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Technical Spotlight on HMRC’s Joint Customs Consultative Committee
HMRC’s Joint Customs Consultative Committee (JCCC) is a forum held to discuss the procedures and documentation relating ...
Mandatory registration for customs intermediaries: CIOT input
Customs intermediaries tend to be freight forwarders or logistics businesses, though there are several accountancy firms...
VAT treatment of land for social housing: CIOT response
In October 2025, CIOT wrote to the government about the different tax barriers affecting housing supply and suggested po...
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Requiring payment of VAT and PAYE return liabilities by Direct Debit: CIOT, ATT and LITRG responses
The CIOT, ATT and LITRG have responded to HMRC’s consultation on requiring payment of VAT and PAYE liabilities by Direct...
VAT: Extending online marketplace liability to combat non-compliance: CIOT and LITRG response
The VAT rules for trading via online marketplaces were changed in 2021, meaning that the output VAT on sales made by ove...
Customs Electronic Trade Documents: HMRC event
It was through this engagement that we were invited to HMRC’s event on ‘Trade Digitisation in Practice: Evidence, Securi...
Further secondary legislation for the carbon border adjustment mechanism
The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) is a new tax that will be introduced on 1 January 2027....
Partial exemption special methods: when the answer is ‘no’
Members of the CIOT’s Indirect Taxes Committee recently met with representatives from HMRC’s partial exemption team to d...
The case for a local visitor levy in England: CIOT response
Local powers versus increased complexityThe purpose of devolved powers is to allow local government to make decisions im...