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Tax Administration Simplification

HMRC and HM Treasury are addressing escalating complexity and administrative burden in the UK tax system, which imposes significant compliance costs on businesses and diverts management attention from core operations. The issue encompasses 240 tax policy changes (2022–2024) with £913 million in implementation costs, Making Tax Digital rollout challenges, and structural funding gaps in HMRC's compliance and IT functions.

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30 Apr 2025 | Written evidence linked

We received written evidence from VAT Solutions which specialises in providing VAT advice and regularly interacts with HMRC on behalf of its clients. VAT Solutions gave examples of how inefficiencies in the VAT system resulted in unnecessary delay and increased costs to taxpayers, including increasing the fees taxpayers pay agents. We asked HMRC to respond to the examples provided by VAT Solutions.16 In written evidence provided after our evidence session, HMRC expressed a willingness to enga...

We received written evidence from VAT Solutions which specialises in providing VAT advice and regularly interacts with HMRC on behalf of its clients. VAT Solutions gave examples of how inefficiencies in the VAT system resulted in unnecessary delay and increased …

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8 Mar 2023 | Written evidence linked

We also received written evidence from the Chartered Institute of Taxation. It told us the SEISS application process was likely to have contributed to ineligible claims. It said that, because taxpayers rather than agents had to apply for SEISS, HMRC made the application process simple and straight forward, but in doing so this had the unintended effect of encouraging ineligible claims.26

We also received written evidence from the Chartered Institute of Taxation. It told us the SEISS application process was likely to have contributed to ineligible claims. It said that, because taxpayers rather than agents had to apply for SEISS, HMRC …

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