The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is calling for the high income child benefit charge (HICBC) threshold to rise to avoid it hitting basic-rate taxpayers for the first time in April.1 LITRG says this is contrary to the original policy intent, and it is likely to cause the Gover...
Further to its inquiry into the Finance Bill 2021, the House of Lords Finance Bill Sub-Committee held a short follow-up inquiry into the loan charge to gather further evidence to assess progress on tackling issues with the loan charge, particularly since the publication of the review by Si...
In our 2021 Budget representation, we repeat our calls for the government to raise the £50,000 threshold for the high income child benefit charge (HICBC) to at least £60,000. We argue that the £50,000 threshold is no longer tenable once it is set to be overtaken by the higher-rate threshold from 6 A...
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is urging people to complete their 2019/20 Self Assessment tax return online by the usual deadline of 31 January1 or risk a fine from HMRC. HMRC charge an automatic penalty of £100 for tax returns that miss the deadline, and the penalties increase ...
There has been a lot going on around the CJRS recently. In this article we provide a brief update, look at the timing of CJRS claims since 1 November and also confirm the position regarding making amendments to previous claims. ...
The LITRG has published a paper ‘A better deal for the low-income taxpayer'....