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A fundamental aspect of the tribunals system is that a tribunal is meant to be a more accessible forum for achieving justice than the courts.

The Welsh government recently consulted on proposals to abolish land transaction tax(LTT) multiple dwellings relief (MDR) following the UK government’s decision to abolish the equivalent relief for

Finance (No.2) Act 2024received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024.

At Spring Budget 2024, the government announced that it will abolish the furnished holiday lettings (FHL) regime with effect from April 2025.

In 2018, the CIOT made a proactive submission to HMRC about the capital gains tax (CGT) trap on refinancing property using alternative (Shariah compliant) finance (see Mohammed Amin’s article in

Entrepreneurs’ relief (now business asset disposal relief) was introduced in the Finance Act 2008 and has survived longer than its predecessor, taper relief.

The start date of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD ITSA) was officially deferred from 6 April 2024 to 6 April 2026 following the laying of regulations before the House of Commons on 22 Fe

The CIOT’s Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) published a report in April 2023 – ‘Good guidance: the importance of effective guidance for unrepresented taxpayers’ (see

The recent Welsh government’s land transaction tax (LTT) consultation looks at extending the time limit indefinitely for reclaims and exemption from higher rates in limited circumstances.

In January, the First-tier Tribunal handed down its decision in Boston Consulting Group UK LLP and others v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 84.