The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has expressed concern in response to today’s Budget announcement that the income threshold for having to join Making Tax Digital for Income Tax¹ is to be lowered from £30,000 to £20,000. We do not yet know the timeline for this change. This is to ...

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has responded to today’s Budget announcement¹ that from April 2026 recruitment agencies, or end clients where there is no agency, will be responsible for accounting for PAYE tax and NIC on payments made to workers that are supplied by umbrella ...

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is urging HMRC to speed up the implementation of the new self assessment penalty regime after expressing concern that delays will leave some taxpayers, including those on low incomes, paying over a thousand pounds more for delays in filing their tax return ...

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed HMRC’s new evidence requirement for claims for tax relief on employment expenses. LITRG hopes that this will make it harder for unscrupulous tax refund companies to take advantage of low-income taxpayers.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a decision by HMRC that will make it easier for taxpayers to file a paper tax return.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is warning that the spectre of another ‘side hustle’ tax controversy looms as online platforms like eBay, Vinted and Deliveroo start sending reports to HMRC on the income of their sellers in January.