LITRG broadly welcomes the reforms proposed and explored in the four consultation documents concerning employee benefits and expenses and the fact that the Government and HMRC are looking at these issues simultaneously. In respect of all four consultations, we call on HMRC to undertake more work to ...
The LITRG are pleased to respond to HMT’s Call for Evidence on current remuneration practices, which stems from the OTS's Expenses and Benefits report. In our response we stress that despite the lack of complexity in low paid workers’ ‘packages’, there are still some ‘difficult’ aspects of their ...
The LITRG are disappointed that proposals which are intended to help HMRC better manage their service actually appear to remove basic rights from taxpayers. Failure to inform taxpayers of their current PAYE Code via a written notice means that they (and those helping them) may not have sufficient ...
While the LITRG supports HMRC’s existing power to satisfy a debt by taking money from a debtor’s bank account under the supervision of a judge, the current proposals to allow HMRC to bypass the courts in order to collect tax and tax credit debt would be contrary to the rule of law and would inflict ...
While the LITRG welcomes any attempt to create an unbiased and transparent system for identifying and guaranteeing appropriate guidance for those about to retire under the proposed new rules for 2015 onwards. However, we are disappointed that the response to the 2014 Budget from the Money Advice ...
In response to a call for evidence by the labour party, to help form their goals for a digital agenda, the LITRG has submitted a paper detailing the challenges faced in becoming a digital nation for any government and more so for citizens who struggle to engage in this digital world. Our focus is ...