Not quite sure where my year as VP went, but delighted to be stepping up to Deputy President of The Chartered Institute of Taxation in May alongside incoming president Nichola Ross Martin & VP John Barnett www.tax.org.uk/ciot-announc...

I am very much looking forward to participating in this discussion!

My latest for Accounting Web on yesterday's Spring Statement consultation on making better use of new & improved third party data: www.accountingweb.co.uk/tax/hmrc-pol...

An interesting paper from HMRC on improving quality of some third party information it receives (& could potentially seek) & better utilising it to help taxpayers - all very much in line with OTS thinking www.gov.uk/government/c...

So threshold for MTD for Income Tax to drop to £20K from April 2028 and clergy, Lloyds Underwriters, recipients of Married Couples Allowance or Blind Persons Allowance won't be required to join MTD for Income Tax in this Parliament www.gov.uk/government/p...

And of course I didn't start my day alone

This morning on the Somerset Levels (nothing to do with tax, but how I started my day)

Available Wi-Fi options on this morning’s train to London. I have yet to identify the owner of the second…..

My first post here - CIOT & @icaew.bsky.social "20 years of HMRC" conference on 11 March: Speakers include @davidgauke.bsky.social @hselftax.bsky.social Gus O'Donnell, Nick Macpherson, XST James Murray MP, Meg Hillier MP, @edwardtroup.bsky.social (and indeed me). events.icaew.com/pd/30211/?ut...