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A ‘family office’ enables a family to outsource the management of its wealth holding structures, and other administrative or strategic functions, to a trusted group of advisors or individuals.

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.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment – to give it the formal name – arrives on 6 April 2026.

One way we achieve this is by the incredible work carried out by our technical team.

As Senior Manager of the CIOT’s Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG), it is a privilege to work with a team that constantly strives to make a difference to the experience of unrepresented taxpayers

The CIOT Presidential team and Helen were delighted to welcome 160 members to our Cambridge autumn conference. Next year’s conference will be held on 18-20 September.