• The Committee has been discussing the draft guidance issued by HMRC on taxing gains made by non-residents on UK immovable property, particularly the guidance for collective investment schemes and continue discussions with HMRC to obtain further clarity. 
  • VAT registered businesses with a taxable turnover above the VAT threshold are required to use the Making Tax Digital service to keep records digitally and use software to submit their VAT returns from 1 April 2019. This date has been pushed back to 1 October 2019 for specified businesses with “more complex requirements” as specified by HMRC.
  • The Finance Bill 2019 contains provisions to reduce the SDLT filing and payment window from 30 days to 14 days for land transactions with an effective date on or after 1 March 2019.

 

Meeting dates: 

Tuesday 9th July 2019

Tuesday 15th October 2019