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The Office of Tax Simplification Review of Claims and Elections

10 November 2020 / Bethan Kay
Issue: 4768 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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Making a claim

Key points

  • The UK tax system has over 1 000 claims and elections.
  • The review of claims and elections by the OTS makes 15 recommendations for simplifying the system.
  • Digital tax accounts and their possible development.
  • Many eligible employees do not claim employment expenses.
  • Improving HMRC’s online forms.


Claims and elections are common aspects of our tax system and these can be made in a variety of ways which can sometimes be confusing. The National Audit Office has recently stated that there are 1 190 tax reliefs most of which will require a claim of some kind – and that does not include the various elections that exist.

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has recently published a document Claims and elections review: Simplifying administrative processes (tinyurl.com/y3ammvks) which focuses on how the administration of claims and elections across corporation tax income...

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