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Normally, the May edition of Tax Adviser carries the last ‘Welcome’ from a President in their year of office. However, we do not live in normal times.

If you are reading this introduction, thank you, and well done. First, if you are anything like me, I tend to do my technical reading when travelling into the office.

With coronavirus keeping our physical health at the top of the news agenda, we must not forget about another silent killer: our mental health.

What are the highlights of the coming months that affect us? I can think of three.

1 April 2020 isn’t just April Fools’ Day. It is also the first day of what many are calling ‘Phase 2’ of Making Tax Digital for VAT (MTDV).

*This article was written prior to the announcement that the implementation of the Off-Payroll Working rules are being delayed to April 2021.

Much of this month’s Technical Newsdesk reports on the Budget representations that the CIOT, ATT and LITRG recently submitted.

Already this morning I have killed a fox with a baseball bat.

This is a very busy month for tax practitioners; not only do we have a Budget on 11 March, but it is the last month of the tax year.

Well, a great deal has happened since I wrote my President’s Page for January. The general election produced a decisive result, and the Treasury ministers have been re-appointed.