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"The Government will restrict the availability of zero-rate VAT for the purchase of adapted motor vehicles for eligible disabled users, to one car every three years."

Concern at new restrictions on VAT relief for disabled people buying cars

Opinion

"The Committee’s report acknowledged the serious customer service failures by HMRC and Concentrix but also highlighted other flaws in the compliance processes"

Tax campaigners welcome tax credits review announcement

Opinion

“The Government has announced an extensive pilot programme in the run-up to launch in April 2018."

HMRC’s Making Tax Digital concessions no substitute for caution

Opinion

"Businesses and tax professionals across the UK will be poring over today’s announcements to see what they mean for them and their clients and customers."

Making Tax Digital: HMRC movement welcome but timetable remains daunting

Opinion

"It is important that even if a reasonable excuse is established, the taxpayer files without unreasonable delay once the excuse has ceased."

How to save yourself a £100 fine for late filing

Opinion

"What taxes are imposed is a matter for governments but will generally be linked to a taxpayer’s ability to pay"

Blog: Strong arguments to retain corporation tax over a sales tax

Opinion

"We welcome the Treasury Committee’s interest and involvement in Making Tax Digital."

Making Tax Digital: Tax Institute welcomes Treasury Committee call for delay and extensive piloting

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"It is inevitable that changes will need to be made to the legislation in the course of time"

BLOG: Border issues remain despite possible improvements to Welsh Land Transaction Tax

A number of suggestions by CIOT to make it work in practice have been included in recommendations in a Welsh Finance Committee report.

Opinion

"Anyone who by 31 July 2016 submitted an estimate of their income for the year ended 5 April 2016 has until 31 January this year to confirm it, or substitute the actual amount"

Do not miss the OTHER deadline on 31 January

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is urging tax credit claimants to confirm or update their estimates by 31 January

Opinion

"The deadline for sending the 2015/16 tax return to HMRC and paying any tax owed is 31 January 2017"

Act now to meet the tax return filing deadline

Opinion

"From April 2018, when Class 2 is abolished, payment of Class 4 NI contributions will count towards state benefits"

National Insurance changes will see winners and losers among low earners

Opinion

"The Institute had been concerned that the original proposals, consulted on earlier this year, were too widely drawn and could have resulted in some taxpayers and businesses being unable to get expert advice on complicated and often unclear areas of tax law."

Professional Body welcomes increased focus of government action on ‘enablers’ of tax avoidance

Opinion

"The system as a whole would be substantially more coherent if the NIC primary threshold and personal allowance were aligned, or at least if moves were made towards doing so."

Help low-income workers by aligning income tax and NIC thresholds

Opinion

"This is a problem which is affecting an increasing number of families"

Review high income child benefit charge, say campaigners

Opinion

"The Government has confirmed that MTD will not be mandated for any new taxes or other businesses until 2021 at the earliest."

Vital new survey on Making Tax Digital open to all

Opinion

"These measures seem to come at a cost to existing recipients of foreign pensions accustomed to paying income tax on only 90 per cent of that income"

Those receiving foreign pensions must be saved tax return burden

Opinion

"The CIOT has now grown for 41 years in a row"

CIOT reaches 18,000 member milestone

Opinion

"We agree with the OTS that a move to align the way that employee NIC is charged on earnings with the way income tax is charged on employment income must be a good thing."

CIOT backs renewed call by the OTS for National Insurance and income tax alignment

Opinion

"In a report published today, the OTS reaffirms its call for the ‘outdated system’ to be reformed to make it ‘fit for the future’."

OTS’ proposals would simplify and modernise the contributions system

Opinion

"As a starting point an independent review of the end to end tax credit compliance process, as recommended by the PAC in 2015, should be urgently carried out"

Campaigners call for an independent review of tax credit compliance processes after HMRC end Concentrix contract early

Opinion

"The Government’s plans for Making Tax Digital represent a significant undertaking"

UK Government must review unrealistic timescales for delivery of digitised tax system, say experts

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