Responding to a House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee call for evidence, LITRG highlights various mismatches in the Universal Credit system and the consequences for claimants.

A recent HMRC announcement that five people have been arrested on suspicion of fraud in connection with promoting arrangements designed to get around the loan charge, has been welcomed by the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG). This follows repeated recommendations by the group urging HMRC to not ...

LITRG is part of a group of leading pensions and tax experts calling on the Government to act quickly to deliver its manifesto promise to fix an unfair tax flaw. This flaw means around 1.7 million low-income workers (mostly women) are being unfairly charged 25 per cent more for their pensions ...

LITRG has submitted evidence to the Women’s Budget Group and its Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy, in response to its call for evidence on taxation. We use our response to highlight a few policy and operational changes that might have a positive impact on gender equality. In doing so, we note ...

We support the aim of this consultation in trying to achieve greater consistency in, and simplification of, individuals’ pension benefits statements but highlight that pensions planning cannot be undertaken without understanding the tax implications both during accumulation of savings and at ...

LITRG is calling on HMRC to consider using their powers to remove the requirement that those in the loan charge settlement process – who have not settled by 31 January 2020 – should have to file a tax return to report the charge, only to amend it to remove the charge once settlement is reached.