As reported last week, the Labour Party’s tax proposals include the appointment of an ‘independent expert panel’ to advise the party on tax policy. A recent summary of Labour’s commitments to ‘crack down on tax dodgers’ clarifies the remit of the...
In a recent case, the FTT correctly held that a fenced-off ventilation shaft did not affect the property owner’s ability to use the land as a whole as the grounds of the dwelling.
HMRC is consulting on draft regulations setting out proposed tax rules for the new reserved investor fund (RIF) and amending the tax rules for Co-ownership Authorised Contractual Schemes (CoACS). These are the regulations envisaged by clause 20 of...
In light of reports that the Culture Secretary is lobbying for a reform of Gift Aid, Bill Dodwell (former OTS Tax Director) considers how the operation of that relief could be improved.
The Welsh Government is consulting until 19 May 2024 on proposals to abolish land transaction tax multiple dwellings relief (MDR) in Wales, following the equivalent change in England with the removal of SDLT MDR from 1 June 2024.The change would have...
The FT reports that the current UK Culture Secretary (Lucy Frazer) is lobbying the Treasury to change the gift aid rules to encourage charitable giving in the UK. According to the report, proposals could include streamlining the gift aid process, so...