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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.

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.

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.

The CIOT and LITRG have jointly responded to the 2025 Independent Loan Charge Review, announced on 23 January 2025.

It has been nothing short of an honour to work for the CIOT for the last nine and a half years (over ten if I include the period I was an Indirect Taxes Technical Off

Many of you may recall that I began, back in July 2024, by sharing a little about my history in tax.

On 26 June, we welcomed new members of the ATT, prize winners and their guests to our latest admissions ceremony, held at the elegant 113 Chancery Lane in London.