Bill Dodwell
A helping hand
I’ve been hugely impressed with everything HMRC has done since the start of the coronavirus pandemic....
Meeting a major challenge
Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his first Budget on 11 March in challenging circumstances.
Making things simpler
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) celebrates its tenth anniversary later this year.
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A vision of the future?
I remember wondering what Chancellor George Osborne could mean when he said in his March 2015 Budget: ‘Twelve million pe...
Tax by numbers!
One of the more important factors when looking at tax policy is to understand how many people could be affected by any p...
An end to confusion?
The Office of Tax Simplification released an unusual report on Halloween – just before Parliament was dissolved for the ...
Education, education, education
One of the most common comments by those who have been involved in an unsuccessful tax scheme is that they didn’t unders...
What is the true cost?
One of the wider issues in taxation is the extent to which costs may be deducted from investment income and gains....
A simpler way of giving
In January 2018, Chancellor Philip Hammond asked the Office of Tax Simplification to review inheritance tax. The key par...