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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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Published on 21 February 2018

Draft legislation: Simplification of PAYE Settlement Agreements

In our response, we welcome the simplification introduced by allowing for an enduring PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) but stress that adequate guidance needs to be given to ensure that employers understand variation process and in particular what to do if the items initially covered in the enduring ...

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Published on 13 February 2018

Welsh Revenue Authority Charter Consultation

We welcome this opportunity to comment on the Welsh Revenue Authority’s (WRA) draft Charter which will be used from April 2018 when the first Welsh devolved taxes (Land Transaction Tax and Landfill Disposals Tax) come into effect. We consider that the Charter presents a good opportunity to embed ...

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Published on 9 February 2018

Making Tax Digital for VAT: draft regulations

LITRG is concerned that the current timeframe does not allow for proper development and testing of the software that will be required to make Making Tax Digital for VAT (MTDfV) work, particularly that which will enable businesses to continue to use spreadsheets as their primary tool for ...

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Published on 18 January 2018

Universal Credit rollout inquiry

We welcome this opportunity to provide further evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on universal credit with a specific focus on how self-employed claimants will be treated. We remain concerned about the current structure of universal credit for the self-employed and if major changes ...

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