Support for taxpayers on low incomes more vital than ever

‘The growth and popularity of Low Incomes Tax Reform Group’s online guidance over recent years has been phenomenal ’ said Jonathan Riley in his inaugural speech as chair of the group. 

The LITRG is committed to ‘improving still further the quantity quality and marketing of its in demand websites which reached nearly five million visitors last year’ he said. It was important for it to publish accurate and detailed content on its website in part because of the lack of in-depth guidance on GOV.UK.  

Mr Riley said the group was ‘a critical but constructive partner of government and the tax authorities’. A new paper to be published in autumn would prioritise ‘campaigning to ensure taxpayers have a clear efficient process to query and correct inaccurate information held about them by government departments and encourage the government to consider interactions with benefits when developing tax policy’. 

The group would...