Meetings of Employment Taxes Forums
A brief overview of recent forum meetings attended by representatives of the CIOT, LITRG and ATT, including the Employment and Payroll Group, the IR35 Forum, the Collection of Student Loans Group,
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Mandatory professional indemnity insurance for tax advisers: CIOT, ATT and LITRG responses
CIOT, ATT and LITRG have each responded to the HMRC consultation on the possible introduction of a requirement for all providers of tax advice to have professional indemnity insurance.
Offshore tax compliance and international tax debt: CIOT and LITRG responses
The CIOT and LITRG have recently responded to two related HMRC discussion documents in which HMRC asked for views on how best to improve offshore tax compliance and prevent mistakes occurri
Aggregates levy: CIOT response to the call for evidence
The aggregates levy is a non-deductible tax that is charged on qualifying aggregate, which is rock, sand and gravel.
Scottish Taxes Update
Representatives of the CIOT’s Scottish Technical Committee attended meetings with the Scottish government and Revenue Scotland.
Aviation tax reform: CIOT response
The CIOT’s Climate Change Working Group submitted a response to HM Treasury’s consultation on aviation tax reform.
Helping people to avoid pension pitfalls
LITRG’s online postbag contains numerous examples of people making costly mistakes when drawing on their pension savings.
Deeds or letters of assignment: tax refund companies
LITRG are increasingly hearing from people who have used a tax refund company in the past, for example to get a payment protection insurance or working from home tax refund, and who are now
Update from the Issues Overview Group
Members may be aware that the Issues Overview Group (IOG) is a joint forum of professional bodies and HMRC that progresses important operational issues or problems raised on the online Agent Forum,