Specialist Tax Regulatory Materials
28 February 2022 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.
Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Real estate investment trusts (REITs)Introduction to REITsA real estate investment trust (REIT) is in fact not a trust at all, it is a company which qualifies for special tax treatment under CTA 2010, Part 12. REITs are similar in many ways to collective fund vehicles (such as unit trusts) in that
Ministers of religionMost ministers of religion or members of the clergy are either office-holders or employees and so their earnings are taxable under ITEPA 2003 as employment income and are subject to Class 1 National Insurance.For the purposes of the tax system, a minister does not have to belong
Non-business expensesIntroductionIn order for an expense to be tax deductible it must be incurred because of an employee鈥檚 employment. Any non-business related expense is, therefore, not relievable except in some very particular circumstances.This guidance note deals with three separate issues. The
