This month in Tax: May 2023
By Justine Riccomini, Head of Tax (Employment and Devolved Taxes)
17 April 2023
Justine Riccomini advises on what training and events are taking place, as well as tax resources available to members on the ICAS website and beyond.
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ICAS webinar: Spring Tax Update: Part two - Taxation of Owner Managed Businesses
Date: Tuesday 18 April 2023
Time: 11am until 12noon
Event summary
Join our essential roundup of the latest tax matters including developments in the Spring Budget. In part two, you’ll get a general tax update covering business taxes affecting Owner Managed Businesses, including an overview, a reminder of what’s changing and pointers on where to get further information.
There will be an opportunity to ask ICAS staff about the latest Owner Managed Business tax measures, and to raise any problems and/or concerns, with HMRC services levels and how they are impacting you or your clients.
You will also get the chance to hear about topical issues where the ICAS Tax team have represented members’ interests to the authorities.
Key themes and topics
- Business Taxes
- Tax Developments from the Spring Budget and Finance Bill
Speakers
(Please note that views and opinions expressed by speakers at ICAS webinars are their own and not necessarily reflective of ICAS’ views.)
- Host: David Menzies CA, Director of Practice, ICAS
- Chris Campbell CA CTA, Head of Tax (Tax Practice and Owner Managed Business Taxes), ICAS
Who’s this for?
- CAs working in Tax
- CAs working in Business
- CAs working in Practice
Counts as CPD activity
Depending upon your individual role and training and development needs, watching this webinar can count towards your annual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirement.
By signing up to an ICAS event you are agreeing to our terms and conditions.
ICAS webinar: Spring Tax Update: Part three - general taxes update
Date: Thursday 11 May 2023
Time: 11am until 12noon
Event summary
Join our essential roundup of the most important recent tax developments, including announcements in the Spring Budget. In part three, you’ll get an update on the key tax developments and things to look out for across the main taxes. The webinar will also touch on issues where the ICAS tax team has taken up members’ concerns with HMRC. There will be opportunities to ask questions and to give feedback on problems or concerns with HMRC systems and service levels.
Key themes and topics
- Personal taxes, corporate taxes, VAT and tax administration
- Announcements in the Spring Budget
- The latest developments in the government programme for raising standards in the tax advice market
Speakers
(Please note that views and opinions expressed by speakers at ICAS webinars are their own and not necessarily reflective of ICAS’ views.)
- Host: David Menzies CA, Director of Practice
- Susan Cattell, Head of Tax Technical Policy, ICAS
Who’s this for?
- CAs working in Tax
- CAs working in Business
- CAs working in Practice
- CA Students
Counts as CPD activity
Depending upon your individual role and training and development needs, watching this webinar can count towards your annual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirement.
By signing up to an ICAS event you are agreeing to our terms and conditions.
ICAS tax-related webinars
Catch up on all previous ICAS webinars
Please note that all the feedback we receive from members during webinars, in Q&As and on a day-to-day basis is in turn being fed into Government insofar as it relates to policy and to HMRC insofar as it relates to operational and practical matters.
Please note that views and opinions expressed by speakers at ICAS webinars are their own and not necessarily reflective of ICAS’ views.
HMRC Technical Information
The latest Agent Update is available here: please note the AU is published once a month
The latest Employer Bulletin is available here: please note the EB is published once every two months
HMRC Talking Points webinars are available here
HMRC Community Forums
You can use the HMRC online customer forum to post questions on a range of tax topics that are answered by HMRC experts. The forum now 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.
A registered forum member can:
- View posts
- Add or post topics / questions
UK Government Consultations
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:
Fancy volunteering on an ICAS tax committee? Email tax@icas.com to let us know!