CIOT President's page: The subject of tax reforms
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!
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,
In the realms of private client advice, the tapestry of tax, financial and legal guidance can be so tightly interwoven that distinguishing where one thread ends and the other begins can b
In recent years, a growing number of UK landowners have explored the development potential of their agricultural holdings.
Yachts and horses have often been grouped together as targets for HMRC with regards to private usage.
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 28 April 2025, HMRC published Spotlight 69 ‘Liquidation of a limited liability partnership used to avoid capital gains tax’, targeting a scheme (the Scheme) pr
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.