Tax system is too complex

 

ICAS is calling for the next government to ‘get serious’ on simplifying the lengthy and overly-complex UK tax code in order to reduce tax avoidance and says the next government should ensure the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) is properly resourced to continue its tax simplification work say Harris & Co chartered accountants Northampton

The overhaul of the UK’s 20,000-plus pages of tax code is a key plank of the institute’s election manifesto launched at Westminster today.