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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.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has urged taxpayers to check their online tax account after scammers attempted to defraud HMRC using individuals’ data and login details. The group is also reminding people of the importance of being vigilant and taking care of personal data.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has welcomed the confirmation of additional resources for HMRC in today’s government spending review and has set out a number of ways the money could be spent effectively to improve HMRC’s efficiency and deliver better service to taxpayers and agents.

The new President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), Nichola Ross Martin, has encouraged the government to take a more strategic approach to tax policy, consulting earlier and giving greater thought to the design of the tax system.