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One thing which became apparent fairly quickly after I started working at the CIOT was the difference in focus between working in the Technical Team and working in practice.

Hello to you all!

It is a privilege to be your President for the next year. Building on the work done by John Preston, not to mention Bill Dodwell and the late Chris Jones, will be no easy task. 

This month we have a rich range of content covering a host of practical, technical and personal development areas.

Having been a VAT specialist for about 18 years before joining the CIOT, that date was of little practical relevance – save perhaps that it meant that a lot of ‘stagger 1’ VAT returns were imminent

This is my first welcome since the Spring Statement and for the first time in ages the sight of a Chancellor sitting down after giving a Commons speech at this time of year was not followed by tax

And then there was ‘the single fiscal event’! Although a great deal has been written about the move to just one fiscal event a year, there is no harm in repeating once again how welcome this is.

The Making Tax Digital revised timeframe means that the immediate priority is getting clients with turnover above the VAT threshold ready for the implementation of the MTD for VAT regime in April 2

Welcome to April’s Tax Adviser. I can definitely say my year as Vice-President has considerably broadened my knowledge of the CIOT.

By far the biggest thrill I have had so far in my nine months as ATT President has been to host our admissions ceremony at the House of Lords.