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Lazing on a sunny afternoon

26 July 2016 / Andrew Hubbard
Issue: 4560 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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A recent Office of Tax Simplification stakeholder event.

KEY POINTS

  • The Office of Tax Simplification holds its first stakeholder event.
  • Rather than ‘quick wins’ the OTS should concentrate on structural and policy issues.
  • Operational independence makes the office the ideal body for neutral policy research.
  • The construction industry scheme and the impact of devolution were thought suitable subjects for review.
  • Success should be measured by the extent of structural change in the tax system.

Had you been walking by the HM Treasury building in London on Monday 18 July you would have been greeted by a curious sight. On the hottest day of the year the great and the good of the tax profession (and yours truly) could be seen sweltering in the sun facing a door which resolutely failed to open. Was this the...

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