Various attempts are being made by the governments in Scotland and Wales to make council tax ‘fairer’. We take a look at some of the reasons for the perceived unfairness of council tax, and some of the suggestions as to how to resolve this.
The noise about ‘side hustle tax’ is showing no signs of dying down and we are still seeing incorrect information circulating online about the tax position of people selling items via online platforms. We previously published a flowchart trying to provide clarity on the rules. In this, our ...
LITRG submitted a response to the Public Accounts Committee inquiry into HMRC’s 2022-23 Standard Report.
State pensions are increasing in April 2024, but the point at which most people start to pay tax is staying the same. Here we look ahead some of the problems this might cause. We also give our ideas on how the government could make things easier for state pensioners – some of which we originally ...
LITRG submitted a response to the Scottish Government consultation on the development and delivery of the Care Leaver Payment.
HMRC published draft amended Regulations relating to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax legislation for consultation last month. The draft amendments were to mainly take account of the outcome of HMRC’s Small Business Review that it had undertaken in 2023. LITRG recently responded to the ...