This week’s UK tax tidbits, 28 January 2019

Income tax for Wales in 2019/20 and progress to date on HMRC’s 10-year plan feature this week feature this week.

• Using its devolved powers for the first time, the National Assembly for Wales has agreed the proposed Welsh rates of income tax for 2019/20 in the recent Welsh budget. These will track those already set for England and Northern Ireland leaving Scotland as the only devolved administration with differing income tax rates and bands
• The closing date for responses to the consultation on the taxation of trusts has been extended to 28 February 2019
• Check if you can use the HMRC Corporation Tax online filing service has been updated
• Make a disclosure using the Worldwide Disclosure Facility has been updated
• Issue briefing: HMRC's 10-year modernisation programme sets out the progress made in HMRC's 10-year programme.
• Administrative agreements with trade bodies (VAT Notice 700/57) has been updated
• The following publications on Making Tax Digital have been updated:- Find software suppliers for sending VAT Returns and Income Tax updates, Making Tax Digital: how VAT businesses and other VAT entities can get ready and Making Tax Digital for Business - stakeholder communications pack
• The following VAT notices have been updated recently:- VAT Notice 733: Flat Rate Scheme for small businesses and Notice 371: importing goods for disabled people free of duty and VAT
• The following online calculators have been updated:- Calculate your Married Couple's Allowance, Calculate your employee's statutory redundancy pay, Estimate your penalty for late Self Assessment tax returns and payments, Calculate your employee's statutory redundancy pay, Estimate your penalty for late Self Assessment tax returns and payments and VAT payment deadline calculator
• Check if simplified expenses could save your business money has been updated