Introducing the Office of Tax Simplification

Newly appointed tax director of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) John Whiting outlines how and why the OTS has been set up, its staffing and its initial projects of Small Business Taxation and Tax Reliefs. One of John’s key roles as Tax Director will be to make sure the OTS gets input from the private sector – secondees and direct input from businesses and advisers; he is keen to hear from Tax Journal readers with their ideas. The OTS is a small unit and clearly can’t scythe through the Yellow Book by Christmas – but the aim is to get it established and start to make a difference.