This report outlines the challenges that the tax and benefits systems present to care workers – many of whom are already grappling with practices such as non-payment of travel time and zero-hours contracts – and puts forward a number of recommendations for reform....
The Chartered Institute of Taxation's (CIOT) Fellowship thesis by Kelly Sizer on the problems facing those on low-incomes when trying to navigate savings tax issues and their interactions with means-tested benefits. Kelly specifically focuses on pensions (including auto-enrolment), Lifetime ISAs and Help to Save....
In view of financial pressures on low-paid agency workers, it is unsurprising that they are drawn to ‘umbrella’ arrangements which give them some tax relief on their travel expenses and increase their take home pay. This report looks at how concerns about the use of ‘traditional’ umbrella arrangements by low-paid agency workers resulted in the birth of ‘Pay Day by Pay Day’ (PDPD) schemes....
LITRG have participated in the consultations about tribunals reform which followed the recent White Paper. In a series of contributions, we have considered specific aspects of the proposals for reforming the tax appeal tribunals from the perspective of a user on a low to modest income, who is probably unrepresented. In our report Tax Appeals - a low income perspective, we look at the reform from t...