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Published on 2 March 2018

Tackling the hidden economy: public sector licensing

The LITRG raises concerns about how tax registration checks would fall short of eliminating hidden economy activity as, for example, the proposals will not affect those who operate illegally without a licence or ensure that those who are registered are actually compliant. Furthermore, there is ...

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Published on 28 February 2018

Making Tax Digital: interest harmonisation and sanctions for late payment

LITRG welcomes the fact that the proposed model for late payment sanctions will maintain reasonable excuse provisions, and that late payment penalties will not include the base rate. We emphasise the importance of clear communications to ensure that taxpayers understand the new sanctions – in terms ...

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Published on 27 February 2018

The complexities of government-incentivised savings for people on low incomes

The Chartered Institute of Taxation's (CIOT) Fellowship thesis by Kelly Sizer on the problems facing those on low-incomes when trying to navigate savings tax issues and their interactions with means-tested benefits. Kelly specifically focuses on pensions (including auto-enrolment), Lifetime ISAs ...

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Published on 22 February 2018

Childcare policy and its influence on the economy inquiry

While we are wholly supportive of the childcare help provided by Government through the Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) scheme and other childcare offerings, we do not believe the government is providing enough guidance or support to help people navigate the system in order to choose between the schemes ...

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Published on 22 February 2018

Rent a room relief

In our response we highlight that we do not think that the supply of housing to the original target group is reduced by Airbnb type arrangements and are therefore not convinced that any changes to rent a room relief are needed, under the banner of making it more targeted to support longer-term ...

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