LITRG recently responded to HM Treasury’s consultation document exploring the possibility of extending tax relief for the cost of training by employees and the self-employed, in an attempt to encourage more individuals to develop and improve their skills or to retrain completely to help boost the ...

The LITRG raises concerns about the number of dispute cases reaching the Tribunal which ought never to have been escalated in the first place. We are hugely concerned about the position of unrepresented taxpayers aggrieved by decisions against which there is no right of appeal. There is a strong ...

As part of the Treasury Committee’s inquiry into VAT and Brexit, LITRG has urged the Government to reconsider its previous recommendations for VAT reform for disabled people. The recommendations include extending VAT relief for certain construction services, transportation costs and workplace ...

As there are so many fundamental changes on the horizon for small businesses to get to grips with in the next few years, such as Brexit and HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme, LITRG strongly urges caution from the Government when considering introducing any further substantial changes to the ...

The LPC are consulting on the recommendation made in ‘Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices’ that they should consider the potential impact of a higher minimum wage for hours that are not ‘guaranteed’. We raise concerns about the impact that arrangements involving nominal ...

The LITRG believes that the government must continue to allow the use of cash as a choice and make sure that cash does not become a more expensive alternative to using digital payments as this will impact low-income households and more vulnerable groups in society, possibly causing further ...