Businesses ill-prepared for UK's Making Tax Digital after Brexit

Josh White

October 08 2018

Businesses ill-prepared for UK's Making Tax Digital after Brexit

UK taxpayers are still behind schedule on prepping for the rollout of Making Tax Digital (MTD) and the end of traditional VAT returns on April 1 2019, which happens just days after Brexit, according to a recent poll.

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Josh White

Special Projects Editor ITR

Josh covers transfer pricing, BEPS, tax disputes and other direct tax matters for ITR’s audience. He covers a range of tax issues in these areas and how companies are dealing with them, as well as the influence of politics on tax developments.

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