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Social Security (Scotland) Bill: LITRG respond to call for evidence
LITRG’s response discusses the decision to leave most of the detail to regulations, the proposed claimant’s charter, the...
It’s universal
Self-employment and Universal Credit – an update At present, self-employed individuals are able to claim working tax cr...
Tax-Free Childcare update
Following a small pilot that began in late 2016, the Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme started accepting claims from certa...
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Work and Pensions Committee inquiry: Self-employment and the gig economy
LITRG have responded to the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) inquiry into self-employment and the gig economy....
Update on limiting child tax credit and universal credit to a maximum of two children
Child tax credit (CTC) is paid by HMRC to support families with children.
Tax credit compliance processes: Work and Pensions Committee backs LITRG’s calls for independent review
In November’s Technical Newsdesk (Tax credit compliance checks) we provided an update on tax credits compliance work fol...
Making Tax Digital – the CIOT, ATT and LITRG consultation responses
Bringing business tax into the digital age – LITRG messages While the LITRG is generally supportive of the digital stra...
Tax credits compliance checks
In November 2014, HMRC announced it would be using the services of a private third party company called SYNNEX-Concentri...
The transition of tax credits to universal credit
Universal credit (UC) is gradually replacing working tax credit and child tax credit as well as income support, income-b...
Tax credit and tax-free childcare: update
Budget 2016 included further details of the rollout of tax-free childcare, and regulations made immediately before the s...