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Care workers – challenges of the tax and benefits system
Updated on 2 May 2018

Care workers – challenges of the tax and benefits system

This report outlines the challenges that the tax and benefits systems present to care workers – many of whom are already grappling with practices such as non-payment of travel time and zero-hours contracts – and puts forward a number of recommendations for reform.

6 piles of wooden blocks each with a green arrow pointing upwards the block on top of each pile has a letter on, together spelling out the word 'SAVING'
Updated on 27 February 2018

The complexities of government-incentivised savings for people on low incomes

The Chartered Institute of Taxation's (CIOT) Fellowship thesis by Kelly Sizer on the problems facing those on low-incomes when trying to navigate savings tax issues and their interactions with means-tested benefits. Kelly specifically focuses on pensions (including auto-enrolment), Lifetime ISAs ...

A sheet of paper in a typewriter with the word 'MANIFESTO' typed on it.
Updated on 25 March 2015

LITRG Manifesto

The LITRG has published a manifesto setting out the agenda the Group would like the next government to pursue for taxpayers on low incomes.

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Updated on 30 May 2007

Older people on low incomes -The case for tax reform

For too long pensioners on low incomes have been a low priority in the tax world of HMRC. The merger of the old Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise has focused on business tax to the detriment of the low-income pensioner. LITRG’s latest report ‘Older people on low incomes: the case for tax ...

tiny shopping trolley with wooden lettered blocks inside, together they spell out the word 'VAT'.
Updated on 30 January 2007

VAT and disabled people - the case for removing the barriers

A comprehensive report by the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is calling for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to review the VAT reliefs given to disabled people. The report also focuses on the need for better administration of the reliefs to make them easier to obtain, and a re-think on VAT ...

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