In brief: 17 October 2019

Budget

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has announced he is planning to hold a Budget on 6 November. However were the UK to leave the EU without a deal the government would focus on supporting the economy businesses and households and would delay holding the Budget. The Budget 2019 representations portal will remain open until 30 October. Representations may also be submitted to budget.representations@hmtreasury.gov.uk (tinyurl.com/hmtbpoct).

tinyurl.com/hmtb6nov

Countdown Bulletin 49

The October edition of HMRC’s Countdown Bulletin outlines the support available to pension scheme administrators now the scheme reconciliation (SRS) service has closed. It covers final SRS outputs scheme contracted out numbers incorrect guaranteed minimum pension information contribution equivalent premiums and future queries.

tinyurl.com/hmrccdb49

Montenegro 

Montenegro has become the 130th signatory to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s multilateral convention on mutual administrative assistance in...