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Updates to VAT guidance: postponed VAT accounting
The Guidance Strategy Forum has an ongoing VAT guidance improvement project, which reviews the general VAT guidance on GOV.UK (but not the more in-depth VAT public notices or VAT manuals).
Employee ownership trusts: unexpected reduction in capital gains tax relief
In a Budget where most announcements were widely speculated on beforehand, one surprise in Budget 2025 came in the form of a change to the capital gains tax relief (CGT) for sales to employee owner
Tax barriers to housing supply
The government has committed to a target of building 1.5 million new homes by the end of this parliament and announced land, regulation and financing reforms to support small and medium-sized e
HMRC Customer Service Levels: an update on CIOT-ICAEW joint project
On 11 December 2024, CIOT and ICAEW published a joint report ‘Tackling HMRC’s customer service challenge’, following a six week study which involved our members recording their attempts to cont
European Commission’s consultation: VAT package for travel and tourism
The European Commission published a public consultation in July 2025 (tinyurl.com/y2tnrbf3), requesting input from stakeholders on the functioning of t
Budget representations
Ahead of each UK Budget, HM Treasury invites interested stakeholders to submit formal Budget representations on potential changes to be considered by the Chancellor when preparing the Budget.
Draft Finance Bill 2025-26: Promoters of marketed tax avoidance
CIOT response
The CIOT has significant concerns about the negative impact that the breadth of this legislation could have on the tax services market, as it is drafted at the time of wri
Draft Finance Bill 2025-26: Making Tax Digital for income tax
The draft legislation updates the scope of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for income tax, as well as making changes to the list of exemptions and HMRC’s powers to cancel penalty points and late submissio
Draft Finance Bill 2025-26: Modernising and mandating tax adviser registration with HMRC
The proposed legislation (tinyurl.com/2zevkeke) introduces a legal requirement for tax advisers who interact with HMRC on behalf of their clients to register w
