A future for the low-income taxpayer
The LITRG has published an agenda for making the tax system fairer and easier to use for taxpayers on low incomes....
The LITRG has published an agenda for making the tax system fairer and easier to use for taxpayers on low incomes....
In this report, we consider and use a range of complementary and supporting evidence, including face-to-face, telephone and online research, to comment on whether government digital services such as GOV.UK, GOV.UK Verify and HMRC’s digital tax accounts and their supporting material meet the needs of...
The LITRG has called for greater clarity around how couples are dealt with in the tax and tax credits systems....
The LITRG has published a manifesto setting out the agenda the Group would like the next government to pursue for taxpayers on low incomes....
In view of financial pressures on low-paid agency workers, it is unsurprising that they are drawn to ‘umbrella’ arrangements which give them some tax relief on their travel expenses and increase their take home pay. This report looks at how concerns about the use of ‘traditional’ umbrella arrangements by low-paid agency workers resulted in the birth of ‘Pay Day by Pay Day’ (PDPD) schemes....
This report specifically highlights areas in which the tax profession, HMRC, the OTS and others, need to work together to ease the tax repayment system for the low-income and unrepresented taxpayer. We emphasise the need to protect consumers by helping them make informed choices about whether or not to use a tax agent and if so, to whom they should entrust their confidential and personal data....