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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.

The consultation is on GOV.UK website: tinyurl.com/458eb9cs

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

CIOT continues to engage with HMRC to address the challenges arising because of the ‘volume compliance’ approach for enquiries into R&D tax relief claims.

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

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

The latest figures for serious civil tax investigations show HMRC’s continued action against potential tax fraud.