Looking back over the past 12 months in taxation I am struck not only by how busy a year it has been but by how prominent matters relating to tax have been in the public consciousness. 2011 has brought a number of developments in the tax world and I know that others will comment on the most significant of these elsewhere in the magazine.
It will perhaps come as no surprise that as the Minister with responsibility for the government’s tax policy the past year is characterised for me by the steps we have taken as part of the continued implementation of the government’s programme of tax reforms and in particular the launch of our vision...
