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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.

Most of those reading Tax Adviser will have their own CIOT journey, and it might be interesting to compare yours.

As Director of Public Policy at the ATT, I oversee the work carried out by our technical team.

With both team members and clients returning from their summer holidays, September can feel like a catch-up month, when we are all too often just focusing on deadlines.

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

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.

The consultation proposed two different approaches to reform: