Political update: February 2022

CIOT, ATT and LITRG work with politicians from all parties in pursuit of better informed tax policymaking

In November:

• CIOT and LITRG held introductory meetings with the new Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Lucy Frazer.
• ATT, CIOT and LITRG briefed MPs and advisers from Labour’s Treasury Team, including Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Shadow Financial Secretary James Murray, on the measures in the Finance Bill.
• Scottish Technical Officer Joanne Walker attended a pre-Budget roundtable with Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes and Tax Minister Tom Arthur on behalf of CIOT and LITRG.

In December:

• We provided 16 written briefings to help MPs scrutinise the Finance Bill. They were cited 17 times during the debate by the minister and opposition spokespeople.
• We were cited in 42 places (CIOT 22, ATT 9, LITRG 11) in a House of Lords report on basis period reform and uncertain tax treatment.
• Colin Ben-Nathan, chair of CIOT’s Employment Taxes Committee, and Meredith McCammond, LITRG Technical Officer, appeared as expert witnesses before a Lords committee on off-payroll working.