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HMRC has published Agent Update issue 87 (August 2021) providing a round-up of recent developments for tax agents and advisers.

The CIOT, ATT and other professional bodies have urged the UK government to reconsider the timetable for basis period reform alongside other changes in the move towards a digital tax system.

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

Barbados has joined the two-pillar plan to reform the international taxation rules to ensure that multinational enterprises pay a fair share of tax wherever they operate.

Maldives, Papua New Guinea and Rwanda have signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ((OECD’s)) treaty for international tax co-operation and exchange of information), bringing the total number of jurisdictions that participate in the Convention to 144.

HMRC has updated its guidance on Plastic Packaging Tax, expanding the section on liability to the tax for businesses which perform the ‘last substantial modification’ of a plastic packaging component before the packing or filling process.

HMRC has published its bi-monthly magazine providing the latest information on payroll-related topics for employers and agents.

HMRC has published new guidance on reporting of coronavirus (COVID-19) grants and support payments on tax returns. The guidance is for the self-employed or partners in a business.

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

HMRC has added the UK-USA Competent Authority Agreement signed in July 2021 to its international treaty collection.

The OECD has published the results from its latest peer review of preferential tax regimes.

The OECD has published new or revised transfer pricing country profiles for 20 jurisdictions, adding new sections on financial transactions and permanent establishments.

HMRC has updated Statement of Practice 1 (2010): Business by telephone to add further SEISS Directions and update Annex A and Annex B.

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

HMRC has launched a 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 and also to the sellers.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has commented on the Scottish Parliament consultation ‘What matters to you?’ on what the priorities for Scotland should be.

HMRC has published a policy paper detailing how the government intends to use the powers in the National Insurance Contributions Bill 2021.

The OECD has released new data that underlines the importance of the two-pillar plan being advanced by over 130 members of the OECD/G20 inclusive framework on BEPS to reform international taxation rules and ensure that multinational enterprises pay a fair share of tax wherever they operate.

HMRC has updated its policy paper to add information for people who have been contacted by a third party to repay a disguised remuneration loan.

HMRC has updated its Self-Employment Income Support Scheme guidance to cover how to notify errors in amounts claimed under the scheme and how to work out turnover where the taxpayer is a member of a partnership.