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Reflecting on 2022, I think we can all agree that it has been an eventful year.

After the wild exuberance of the 23 September Growth Plan, the Autumn Statement was a rather more sombre affair.

Hello, and welcome to the Deputy President’s page for December.

In our last column, we said that the government would announce their budget plans on 31 October.

During a marriage ceremony, we are likely to have heard the phrase: ‘...let no man put asunder’.

It’s not normal in tax for something announced one day to become out of date just a short while later. But we are not in normal times, and recent events have shown that this can indeed happen.

It has been a busy year for changes to National Insurance contributions (NICs).

It’s been hard to know whether we are coming or going this month, what with the numerous government announcements and changes surrounding the mini Budget, Growth Plan and medium-term fiscal plan.

Hello, and welcome to the Deputy President’s page for November. This month I’ve had first-hand experience of the problems of publishing and deadlines.

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, was appointed on 14 October and the first announcement came on the same day. The government will not be cutting the previously enacted rates of corporation tax.