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These Regulations temporarily increase the Married Women’s Reduced Rate (MWRR) primary Class 1 National Insurance contributions (NICs) by 1.25% for 2022/23.

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

HMRC has published a new VAT brief which explains how to claim a repayment of any overpaid import VAT on imports of dental prostheses made between 1 January 2021 and 27 October 2021.

In the ever-fast-moving world of tax announcements and developments, this news pulls together some of the key changes announced this week. Our commentary will be updated in due course to reflect these latest developments.

HMRC has updated its guidance to reflect that the temporary reduced rate of VAT for tourism and hospitality ended on 31 March 2022.

HMRC has updated its guidance to reflect that VAT registered businesses with taxable turnover below the registration threshold will need to follow the Making Tax Digital rules from 1 April 2022.

HMRC has updated its import, export and customs guidance to reflect the post-Brexit regime. The update covers the period from 28 March 2022 to 4 April 2022.

HMRC has issued instructions via the Joint Forum on Expatriate Tax and National Insurance Contributions on the filing on Appendix 7A and Appendix 7B returns.

HMRC has updated a page in its Uncertain Tax Treatment by Large Businesses manual by giving the force of law to updated guidance that details the content of a notification. New guidance has also been published on notifying HMRC about an uncertain amount of corporation tax, income tax (including PAYE) or VAT.

To coincide with the introduction of plastic packaging tax on 1 April 2022, HMRC has updated its guidance on registration, with new sections added for partnerships and other entities for which the online registration service is not currently available.

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HMRC has updated its guidance on which packaging is subject to plastic packaging tax (PPT) to provide further clarification to businesses on pre-consumer plastic.

HMRC guidance reminds first-time licence applicants for taxi, private hire and scrap metal licences to confirm to licencing authorities that they are aware of their tax responsibilities.

These Regulations increase the maximum amount of Employment Allowance from £4,000 to £5,000 for the tax year 2022-23 and subsequent tax years.

These Regulations amend the Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) (England) Regulations, SI  2000/540 and Schedule 6 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. These Regulations will implement an exemption from non-domestic rates for plant and machinery used in connection with renewable generation and plant and machinery used for storage, such as rooftop solar panels and battery storage used with renewables and electric vehicle charging points (EVCP). The exemption will apply from 1 April 2022 until 31 March 2035.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has published the n Green Freeports in Scotland bidding prospectus which gives details on the Green Freeport model and sets out how bidders can apply in Scotland.

This Order states the annual chargeable amounts of the annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED) for chargeable periods beginning on or after 1 April 2022.

The OECD has released a standardised IT-format to support the electronic reporting and automatic exchange of information collected under the OECD's Model Reporting Rules for Digital Platforms.

HMRC has updated its guidance to reflect the new rates for the Primary Class 1 National Insurance contributions, car advisory fuel rates for 1400cc or less and the employment allowance.

These Regulations amend the National Minimum Wage Regulations, SI 2015/621 to increase rates of the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) in line with the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission.