Allison Plager

ALLISON PLAGER scans the 19th, 20th and 21st sittings of the Standing Committee.

TRUSTS, TRUSTS AND more trusts: who would have thought that a couple of Budget press releases, containing information that Gordon Brown considered not worth mentioning in his Budget speech, could cause so much trouble? But they certainly have. A healthy part of the 19th sitting was covered in Richard Curtis's article 'Too much, too young', Taxation,  21 September, but some discussion on insurance policies remained.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation is launching Tax Advice Week in October. ALLISON PLAGER finds out what's in store.

TAX ADVICE WEEK is being held by the Chartered Institute of Taxation between Monday 16 and Friday 20 October. Building on the success of last September's CTA day, this week-long event is the first of its kind put on by the Institute. In brief, the aims are to raise awareness about all taxpayers' need for tax advice, including those on low incomes. The idea is also to increase people's understanding of tax.

ALLISON PLAGER reports proceedings from the seventh and eighth sittings of the Finance Bill Standing Committee A.