HMRC recently continued its communication campaign on Pillar 2. In the UK, Pillar 2 will have effect in respect of in-scope groups’ accounting periods beginning on or after 31 December 2023. Letters to businesses are being sent to the Large Business (“LB”) population in addition to Wealthy and Mid-sized Business (“WMB”) taxpayers. The continuation of the communication campaign also includes letters to agent representatives, and articles in both the November 2023 Agent Update and HMRC Stakeholder Digest.
According to HMRC, steps have been taken to expand the avenues which correspondence is being issued to and HMRC is also encouraging potentially affected taxpayers to sign up to receive digital correspondence in future if they have not already done so.
The specific activity being undertaken commenced at the end of last month and is as follows:-
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From Monday 30 October, letters began to issue to LB taxpayers that had not signed up to receive email updates;
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From Friday 3 November, a bulk email was then issued to LB and WMB taxpayers, and to agents and representatives bodies who had signed up to receive email updates;
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From Monday 6 November, letters began to issue to any remaining WMB taxpayers who had not previously signed up.