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The CIOT has redesigned the CTA Joint Programmes to align with the proposed CTA qualification updates and the ICAS and ICAEW qualification changes.

This is a story of success – although one where investment is needed today to develop the future.

At our AGM in July, I was honoured to take on the role of Deputy President, succeeding Graham Batty, who now steps into the role of President.

It’s often said that the tax tail should not wag the business dog but given that tax has significant economic impacts I always think that it depends on the proportion of the dog!

Our teams have been hard at work analysing the proposals, assessing the implications for taxpayers, our members and their clients.

Simon York CBE is a former Director of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service and has spent his career in tax and financial investigation.

HMRC’s Transformation Roadmap was published on 21 July 2025 and is an extensive vision for HMRC’s future and the future UK tax system (see tinyurl.com/bdd

I have not taken on Richard’s old role in full; we are recruiting a new CIOT technical team senior manager, and I will focus on the strategic parts of the Head of Tax Technical role,

My first event, following the AGM, was to support our joint Tax Technology Conference in Birmingham. The conference, ‘Tax Tech 2025’ was extremely well received.

On 26 March 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered the Spring Statement 2025, unveiling a comprehensive package of measures designed to add