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Time to talk about tax

05 October 2016
Issue: 4570 / Categories: News , Admin

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is among three organisations that are urging the chancellor to make immediate changes to improve and simplify tax policymaking. In a letter, the CIOT joined the Institute for Government (IfG) and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in recommending:

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is among three organisations that are urging the chancellor to make immediate changes to improve and simplify tax policymaking. In a letter the CIOT joined the Institute for Government (IfG) and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in recommending:

  • returning to a single annual fiscal event to stop autumn statements becoming second budgets leading to a proliferation of measures and long finance bills;
  • starting the consultation process earlier;
  • establishing guiding principles to indicate clearly the direction of travel for tax policy;
  • indicating the areas in which individuals and businesses need to plan and make long-term decisions such as pensions and savings; and
  • preparing the ground for future policy changes through external reviews to open up public debate about the tax system.
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