Bill Dodwell
A new role
One of the most amazing inventions in recent years is the digital platform.
Virtual presence
In March 2017, the G20 Finance Ministers asked the OECD secretariat to re-establish the Digital Taskforce set up under t...
Working it out
The very first project undertaken by the Office of Tax Simplification looked at tax reliefs.
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Scanning horizons
‘Where’s the Summer Finance Bill?’ was the frequent cry of tax advisers, wondering whether five hundred pages of legisla...
Time for change
In 1999, Chancellor Gordon Brown announced that measures would be introduced to counter tax avoidance by the use of so-c...
Continuing action
BEPS Update The G20 and OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project was put in motion by the G20 in November 2012....
CIOT President's page, May 2017
By the time you read this, I shall be preparing for my final engagement as the Institute’s President – chairing the 2017...
Time to devolve
From 6 April 2017, the historic step of setting different income tax rates and thresholds across the UK takes effect....
A mostly modest affair
As we move towards the nirvana of a single annual fiscal event, the Spring Budget seemed like it should be a modest affa...
President's page, March 2017
On 16 February, I received an email from Ruth Owen at HMRC, thanking me for completing my Self Assessment tax return....