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LITRG submitted a response to the Scottish Government consultation on the development and delivery of the Care Leaver Payment.

HMRC published draft amended Regulations relating to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax legislation for consultation last month. The draft amendments were to mainly take account of the outcome of HMRC’s Small Business Review that it had undertaken in 2023. LITRG recently responded to the ...

The deadline for sending most online 2022/23 self assessment tax returns to HMRC, and for paying the related tax, is 31 January 2024. If this deadline applies to you, make sure you file your 2022/23 tax return online and pay any tax you owe by 31 January 2024 to avoid penalties and interest.

Clause 36 is a regulation-making power which allows for the new penalty regime on late filing and late payment to be brought into effect for income tax from 6 April 2024, with adaptations for those volunteering for the Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA) pilot.

Clause 16 and Schedule 10 change the current rules for reporting information on self assessment tax returns for most unincorporated businesses. The aim is to allow more sole traders and partnerships to be eligible to use the cash basis rather than the accruals basis (also known as traditional ...

Despite ongoing efforts by tax professionals up and down the land, we are still seeing a large amount of confusion about the ‘new’ side hustle tax reporting rules for online platforms. There is no new tax on side hustles. Here, we reiterate the main things you need to know, provide a new flowchart ...