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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.

In December, the ATT and CIOT joined with other legal, trust and accountancy bodies to express concerns to HMRC about the lack of awareness of new requirements to register trusts and other entities

The CIOT and ATT have provided briefings for the Committee of Whole House on the first eight clauses of the Finance (No 2) Bill 2025-26.

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

In a Budget where most announcements were widely speculated on beforehand, one surprise in Budget 2025 came in the form of a change to the capital gains tax relief (CGT) for sales to employee owner

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.