The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is encouraging taxpayers who can’t manage their tax affairs online and are due to start using Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax to check whether they can claim an exemption from the initiative, which launches in six months’ time.
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is reminding gig workers and side hustlers to check if they need to complete a self assessment tax return for the 2024/25 tax year and register with HMRC by the 5 October deadline if necessary.
If you live in Scotland and you expect your income in the 2025/26 tax year to be more than £35,000, you have until 10 October 2025 to opt out of receiving this year’s pension age winter heating payment.
The government have launched a new voluntary repayment scheme for those who need to pay back Covid scheme money that they weren’t entitled to receive. The scheme will run until December this year.
The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has written to the new tax minister, encouraging him to focus his efforts on ensuring that HMRC’s digital services are fit for purpose.
If you have ever worked for free, your experiences could help spark reforms that make unpaid internships, work trials, volunteer roles and other unpaid arrangements fairer. Don’t miss this chance to make your voice count by responding to the government’s call for evidence by 9 October 2025.