LITRG has responded to a Department for Business, Innovation & Skills consultation on the freezing of the student loan threshold at £21,000 for Plan 2 loans. LITRG recommends that if changes are made the government provides additional funding to help educate school-leavers and students on the financial implications of taking on student loans. We also recommend that any changes must be communic...
The LITRG has responded to HM Treasury’s call for representations for the Autumn Statement 2015 from the perspective of the low-income unrepresented taxpayer. Our representations follow the main points of our manifesto, published earlier this year, and are listed below. ...
Responding to the consultation on the extension of third party data-holder notices, LITRG comments that the proposals set out in the consultation document would potentially provide the state with access to large swathes of information about individuals and their personal daily lives. The LITRG are concerned that there appears to be limited information provided as to what safeguards would be introd...
LITRG has responded to a joint HMT/HMRC consultation document on simplification of the income tax and National Insurance contributions (NIC) treatment of termination payments. The consultation aims to continue the work of HMRC to implement the proposals originally put forward in 2014 by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS). ...
LITRG welcome the opportunity to respond to this consultation. While noting that the low opt-out figures for the recently introduced auto-enrolment scheme for employees pensions has been encouraging, nevertheless the small sums involved from both employer and employee mean that people are still not saving enough for retirement, especially against the backdrop of the forthcoming flat-rate state pen...
The LITRG response to the Ministry of Justice’s proposals for further Court and Tribunal fees highlights the need to keep the Tribunal system accessible to all taxpayers whatever their means. The introduction of a charging system would cut across this principle and would impede access to justice for those who are unable to afford the fees. ...