CIOT: Low incomes taxpayer champion honoured
The Chairman of the CIOT’s Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has been honoured for “championing the cause of the unrepresented taxpayer and making a positive impact on UK tax administration.”
John Andrews was among four winners of HM Revenue & Customs’ first ever tax transparency awards, presented last night at a ceremony at 11 Downing Street by Exchequer Secretary David Gauke MP.
CIOT Chief Executive, Peter Fanning, has congratulated John Andrews, saying:
“This award is truly well deserved.
“As chairman and founder of the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group, John has been a powerful champion of the unrepresented on tax and tax credit issues for 12 years now.
“Under his leadership LITRG has become an influential voice in the tax debate, listened to by officials and parliamentarians alike, and relied upon by the taxpaying public for accurate and accessible information on tax and welfare issues.”
John Andrews was awarded the OBE in 2003.
Notes to Editors
1. The HMRC press release can be viewed here.
2. The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is a charity and the leading professional body in the United Kingdom concerned solely with taxation. The CIOT’s primary purpose is to promote education and study of the administration and practice of taxation. One of the key aims is to achieve a better, more efficient, tax system for all affected by it – taxpayers, advisers and the authorities.
The CIOT’s comments and recommendations on tax issues are made solely in order to achieve its primary purpose: it is politically neutral in its work. The CIOT will seek to draw on its members’ experience in private practice, government, commerce and industry and academia to argue and explain how public policy objectives (to the extent that these are clearly stated or can be discerned) can most effectively be achieved.
The CIOT’s 15,000 members have the practising title of ‘Chartered Tax Adviser’ and the designatory letters ‘CTA’.
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