Welcome to the October Technical Newsdesk

Trying to dispel the myth that men can’t multi-task, I am writing this introduction whilst listening to a Treasury Committee evidence session in relation to its inquiry ‘Tax after coronavirus’, which the CIOT helped to launch in the middle of July. CIOT, ATT and LITRG provided written evidence early in September, and (alongside colleagues from ICAEW and ICAS) John Cullinane, the CIOT’s Tax Policy Director, is now providing oral evidence.

This inquiry is just one of a large number of consultations, inquiries and calls for evidence that kept our technical teams busy over the summer. This explains why my introduction this month is so brief – there is much to report on. We have prioritised those issues with a broader interest this month, particularly as they include our responses on raising standards in the tax advice market, HMRC’s Charter, etc. 

Other responses will be reported on next month, but in the meantime do take a look at the full list of submissions at the end of Technical Newsdesk if there is something of particular interest.