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The Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) (No 3) Regulations, SI 2024/1167, make further changes to the substantive pensions legislation (mainly FA 2004 Sch 29 and 36) in consequence of the abolition of the lifetime allowance. The...

In an important addition to their guidance on the VAT treatment of payments linked to private school fees, HMRC have provided new notes and examples covering situations where pupils receive therapy services in addition to education. The new section...

HMRC have added the UK-Romania double taxation agreement, as signed on 13 November 2024, to their collection of tax treaties. This new agreement has not yet been brought into force, but will eventually replace the previous 1975 agreement between the...

Second reading of the Bill has been scheduled for 27 November 2024....

The All-Party Parliamentary Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness Group (APPG) has called for the establishment of an independent taxpayer advocate service (TAS) in the UK, similar to the model established in the US and as discussed with HMRC in a meeting...

New data obtained by the Contentious Tax Group shows increasing rates of success for challenges to HMRC decisions using the HMRC internal review process. Although the picture varies considerably across the five departments which make up HMRCs...

The Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations, SI 2024/1158, extend the application of the transitional arrangements under Parts 2 and 3 of the Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations, SI 2019/589, by a...

This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.  

The Government published the Finance Bill on 7 November 2024. With 84 substantive clauses and 13 Schedules, running to 272 pages, a large portion of the Bill is devoted to the replacement of the remittance basis for non-domiciled individuals. Part 2...

The Finance Act 2021 (Schedule 26 Second Penalty Assessments) (Appointed Day: Regulation Making Power) Regulations, SI 2024/1132, bring FA 2021 Sch 26 into force on 12 November 2024, but only for the purposes of making regulations under para 16(2) of...