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Reflecting on 2022, I think we can all agree that it has been an eventful year.

Hello, and welcome to the Deputy President’s page for December.

In our last column, we said that the government would announce their budget plans on 31 October.

It’s not normal in tax for something announced one day to become out of date just a short while later. But we are not in normal times, and recent events have shown that this can indeed happen.

On 14 October, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) opened an inquiry into the COVID-19 Employment Support Schemes; namely the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme (CJRS), and the Self-Employment Income

The European Commission launched a public consultation in the summer on the policy options being considered to ‘improve the regulatory framework for tax intermediaries’.

In a consultation published by HMRC on improving the data HMRC collect (see tinyurl.com/46wba7w4), six areas were identified where HMRC believe their data

The Welsh government is consulting on the design of a visitor levy, a self-assessed tax for visitor accommodation providers in Wales based on overnight stays.

It’s been hard to know whether we are coming or going this month, what with the numerous government announcements and changes surrounding the mini Budget, Growth Plan and medium-term fiscal plan.

Hello, and welcome to the Deputy President’s page for November. This month I’ve had first-hand experience of the problems of publishing and deadlines.