This month in Tax – March 2020

26 March 2020 13:00-14:00 - Tax issues on importing and exporting

Presented by Matthew Paul Clark, Head of UK Customs, Excise & International Trade Team, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

The event will be held in the Mackenzie Building Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh.

More seminars coming up:

• 23 April 2020 at 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm - Aspects of Taxation + U.S. Revocable Trusts and their Interaction with IHT, Mark McKeown, MA, M. Litt., Senior Associate, Turcan Connell; Andrew Aldridge or Sarjul Patel, U.S. Tax & Financial Services Ltd.
• 30 April 2020 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Topical Issues - personal tax, Alan Dean, MA, CTA, ATT, Senior Tax Manager, Chiene + Tait.

Further information and details of future meetings can be obtained by joining the mailing list held by seminars@terrafirmachambers.com.

Glasgow ICAS/CIOT Tax Discussion Group:

10 March - Joanne Walker - Scottish Taxes Update

Further information on the above meetings can be found online here.

Aberdeen ICAS/CIOT Tax Discussion Group

Finance Act 2020

Please note the change of venue: This event will be held at: Johnston Carmichael Bishop's Court 29 Albyn Place Aberdeen AB10 1YL Timing: 12.30pm for 12.45pm start, concluding at 1.45pm

Further information on the above meetings can be found online here.

Join us at one of our annual Spring Tax Updates. The update aims to provide an overview of recent tax developments and tax changes in the pipeline.

Members will also have the opportunity to network, share views and inform ICAS staff of matters they may wish to have raised with the relevant tax authorities.

We’d also encourage you to bring any interested staff and trainees to the event. We look forward to seeing you there.

• Galashiels – Thursday, 7 May 2020 at 3pm until 4.45pm
• Glasgow - Tuesday, 12 May 2020 at 12:30 - 14:00
• Edinburgh - Tuesday, 12 May 2020 at 17:30 - 19:00
• Dundee - Wednesday, 13 May 2020 at 17:30 – 19.00
• London - Wednesday, 13 May 2020 at 17:45 - 19:45
• Orkney  -  Friday, 22 May 2020 at 12:30 - 14:00
• Aberdeen - Tuesday, 2 June 2020 at17:30 - 19:00
• Elgin – Wednesday, 3 June 2020 at 12:30 - 14:00
• Inverness - Thursday, 4 June 2020 at 17:30 - 19:00

There are numerous events ahead for the Women in Tax network, designed for, but not exclusive to, women working in tax – in the profession, in-house, HMRC or anywhere else.

Leeds: Panel event: What does success look like? 23 March 2020 16:00-19:00 – Grant Thornton, Leeds

View the full calendar.

HMRC Talking points dates for your diary are as follows:  If you have missed one, you can usually catch up later.

Off-payroll working rules from April 2020: This webinar gives an update to the reform of off-payroll working rules from April 2020 for public sector and medium and large sized organisations.

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VAT reverse charge on construction services: Do you have clients who provide building services? If so, they could be affected by this reverse charge. This webinar will discuss how their cash flow may be impacted and what they need to do to prepare.

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Making Tax Digital – latest update: This webinar will provide the latest information on Making Tax Digital for VAT and enable agents to ask questions about any aspect of Making Tax Digital that they are unsure about.

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Statutory Maternity and Paternity Pay: This webinar is aimed at employers who have an employee who is either having a baby or looking after a mother who has had a baby.

Thursday 12 March – midday to 1pm

HMRC has a new online customer forum where you can post questions on a range of tax topics that are answered by HMRC experts. The new forum includes “PAYE and Payroll for Employers”.

ICAS Members are encouraged to join this.

The Knowledge Base is a new feature which contains answers to FAQs on a variety of topics and where you can find information on a number of subjects to help with tax matters. Content is regularly updated and new material added.

Anyone can view the forum at https://community.hmrc.gov.uk. To post a question, simply register and create a profile.

The aims of the PAYE and Payroll for Employers Forum are:

• Provide HMRC with early identification of issues that are affecting employers, so that these can be progressed and resolved more quickly and help employers meet their obligations.
• Share thoughts, issues and concerns on new and current HMRC processes, policies and strategies with their peers, so that they can agree how potential changes may affect them.
• Quickly identify and recognise common errors and processing glitches, so they can be reviewed and investigated.
• Enable members to raise, discuss and possibly resolve potential issues with each other by sharing best practice or experience.

A registered forum member can:

• View posts
• Add or post topics / questions

The ICAS tax team responds to many consultations on tax issues and welcomes members’ views to assist in preparing responses. If you have any comments on open consultations let us know.

Details of current consultations on tax issues can be found here:

• HMRC open consultations
• HM Treasury
• Scottish Government