In the news: May 2022

‘The Scottish Government say they are committed to reforming council tax but they certainly seem to be taking the slow road to getting there.’

John Cullinane, CIOT Director of Public Policy, quoted in the Herald newspaper following comments by Scottish ministers that fundamental reform of Council Tax is unlikely in the 2021-26 session of the Scottish Parliament, 28 March 2022

‘ATT looks at a recently published consultation considering whether the UK should introduce an online sales tax, and what such a move might entail’

Accountancy Age, 11 April 2022

‘The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group complains that HMRC taking away the Verify option is unhelpful, given there are issues with Government Gateway that remain to be resolved.’

The Guardian, 23 April 2022

‘One of the reasons that the non-dom regime had never been fundamentally reformed is a reluctance to deal with all the issues that this archaic concept currently provides some sort of (blunt) answer to. A simple residence test will not on its own deal with these issues.’

John Cullinane and Emma Chamberlain of CIOT, Financial Times letters page, 29 April 2022. This was one of a number of pieces of non-dom related coverage, also including an appearance by Emma on BBC Radio 5 Live.

‘Emma Rawson, of the Association of Taxation Technicians, said it was a “little disappointing” that the document was very “light on detail” and had not revealed more of the government’s thinking.’

Financial Times article on the government’s launch of a consultation on capital allowances, 10 May 2022. (Article also quoted CIOT.)