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 ...
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 ...
LITRG is generally supportive of localisation where it means people are better served by authorities being able to flex benefits and services to local needs. But individuals may be confused about to whom they turn for guidance and what power exists to change things in their community. Local and ...
LITRG has responded to an HMRC consultation document on draft legislation in respect of their review of employee benefits and expenses. These draft regulations continue the work to implement the proposals originally put forward in 2014, which themselves followed a review by the Office of Tax ...
We are pleased that the Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Bill contains provision for the introduction of a Taxpayers’ Charter. The Bill signifies that the Charter should clearly state the standards of behaviour and values that the Welsh Revenue Authority will use when interacting with Welsh ...
LITRG and CIOT have submitted a response to the paper published by the Public Audit Committee of the Scottish Parliament in response to the UK Government’s Scotland Bill 2015. The response emphasises the importance of ensuring independent and impartial data validation. While data reporting and ...