Submissions

This call for evidence sets out the issues on which the Director of Labour Market Enforcement would like to receive evidence to inform his Strategy for 2019/20. In the first part of our response, we tell the Director that the sectors identified will be amongst the most prevalent for using agency workers and other types of flexible workers and we cross refer the Director to our recent response to t...

As Universal Credit (UC) continues to be rolled out across the country, replacing most of the legacy ‘passport’ benefits for free school meals, the Welsh Government is proposing a net earnings threshold of £7,400. This would mean that only mean that only those on the lowest incomes would be eligible. LITRG has raised concerns over the introduction of such a threshold. In particular, the cliff-edge...

LITRG welcome the opportunity to provide input into this inquiry – we feel able to comment on the broad issues raised, given the importance of tax across the whole realm of pensions and the way it is inextricably linked with the wider issues of information, risk and return. ...

LITRG has submitted comments to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in respect of the draft clauses and schedules contained in Finance Bill 2018-19 that concern penalties and interest for late submission of returns and late payment of tax. We have previously responded to a number of consultations on the reform of tax penalties, welcoming the aim of trying to differentiate between deliberate and persis...