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Updated on 15 January 2021

Budget representation 2021: high income child benefit charge

In our 2021 Budget representation, we repeat our calls for the government to raise the £50,000 threshold for the high income child benefit charge (HICBC) to at least £60,000. We argue that the £50,000 threshold is no longer tenable once it is set to be overtaken by the higher-rate threshold from 6 ...

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Updated on 21 September 2022

Scottish government consultation: Devolved Taxes – a policy framework

CIOT and LITRG have submitted a joint response to the consultation. This is informed by a survey that CIOT created, and which was aimed at members of CIOT, the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS), who are based in Scotland and have ...

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Updated on 15 October 2020

The role of Scottish Social Security in Covid-19 recovery

LITRG responded to an inquiry published by the Social Security Committee of the Scottish Parliament. The Committee was seeking to understand how Scottish social security, and its part within the broader context of all UK social security, should contribute to the social and economic recovery from ...

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