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Technical newsdesk: September 2024
On 29 July, the government published for consultation draft legislation on the abolition of the furnished holiday lettin...
Public Accounts Committee inquiry into HMRC customer service
On 22 March, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) opened an inquiry into HMRC’s customer service.
Technical Newsdesk: July 2024
Reviewing the updated VAT notices on GOV.UK reveals that on 31 May 2024, these Notices extended HMRC’s expected respons...
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Technical Newsdesk: June 2024
The announcement on 19 March of severe restrictions to HMRC’s telephone lines hit the headlines and received significant...
Technical Newsdesk: May 2024
In my early years at the CIOT, when describing to people what we do, I would say that we try to make the tax system bett...
Technical Newsdesk: April 2024
Late in February, along with the ICAEW, we spoke to nearly 800 HMRC staff about Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxa...
Letter to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Nigel Huddleston MP was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury (FST) on 13 November 2023, succeeding the Rt Hon V...
Technical Newsdesk: March 2024
Immediately after the 31 January self-assessment deadline, HMRC publish statistics about that year’s filing rates....
Technical Newsdesk: February 2024
At the time of writing (in mid-January), we understand from HMRC that, notwithstanding the restrictions to the Self-Asse...
Public Accounts Committee: inquiry into the performance of HMRC in 2022-23
The inquiry (see tinyurl.com/ycku35e4) is addressing the following areas: