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15 November 2021 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.

The European Parliament has formally adopted a directive to amend the Accounting directive 2013/34/EU.  The Directive will enter into force 20 days after publication in the Official Journal. Member states will  have 18 months to transpose the law meaning that businesses are expected to need to comply with the first provisions of the directive by the middle of 2024.

HMRC has published new guidance setting out how HMRC deals with customers who receive a joint and several liability notice for a company that has received COVID-19 support payments, including conditions for giving a notice and safeguards.

HMRC has updated its policy paper on ‘Extended Loss Carry Back for Businesses’ to clarify in the section on 'Loss carry-back allocation statement requirements' that such statements are only required to list members of the 2020 or 2021 group (as appropriate) if they are within the charge to CT.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has announced that Mauritania has joined the Inclusive Framework on BEPS and become its 141st member.

Ahead of the introduction of Plastic Packaging Tax from 1 April 2022, HMRC has launched a consultation to seek views on the technical application of draft Plastic Packaging Tax (General) Regulations 2021.

The Welsh Government has published a Tax Policy Framework Update and a Tax Policy Work Plan setting out strategic tax priorities for the 2021–2026 Senedd term.

Finance Bill 2022 was published on 4 November 2021.

These regulations designate those freeport tax sites within, or connected to, a freeport in which plant and machinery allowances, structures and buildings allowances and stamp duty land tax reliefs are available. These Regulations come into force on 19 November 2021.

HMRC has updated its guidance on the recovery loan scheme to state that the scheme would be extended until 30 June 2022 as announced at the Autumn Budget 2021 and include the changes applicable from 1 January 2022.

The Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has welcomed the move to extend the deadline for reporting capital gains tax on residential property disposals from 30 days to 60 days for disposals on or after 27 October 2021. Disposals before this date will still need to meet the 30-day requirement.

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, HM Treasury and HMRC have jointly launched a consultation to seek views on the introduction of a corporate UK re-domiciliation regime to support companies seeking to relocate to the UK.

HM Treasury has published the outcomes of its consultation on the fundamental review of business rates, the changes the government will pursue and a broad timeline for implementation of those changes.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) have published a response to the Scottish Government's consultation 'Tax Policy and the Budget - a framework for tax'.

A summary of the main tax measures announced at the Autumn Budget on 27 October 2021.

25 October 2021 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has responded to HMRC’s consultation on the implementation of the OECD Model Reporting Rules, which require digital platforms to report details of the income of sellers on their platform to the tax authority where the platform is resident, incorporated or managed, and also to the sellers.

In a written statement to Parliament, Lucy Frazer MP, financial secretary to the Treasury, has confirmed that the Finance Bill 2021–22 will be published on 4 November 2021.

HM Treasury has published its final report following the Net Zero Review as part of its Net Zero strategy. The report considers, amongst a wide range of other policy issues, the material fiscal consequences of the strategy.

18 October 2021 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.