Last month we updated you on reaction to the surprise announcement, made on Budget Day, of the proposal to bring forward the tax return submission deadline from 31 January to 30 September for paper returns and 30 November for electronic ones. The professional bodies have been campaigning against the recommendations made as part of Lord Carter’s review.

Lord Carter has said that he may re-examine the proposal to bring forward the deadline for filing tax returns.

This announcement seems to be a direct response to the uproar caused amongst the accountancy profession. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the government drop this proposal.

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