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LITRG staff: meet the team

Updated on 24 June 2021

The Low Incomes Reform Group

The LITRG and HM Revenue & Customs secondees work to improve the policy and processes of the tax, tax credits and associated welfare systems for the benefit of those on low incomes.

Victoria Todd Head of LITRG

VICTORIA TODD

Head of LITRG / CTA Fellow

 

Particular areas of interest include:
  • Tax credits
  • All aspects of self-employment – tax, National Insurance, benefit interactions
  • HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme
  • Disability and tax related matters
  • HMRC’s customer service
  • General tax issues that affect the low-income population
  • Fraud and error in the tax and tax credits system
  • Childcare schemes and the interactions between them
Kelly Sizer LITRG Senior Technical Manager

KELLY SIZER

LITRG Senior Technical Manager / CTA Fellow


First joined LITRG in 2007 and returned to the staff in 2019 after a year working for Tolley broadening her tax writing experience. Kelly is Chair of the CIOT’s East Anglia branch and has an interest in education.

Kelly is a CTA (Fellow), awarded in 2018 for her thesis on the complexities of tax-incentivised savings for the low-income population.

Particular areas of interest include:
  • Pensions and savings
  • HMRC powers, taxpayer safeguards and the administration of the tax system
  • Childcare
  • The taxation of couples
  • VAT reliefs for disabled people
Jane Booth HMRC secondee for LITRG

JANE BOOTH

HMRC Secondee


HMRC secondee primarily working on the revenuebenefits website project and other tax credit and universal credit related issues.
 
Tom Henderson LITRG Technical Officer

TOM HENDERSON

LITRG Technical Officer / Chartered Tax Adviser, formerly in practice

Particular areas of interest include:

  • Cross-border tax issues

  • National Insurance

  • Employment taxes

  • Owner-managed businesses

  • Taxation of savings and pension income

  • Charitable giving/Gift Aid

  • Taxation of couples, including the High Income Child Benefit Charge

  • HMRC powers and taxpayer safeguards
Meredith McCammond LITRG Technical Officer

MEREDITH McCAMMOND

LITRG Technical Officer / Chartered Tax Adviser, formerly in practice

Particular areas of interest include:

  • National minimum wage

  • Agency workers/employment intermediaries

  • Disability and carers

  • Payroll

  • Auto-enrolment

  • Migrants

  • Gig economy/false self-employment

  • Tax refund companies

  • Care and Support employers
Claire Thackerberry LITRG Technical Officer

CLAIRE THACKABERRY

LITRG Technical Officer / Chartered Tax Adviser in practice

Particular areas of interest include:

  • Tax education in schools

  • Self-employment (includes cross-over with universal credit and making tax digital)

  • Apprentices (low-income workers)

  • Wales (devolved administrations)
Joanne Walker LITRG Technical Officer

JOANNE WALKER

LITRG Technical Officer / Chartered Tax Adviser, formerly in practice

Particular areas of interest include:

  • Taxation in Scotland, including Scottish income tax, devolved taxes, tax administration, Charter of Standards and Values, local taxation and administrative justice

  • Taxation of savings income

  • HMRC campaigns to encourage voluntary disclosures

  • Tax issues for migrants to the UK, including residence and domicile

  • Employment taxes, including expenses and benefits-in-kind
Sharron West LITRG Technical Officer

SHARRON WEST

LITRG Technical Officer / Chartered Tax Adviser in practice

Particular areas of interest include:

  • Self-employment and small businesses

  • Disability and carers

  • Payroll and PAYE (including Real Time Information)

  • HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme

  • Tax debt
Image of LITRG Head of External Relations George Crozier

GEORGE CROZIER

Head of External Relations

Particular areas of interest include:
  • Publicising LITRG’s work and increasing public understanding of tax issues through the media
  • Building strong relationships between LITRG and tax policymakers, including politicians, their advisers, think-tanks and NGOs
  • Working for political change to achieve a tax system that is simpler, fairer and more responsive to the needs of taxpayers on low incomes
  • Promoting debate on tax policy and administration, including coordinating the popular programme of CIOT-IFS tax debates
  • Improving the tax policymaking process (George is a co-author of the 2017 CIOT/IfG/IFS Better Budgets report)
Lindsay Kirk LITRG Website and Digital Content Manager

LINDSAY KIRK

LITRG Website and Digital Content Manager

Particular areas of interest include:

  • Website and social media channel management

  • Improving user experience and engagement with LITRG online

  • Supporting the LITRG Technical Team

Tax guides

Information for employers What is the Job Retention Scheme? Illness or self-isolation Work changes Universal credit and employee pay Redundancy explained Support for limited company directors Working remotely for your UK employer while overseas Bonus payments for certain employees Self-employment income support scheme (SEISS) SEISS fourth grant SEISS fifth grant Self-employment support scheme ‘parental’ extension SEISS: where do I include the grants on my tax return? Further self-employment considerations Illness or self isolation Work changes Help for businesses in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales Tax credits and coronavirus £500 payment for working households on tax credits £500 Test and Trace Support Payment Taking money from your savings Taking money from your pension Tax penalties: coronavirus ‘relaxations’ Problems getting a National Insurance number High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC): What to do if your income falls Childcare support and benefits for children Scams: please be vigilant!
Introduction to the tax system How do I work out my tax? What income is taxable? What tax allowances am I entitled to? What tax rates apply to me? How is my tax collected? What if I cannot pay my tax bill? Do I need to complete a tax return? Self Assessment: understanding the basics What is Simple Assessment? How do I claim tax back? How do I claim back tax I have overpaid through PAYE on wages or pensions? How do I claim back tax if I complete a tax return? How do I claim back tax if I am taxed under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)? How do I claim back tax on savings income? How do I claim a marriage allowance refund? How do I claim back tax on a payment protection insurance (PPI) pay-out? Should I use a tax refund company? What is National Insurance? How do I get a National Insurance number? What are Adult Specified Childcare credits? What is Scottish income tax? What is devolution? Do I have to pay Scottish income tax? How does Scottish income tax work? What is Welsh income tax? Do I have to pay Welsh income tax? Do I have to join a pension scheme? Tax relief on your pension contributions HMRC digital services Enquiries, penalties, appeals, complaints and debt Enquiries How to survive an enquiry by HMRC Tax penalties Tax appeals Alternative Dispute Resolution How do I complain to HMRC? What if I cannot pay my tax bill? What if I have a tax credits overpayment?
Am I employed, self-employed, both or neither? Working through a limited company What is the national minimum wage? How do I work out my tax? What income is taxable? What tax allowances am I entitled to? What tax rates apply to me? How is my tax collected? How is tax collected on taxable state benefits? How do I check my coding notice? Do I need to complete a tax return? What tax do I pay on redundancy payments? Termination payments on leaving the armed forces Employment benefits and expenses What are benefits-in-kind? What payments and benefits are non taxable? What if I incur expenses in relation to my job? What travel expenses can I claim? What if I use my own car for business purposes? Payroll giving Allowances and expenses paid to armed forces personnel and deductions from their income Pensions and employees What is automatic enrolment for employees? What National Insurance do I pay as an employee? How do I repay my student loan? What if I do not pay enough tax? What if I pay too much tax? What if I work abroad temporarily? What if I am in the armed forces and work overseas? First time workers Apprenticeships

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