London. It includes a wide range of international tax topics and professional development sessions, making it a valuable event for early career professionals. Full details are at www.tax.org.uk/yictpc2025.