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July 2023

26 Regs: The Taxes (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) (Country-by-Country Reporting) (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2023/752, come into force.

August 2023

1 Compliance: Alcohol duty freeze extended to this date. 

Regs: The Post Office Horizon Shortfall Scheme Top-Up Payments (Tax Exemptions) Regulations, SI 2023/772, come into force.

14 Consultation: Comments close on UK law reform in transfer pricing, permanent establishment and diverted profits tax.

16 Consultation: Department for Business and Trade call for evidence as part of the UK government’s review of the corporate governance framework in the UK closes.

25 Consultation: Comments close on non-discretionary tax advantaged share schemes.

29 Consultation: Comments close on tackling non-compliance in the umbrella company market.

30 Consultation: Comments close on a proposed new voluntary standard for customs intermediaries.

September 2023

1 Consultation: OECD consultation on ‘the appropriateness of the scope and pricing framework’ for Amount B closes; comments close on Scottish visitor levy.

8 Consultation: Comments close on how customs declaration requirements can be streamlined.

12 Consultation: Comments close on draft guidance that provides additional information on administration, chargeability and scope for multinational top-up tax and domestic top-up tax.

22 Consultation: Call for evidence closes on how to improve the temporary admission procedure in the UK.

28 Consultation: Treasury consultation on potential measures to address ‘avoidance, evasion and poor rating agent behaviour within the business rates system’ closes.

30 Compliance: HMRC extends downloadable CGT property return trial to this date (previously 30 June).

 


Key dates for tax lawyers: 2023 and beyond 

 

September 2023

Date Type Details
1 September 2023 Consultation Energy Profits Levy and the Energy Security Investment Mechanism consultation period closes
12 September 2023 Consultation Draft Finance Bill 2024 consultation period closes
12 September 2023 Consultation VAT Terminal Markets Order consultation period closes
25 September 2023 Consultation Taxation of Employee Ownership Trusts and Employee Benefit Trusts consultation period closes

 

 

October 2023

Date Type Details
1 October 2023 New regime start date The existing measure for tax checks for taxi and scrap metal licences in England and Wales extended to licences in Scotland and Northern Ireland from this date
10 October 2023 Consultation Plastic packaging tax—chemical recycling and adoption of a mass balance approach consultation period closes

 

 

November 2023

Date Type Details
9 November 2023 Case HMRC v Pickles and another (income tax: distributions) Court of Appeal scheduled to hear appeal
30 November 2023 New regime start date Deadline for using Customs Declaration Service (CDS) extended to that date

 

 

December 2023

Date Type Details
31 December 2023 New regime start date UK legislation implementing OECD Pillar 2 due to commence resulting in introduction of the new multinational top-up tax apply for the fiscal years beginning on or after this date

 

 

January 2024

Date Type Details
1 January 2024 New regime start date New digital platform reporting requirements from this date
1 January 2024 Allowance The new ‘audiovisual expenditure credit’ and ‘video game expenditure credit’ available in respect of accounting periods ending on or after this date
1 January 2024 Allowance Creative industry tax reliefs: new expenditure credits effective from this date
15, 16 and 17 January 2024 Case Strategic Branding Limited v HMRC (EBTs): UT scheduled to hear appeal in a two-day hearing in a three-day window

 

 

April 2024

Date Type Details
1 April 2024 Allowance Creative industry tax reliefs: cultural tax reliefs effective from this date
1 April 2024 New regime start date Third party ship management companies to join the tonnage tax regime and increase in the ceiling on capital allowances
6 April 2024 Allowance Dividend allowance reduced from £1,000 to £500 from this date
6 April 2024 Allowance  Individual annual exempt amount reduced from £6,000 to £3,000 from this date
6 April 2024 New regime start date New regime for late payment and late submission applies to all income tax self-assessment payers from this date
6 April 2024 New regime start date Income tax basis period reform
6 April 2024 New regime start date Making tax digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment comes into effect
 
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6 April 2024 New regime start date Top up payments to low income earners making contributions to pension schemes using net pay arrangements come into effect
6 April 2024 New regime start date Abolition of the pensions lifetime allowance and consequential changes
6 April 2024 New regime start date Changes to geographical scope of agricultural property relief (APR) and woodlands relief for inheritance tax (IHT)

 

 

June 2024

Date Type Details
22 June 2024 New regime start date EU Directive on public country by country reporting becomes applicable to businesses (applying from first financial year starting after 22 June 2024)

 

 

December 2024

Date Type Details
31 December 2024 New regime start date  The government intends to implement backstop Undertaxed Profits Rule with effect for accounting periods beginning on or after no earlier than this date

 

 

March 2025

Date Type Details
31 March 2025 Rates The temporary increase to the residential nil-rate thresholds for stamp duty land tax (SDLT) from £125,000 to £250,000 and the increase to the nil-rate threshold for SDLT for eligible first-time buyers from £3000,000 to £425,000 (and corresponding increase to maximum transaction value to £625,000) cease to apply after this date

 

 

April 2025

Date Type Details
1 April 2025 Rates Electric cars, vans and motorcycles will begin to pay vehicle excise duty from this date
6 April 2025 New regime start date Change to data HMRC collects from customers
6 April 2025 New regime start date Pensions schemes relief at source (RAS) legislative amendments become effective

 

 

March 2026

Date Type Details
31 March 2026 Thresholds Maintenance of the VAT registration or deregistration thresholds at £85,000 and £83,000 respectively ends

 

 

April 2026

Date Type Details
6 April 2026 Regime start date Making tax digital for income tax self assessment starts from this date

 

 

September 2026

Date Type Details
30 September 2026 New regime start date SDLT relief for freeports applies until this date

 

 

March 2027

Date Type Details
31 March 2027 Regime end date The temporary zero rate VAT on all installations of qualifying energy-saving materials that are made on or after 1 April 2022 ends on this date

 

 

March 2028

Date Type Details
31 March 2028 Regime end date Energy profits levy to end on this date

 


 

 

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