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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a statement by Bob Hamilton, Chair of the Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) and Chris Jordan, Chair of the FTA’s Joint International Task Force on Shared Intelligence and Collaboration (JITSIC), on the recent leaking of the Pandora Papers. According to the statement, the FTA, given its relationships established through the JITSIC, is able to establish a collaborative approach to ‘identifying and addressing aggressive tax avoidance and tax evasion involving multiple jurisdictions once the data becomes available’.

HMRC has published new guidance on changes to the new rules for renewing taxi, private hire or scrap metal licenses from April 2022.

HMRC has published Agent Update issue 89 (October 2021) providing a round-up of recent developments for tax agents and advisers.

The OECD has published the secretary-general’s report to the October 2021 meeting of G20 leaders in Italy, covering the Two-Pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy, tax policy aspects of climate change, developing countries and the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, and tax and fiscal policy after the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has called for a review of the tax regime for Employee Ownership Trusts (EOT) to encourage take-up and discourage their abuse.

HMRC has published its bi-monthly magazine providing the latest information on payroll-related topics for employers and agents.

HMRC has updated its guidance on paying back Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) grants to add a new section on offsetting amounts overclaimed by employers.

HMRC has updated its guidance on eligibility for MTD for income tax to state that non-UK resident or non-UK domiciled taxpayers only need to follow the MTD for Income Tax rules for their UK self-employment and property income.

HMRC has published a new guidance on how to reduce the risk of using a non-compliant umbrella company for UK agencies or businesses who utilise temporary labour.

HMRC has published new guidance detailing how it deals with taxpayers who are involved in tax avoidance, tax evasion or repeated insolvency who receive a joint and several liability notice.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has published an HMRC Stakeholder Digest (October 2021) providing a round-up of the latest news and updates for members, and their customers and clients.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has published the budget representations it has made on employee ownership trusts, employment taxes and pensions regime, assignment and enforcement of loans subject to the loan charge and remote working abroad.

4 October 2021 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.

HMRC has updated its guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) to reflect the end of both schemes on 30 September 2021.

HMRC has published pension schemes newsletter 133, which informs relevant stakeholders of the latest news and updates regarding pension schemes.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has published HMRC’s update for Agents for the month of September in relation to Making Tax Digital (MTD).

The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has published HMRC’s update for its members from the Agent Forum held on 23 September 2021.

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has launched a consultation to seek views from individuals and businesses on proposals to reform flexible working regulations.

The Treasury has announced a 12-month delay to the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, which will now be brought in for the 2024–25 tax year. Basis period reform is also to be moved back by 12 months.

The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (CTJ) has published the Senior President of Tribunals’ 2021 Annual Report. This is Sir Keith Lindblom’s first report since taking the role in September 2020.