Political update: January 2022

24 February 2022

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

  • CIOT comments on the residential property developer tax, insurance premium tax, climate change and tax policy, uncertain tax treatment and tax simplification were raised by Labour shadow ministers during the Finance Bill public bill committee.
  • Points from LITRG’s briefing on discovery assessments and the high income child benefit charge were raised by Labour and SNP spokespeople during the Finance Bill debate.
  • CIOT, together with ICAS, met up with the new Scottish Shadow Finance Secretary Liz Smith MSP (Conservative) to discuss Scottish tax policy and administration.