Tax professionals react to the UK’s VAT simplification agenda

Alice Jones

March 24 2021

Birmingham canals I Taxpayers should proactively advise the government on VAT process changes

Tax professionals support the decision to simplify complex VAT processes, announced on the UK’s first ‘Tax Day’. Yet tax advisors say that any changes must not increase the MNE tax burden, and some argue that UK government could have done more.

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Alice Jones

Commercial Editor ITR

Alice is an editor of commercial content across Euromoney brands including International Tax Review (ITR), Managing IP (MIP), and International Financial Law Review (IFLR). She joined the commercial team in March 2022 after working as a journalist for ITR.

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