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17 October 2022 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced a reset of government fiscal policy, reversing ‘almost all the tax measures’ from the mini-Budget.

HMRC’s Stakeholder Digest (14 October 2022) provides a round-up of recent news.

In a reversal of policy, Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced that the main rate of corporation tax will increase to 25% from 1 April 2023.

The exchange of letters between the UK and Isle of Man which was signed in 2021 has been added to the HMRC Isle of Man: tax treaties page.

The text of the UK-India Double Taxation Convention has been amended on the HMRC India: tax treaties page.

The OECD secretary-general tax report to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors has been published.

Writing to the Treasury Committee, the Chancellor has announced his intention to deliver his medium-term fiscal plan on 31 October, rather than 23 November.

10 October 2022 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.

Many UK businesses will be released from reporting requirements and other regulations in the future due to a change in the UK definition of ‘SME’.

Mongolia has signed the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting. South Africa has also deposited its instrument of ratification for the BEPS convention.

The OECD is seeking public comments on the Progress Report on the Administration and Tax Certainty Aspects of Amount A of Pillar One.

The EU Council has placed Anguilla, The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (Annex I) over concerns that these jurisdictions, which all have a zero or nominal only rate of corporate income tax, are attracting profits without real economic activity and have not adequately addressed recommendations of the OECD Forum on Harmful Tax Practices which they committed to earlier this year. This increases the number of jurisdictions on the so-called blacklist to 12. The others are: American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, US Virgin Islands, Vanuatu. Turks and Caicos Islands is now listed for the first time. The Bahamas was already once listed in 2018, and Anguilla once in 2020.

HMRC has published a reminder that businesses will no longer be able to use their existing VAT online account to submit VAT returns from 1 November 2022

The Treasury Committee tweeted that the Chancellor has agreed to bring forward the date of the next fiscal event, originally scheduled to take place on 23 November, to some time in October. However, the Chancellor himself seemed to dispute this, noting in an interview that the Medium-Term Fiscal Plan will take place on 23 November.

Regulations are expected to be laid in time to ensure the exemption continues past 1 January 2023 when it otherwise had been due to expire.

3 October 2022 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.UK

HMRC has published new guidance on how to add a team member to a business tax account and give them access to a tax, duty or scheme.

HMRC’s Stakeholder Digest (28 September 2022) provides a round-up of recent news.

HMRC has published a new factsheet CC/FS71 Compliance checks: information notices on penalties for facilitating avoidance schemes involving non-resident promoters.