The House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee is currently carrying out an inquiry into the progress of HMRC’s flagship transformation programme, ‘Making Tax Digital’ (MTD). The inquiry is particularly focused on the original vision of MTD, progress made on the project up to December 2022 when bot...
A new report by the body tasked with investigating complaints against HMRC is further evidence that the tax authority is ill-equipped to deal with the pressures on its services. ...
We have responded to HMRC’s consultation on ‘Tougher consequences for the promoters of tax avoidance’, focussing on their proposals to expedite the disqualification of directors of companies involved in tax avoidance....
LITRG responds to HM Treasury’s Help to Save Reform consultation....
HMRC have recently announced that they will NOT be answering any telephone calls to their Self Assessment helpline (0300 200 3310) between 12 June and 3 September 2023. The helpline will re-open on 4 September this year so taxpayers will be able to speak to an adviser prior to the deadlines for...
As noted in our formal briefing on Clause 332, we welcome the new provision it introduces, which renders void assignments of income tax repayments. We think the scope of the legislation could be usefully extended so that it also applies to assignments of capital gains tax repayments. In addition, we...