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The CIOT’s and ATT’s latest news items include key updates on customs processes for shipping goods that require safety and security declarations from Great Britain to Northern Ireland and a sum

The Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament in June 2025, setting out how the Scottish Building Safety Levy (SBSL) on new residential property in Scotland

The consultation proposed two different approaches to reform:

The CIOT response

The CIOT supports the aligning of appeals processes between direct and indirect taxes because it would help to mitigate the confusion and misunderstandings that&n

The soft drinks industry levy (SDIL), or ‘sugar tax’ as it has been known in the media, came into effect in April 2018.

In our response we welcomed, in principle, simplification of the taxation of gambling.

In our response to the consultation document VAT treatment of business donations of goods to charity (tinyurl.com/2xpf8bfx), the ATT welcomes the propo

The CIOT response

The CIOT supports the government in taking a robust approach to those who continue to devise, promote or sell mass-marketed tax avoidance schemes.

The merged research and development (R&D) tax relief scheme was introduced for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024.

ATT, CIOT and LITRG welcomed the publication of HMRC’s Transformation Roadmap on 21 July, large parts of which reflect things which we have been calling for, particularly in terms of improving