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The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has written to the new tax minister, encouraging him to focus his efforts on ensuring that HMRC’s digital services are fit for purpose.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has written to the new tax minister stressing the importance of carrying out wide and early consultation before committing to significant reforms to the tax system.

More than 500 international tax professionals are celebrating passing their exams towards the Chartered Institute of Taxation’s ADIT (Advanced Diploma in International Taxation) qualification, including firsts in Bermuda and the Maldives.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed the publication of HMRC’s long-awaited Transformation Roadmap, setting out a bold program of digitally-focussed enhancements to its current way of administering the tax system. 

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is urging self-employed taxpayers and landlords to file their 2024/25 tax return early to find out if Making Tax Digital will apply to them from next April.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has welcomed HMRC’s Transformation Roadmap, published today, including measures to improve the ability of taxpayers and agents to communicate electronically with HMRC, to do things for themselves online and to track the progress of transactions with the tax authority.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has raised concerns over new tax avoidance criminal offence proposals. 

‘Tax Gap’ figures published today show the gap at a record high in cash terms but falling slightly as a share of the tax that should be collected. The most visible trends are a continuing fall in the VAT gap and a continuing upward trend in the small business tax gap.

Responding to a government consultation on behavioural penalties in the tax system, the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has emphasised that simplification drives compliance and suggested ways that HMRC could reform the behavioural penalty system to incentivise more taxpayers to come forward to disclose errors and cooperate with HMRC.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation are delighted that Meredith McCammond, Technical Officer at CIOT’s Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG), has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025 for services to vulnerable groups.