The Association of Taxation Technicians has called on HMRC to postpone the introduction of quarterly digital reporting by at least a year, as it emerges that the initial group of consultations originally planned for the first half of 2016 are to be postponed until after the EU referendum in June.
Yvette Nunn, co-chair of ATT’s Technical Steering Group, said: ‘If we assume that all consultation responses will need to be submitted by, say, the end of September to keep to the timetable of an April 2017 public testing phase, then we believe that it will be impossible for HMRC to adequately consider the views and constructive points raised in each consultation in just this six month timeframe.’ A revised timetable for implementation would, she added, ‘allow the consultations to be released in phases, with staggered submission deadlines, to allow more consideration of all of the issues’.
‘Rushing ahead with this project’, Nunn said, ‘could put at risk the many potential benefits for taxpayers and HMRC which greater digital working can bring.’
The Association of Taxation Technicians has called on HMRC to postpone the introduction of quarterly digital reporting by at least a year, as it emerges that the initial group of consultations originally planned for the first half of 2016 are to be postponed until after the EU referendum in June.
Yvette Nunn, co-chair of ATT’s Technical Steering Group, said: ‘If we assume that all consultation responses will need to be submitted by, say, the end of September to keep to the timetable of an April 2017 public testing phase, then we believe that it will be impossible for HMRC to adequately consider the views and constructive points raised in each consultation in just this six month timeframe.’ A revised timetable for implementation would, she added, ‘allow the consultations to be released in phases, with staggered submission deadlines, to allow more consideration of all of the issues’.
‘Rushing ahead with this project’, Nunn said, ‘could put at risk the many potential benefits for taxpayers and HMRC which greater digital working can bring.’
