ICAEW

Government plans to reduce administrative costs to business by £10bn will fail unless the complexity of the tax code is tackled, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has warned.

Two of the UK’s three longest Finance Acts were enacted in the previous parliament, the ICAEW notes in a letter to the chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, while calling for a “one in, two out” principle to apply to tax laws.

A group of organisations representing tax advisers and accountants have issued the latest version of their guidance on professional conduct.

The document – which replaces the February 2014 publication – is shared by the Association of Tax Technicians, the Association of Accounting Technicians, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Chartered Institute of Taxation, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

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