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public-sector-licensing-hidden-economy-submission
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 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 an...

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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 letti...

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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 ‘eq...

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