NEWS

The GAAR Advisory Panel has issued an opinion on arrangements which sought to reward a companys director in a way that would not be any form of remuneration. This involved creating an obligation to make pension payments to the...

The CIOT has published its response to the Tribunal Procedure Committee consultation on possible changes to the procedure rules concerning the provision of written reasons for decisions and other case management measures. Key points from the response...

HMRCs Pension Schemes Newsletter for October 2024 provides a useful summary of the following two sets of Regulations which make technical changes to the lifetime allowance abolition legislation:Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge...

HMRCs latest Agent Update includes the following points of particular interest for practitioners:Agent Dedicated Line: summary of the changes from 7 October 2024, including a combined helpline for self-assessment and PAYE queries.Basis period...

This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.  

The government has welcomed a report published by the Independent Expert Panel on Corporate Re-domiciliation (appointed by the Department for Business) which sets out proposals for a framework for a UK corporate re-domiciliation regime, and has said...

HMRC have added new guidance to their Employee Tax Advantages Share Scheme User Manual (ETASSUM) in respect of the Enterprise Management Incentives scheme independence requirement, covering the meaning of control and how to apply the...

Alongside other general updates, HMRC’s Employer Bulletin for October 2024 confirms that the requirement for employers to report more detailed employee hours data through PAYE real time information returns will be delayed until April 2026 at the...

The Designation of Special Tax Sites (Celtic Freeport) Regulations, SI 2024/1035, designate certain areas within the ports of Milford Haven and Port Talbot, which together form the Celtic Freeport as special tax sites with effect from...

Further to the publication of the Employment Rights Bill, the UK government has released the following for consultation, under the general heading of Making Work Pay:Collective redundancy and fire and rehire: looking at measures to...