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Belize and Cameroon have deposited their instruments of ratification with the OECD for the BEPS Multilateral Instrument.

The ATT has shared an update on how HMRC is recovering Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants where taxpayers need to repay some or all of their grant.

HMRC has published Agent Update issue 95 (April 2022) providing a round-up of recent developments for tax agents and advisers.

The OECD is seeking public comments on the Extractives Exclusion under Amount A of Pillar One of the Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy which introduces a new taxing right over a portion of the profit of large and highly profitable enterprises for jurisdictions in which goods or services are supplied or consumers are located.

HMRC has published new guidance on the

The OECD has received public comments the Implementation Framework of the global minimum tax consultation that it launched. The public consultation meeting will be held virtually on 25 April 2022.

Under BEPS Action 14, jurisdictions have committed to implement a minimum standard to improve the resolution of tax-related disputes between jurisdictions. Stage 2 peer review monitoring reports have been released for Andorra, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Faroe Islands, Macau (China), Morocco and Tunisia.

The Advisory Group for Global Dialogue on Tax Matters (the Advisory Group) held the first meeting under its new mandate on 8 April 2022. The updated mandate reflects the developments in international tax co-operation along with the Advisory Group’s concurrent evolution over the past decade.

HMRC has published the Chargeable gains for companies toolkit for 2021-22.

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in partnership with HM Treasury and HMRC sought views on the introduction of a UK re-domiciliation regime, which would make it possible for foreign-incorporated companies to re-domicile and therefore easier to relocate to the UK. The consultation closed on 7 January 2022. BEIS has now published a summary of the responses received.

The Government of Jersey has published a policy paper setting out its reflections on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) two-pillar initiative which seeks to address the tax challenges arising from the increasing digitalisation of the economy. The paper includes a study of the issues presented by Pillars One and Two and Jersey’s approach towards implementation. The paper also sets out the factors that will be considered when determining the approach to the GloBE (Global Anti-Base Erosion) rules. Feedback is invited from stakeholders which should be submitted by 30 June 2022.

The CIOT has published a response to OECD’s consultation on implementation framework of the global minimum tax.

These Regulations ensure that households will not lose council tax discounts or exemptions as a consequence of hosting a sponsored individual or family under the Homes for Ukraine scheme which was announced to Parliament on 14 March 2022.

11 April 2022 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.

HMRC has updated its guidance to explain how repayment and late-payment interest rates are set.

The UK-Sweden Double Tax Convention has been republished, incorporating the new principal purpose test agreed in 2021. The revised UK-Taiwan Double Tax Agreement incorporates various changes dealing with anti-avoidance, including dispute resolution and also introduced a principal purpose test.

HMRC has issued new guidance regarding the information it may publish on tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enablers and suppliers of these schemes. This includes a ‘current list’ of named tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enablers and suppliers.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation aimed at improving withholding tax refund/relief procedures (under double tax treaties or national rules) for cross-border payments received by non-resident investors. The initiative aims to provide Member States with information to prevent tax abuse in the field of withholding taxes and, at the same time, accommodate swift and efficient processing of requests for refunds and/or relief at source procedures of the excess taxes withheld. The Commission is inviting the public and stakeholders to express their views on the problems at stake as well as on possible measures and their potential impacts. The consultation closes on 26 June 2022.

The OECD Forum on Tax Administration and with eight key partner organisations have launched the first phase of a new global Inventory of Tax Technology Initiatives (ITTI) which contains information on the use of leading technology tools and digitalisation solutions.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has responded to HM Treasury and HMRC’s OECD Pillar 2 consultation on implementation.