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Published on 13 November 2014

Practical issues arising from new pensions legislation

The current PAYE system is ill-equipped to deal with the new pensions regime and is likely to cause severe difficulties for both taxpayer and HMRC, say LITRG in its evidence to the committee of MPs scrutinising the Taxation of Pensions Bill going through Parliament.

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Published on 10 November 2014

Universal Credit (Surpluses and self-employed losses) Regulations 2014

The LITRG welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Social Security Advisory Committee's consultation. We are strongly against these regulations being implemented in their current form, not only for their complexity and potential administrative issues but also for the adverse effects on the ...

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Published on 31 October 2014

Tackling offshore tax evasion: A new criminal offence

In our response, we question whether this is really much of a ‘consultation’ at all. In addition, while the Government’s stated aim is to tackle UK tax evasion, in our view the reality of what is proposed could see unrepresented migrant workers, for example, who reasonably but wrongly assume that ...

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Published on 23 October 2014

Strengthening the Tax Avoidance Disclosure Regime

We appreciate the Government’s intentions behind widening the net of the DOTAS regime, however in our response to their consultation, we question whether it will be effective in catching the more unscrupulous promoters. At the same time this move is likely to increase the number of less ...

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