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LITRG Manifesto
The LITRG has published a manifesto setting out the agenda the Group would like the next government to pursue for taxpayers on low incomes....
The LITRG has published a manifesto setting out the agenda the Group would like the next government to pursue for taxpayers on low incomes....
In view of financial pressures on low-paid agency workers, it is unsurprising that they are drawn to ‘umbrella’ arrangements which give them some tax relief on their travel expenses and increase their take home pay. This report looks at how concerns about the use of ‘traditional’ umbrella arrangemen...
This report specifically highlights areas in which the tax profession, HMRC, the OTS and others, need to work together to ease the tax repayment system for the low-income and unrepresented taxpayer. We emphasise the need to protect consumers by helping them make informed choices about whether or not...
In June 2012 LITRG members carried out a mystery shopping exercise to test how well banks and building societies ensure their non-taxpaying customers can recover the tax deducted at source from their savings interest. This report sets out the disappointing results of that survey, and makes recommend...
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) published a new report today highlighting the growing problem of ‘digital exclusion’. It provides new evidence that government efforts to move services and transactions online are disadvantaging older people, those with disabilities and the self-employed in p...
A report launched today at the House of Lords by LITRG, supported by research and data from the advice charity TaxHelp for Older People (TOP), suggests how bereavement could be better handled by government departments....