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HMRC has published new guidance on changes and issues affecting the way companies should file their Company Tax Return using the corporation tax online service.

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

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 on registering for plastic packaging tax (PPT) to provide additional information for importers of plastic packaging and examples to illustrate when plastic packaging components are finished.

HMRC has updated its plastic packaging tax (PPT) guidance to add more information in relation to registering for PPT as a group of companies, and how recovered material is reprocessed from pre-consumer plastic.

The Subsidy Control Bill 2022, which will introduce a regime in the UK to replace the EU state aid rules, is currently passing through the House of Lords.

The Treasury has published two factsheets which explain two parts of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill 2022.

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HMRC has published a new VAT Brief which explains how businesses should file their VAT returns while waiting for a decision on their VAT grouping application.

HMRC has updated its guidance to state that COVID-19 may be a reasonable excuse for late filing of  2020-21 self-assessment tax returns.

HMRC has confirmed that more than one million taxpayers have filed their late tax returns in February taking advantage of the extra time to complete their self-assessment without facing a penalty.

Bahrain and Romania have deposited their instruments of approval or ratification with the OECD for the BEPS Multilateral Convention.

The National Insurance Contributions Bill is in the final stages of progressing through Parliament. On 1 March 2022, the House of Commons considered the House of Lords’ amendments, rejecting those proposed by the opposition parties that had been accepted by the House of Lords.

Following the publication of maps by HMRC to delineate sites within each of the East Midlands, the Liverpool City and the Solent Freeports, three Regulations have been laid to designate those sites as Freeport Tax Sites from 22 March 2022.

The OTS has published an evaluation update paper on the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) and its wider implications. The note considers the operation and collection of the HICBC, including how child benefit is claimed and how this relates to the HICBC and other matters, such as national insurance credits and the provision of National Insurance numbers.

HMRC has published a new VAT Brief which explains how end-customer claims for refunds of VAT overpaid to a supplier are affected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The Brief replaces Revenue and Customs Brief 4 (2017).

The OECD has released the third batch of 2021-2022 updates to the transfer pricing country profiles, reflecting the current transfer pricing legislation and practices of 28 jurisdictions.

The ATT has responded to HMRC’s consultation on stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on mixed-property purchases and Multiple Dwellings Relief (MDR). The ATT is supportive of HMRC’s plan to crack down on SDLT tax avoidance when people buy residential property, but is concerned that HMRC’s proposals to tackle one aspect of the problem will add uncertainty for the purchaser about final purchase cost, complexity that affects both sellers and buyers and could delay the buying process - as well as resulting in increased SDLT bills.

The OTS has published an evaluation update paper on the Single Customer Account, which is one of four separate notes accompanying the OTS’s everyday tax evaluation paper, providing an update on its 2019 reviews about simplifying everyday tax for smaller businesses and taxation and life events.

HMRC has announced the outcome of its consultation on the technical guidance for the government’s new policy on the notification of uncertain tax treatment by large business.