John Whiting, recently appointed as the first Tax Director of the Office of Tax Simplification, outlines his thinking on his new role
I’ve long argued that we need a simpler tax system in the UK. Many years ago when I was President of the CIOT we put forward a number of ‘Quick Wins’ – ideas for specific quick and easy changes to the tax system. (Some were even adopted!) I’ve also argued for the establishment of a Tax Law Commission to parallel the Law Commission with a brief to review the UK’s stock of tax law (the Law Commission’s remit doesn’t run as far as taxation).
I certainly haven’t been the only person to suggest that we need to try and call a halt on what seemed to be the inexorable complexification (as GW Bush might have termed it) of the UK’s system. The Tax Law...
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John Whiting, recently appointed as the first Tax Director of the Office of Tax Simplification, outlines his thinking on his new role
I’ve long argued that we need a simpler tax system in the UK. Many years ago when I was President of the CIOT we put forward a number of ‘Quick Wins’ – ideas for specific quick and easy changes to the tax system. (Some were even adopted!) I’ve also argued for the establishment of a Tax Law Commission to parallel the Law Commission with a brief to review the UK’s stock of tax law (the Law Commission’s remit doesn’t run as far as taxation).
I certainly haven’t been the only person to suggest that we need to try and call a halt on what seemed to be the inexorable complexification (as GW Bush might have termed it) of the UK’s system. The Tax Law...
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