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On the public policy front, our teams, led by Ellen Milner and Emma Rawson, have been actively engaged in making representations on the Finance Bill.

One of HMRC’s stated ambitions for the introduction of MTD is to reduce taxpayer error and mistakes under Self Assessment.

In some ways, though, wishing tax compliance practitioners Happy New Year in February feels wholly appropriate.

I joined the CIOT in November 2025, after 18 years in practice at BDO, mostrecently as a director heading up the Liverpool tax team.

What came through loud and clear was your desire for balance.

Any tax-raising Budget will have losers and, as economists note, the optimal way to raise taxes is to apply wide measures to the broadest base.

On 21 October, the government announced major reforms to the UK’s anti-money laundering (AML) supervision framework.

Traditionally, chancellors disappeared from public view for at least a month before Budget Day, re-emerging only on the Sunday before the Budget to appear on political TV programmes.

I am continually grateful to our volunteers, Technical Officers, External Relations team and Professional Standards team (as tax policy increasingly intersects with professional standards issues).

The CIOT Technical Teams have worked incredibly hard to prepare detailed submissions in response to the draft Finance Bill.