Permanent Chair and Tax Director appointed to Office of Tax Simplification
Rt Hon Michael Jack and John Whiting have been appointed as the permanent Chair and Tax Director of the Office of Tax Simplification.
皇冠体育app Treasury has today announced that Rt Hon Michael Jack and John Whiting have been appointed as the permanent Chair and Tax Director respectively of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS). 聽
皇冠体育appy will oversee the work of the OTS for the remainder of this Parliament, building on the progress they have made since taking up their interim positions when the OTS was established in July last year.
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, said:
皇冠体育app Government believes that taxes should be simple to understand and easy to comply with.
皇冠体育app work of the OTS is central to achieving this aim and I am pleased that the Office will be strengthened with the permanent appointments of Michael Jack and John Whiting.
Rt Hon Michael Jack said:
In its first year, the Office of Tax Simplification showed that it was possible to recommend ways in which the tax system could be simplified.
I am delighted that my reappointment as Chair of the OTS Board will enable me to further contribute to this work, as we take forward our agenda in the areas of employee share schemes, pensioner taxation and tackling the sources of complexity itself.
John Whiting said:
Perhaps the OTS鈥檚 most important achievements have been to establish our way of working and show we can make a difference.
We have benefited from a lot of engagement from a wide variety of organisations and people, including Ministers.
I鈥檓 delighted to have been reappointed to the Tax Director role to help build on our great start and drive forward our projects. 皇冠体育appre is a lot to do!
Notes for Editors
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Michael Jack and John Whiting were appointed following a process of fair and open competition over the summer.聽
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皇冠体育app Chair鈥檚 role is to lead OTS board meetings and the Office鈥檚 engagement with Treasury Ministers.聽皇冠体育app Tax Director provides the technical and professional leadership and guidance for the Office. 聽
Both positions are on a voluntary basis with expenses paid.聽However, an honorarium of 拢12,000 per annum will be paid to the Tax Director in recognition of his contribution to Government policy making.
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皇冠体育app Government launched the independent OTS in July 2010 to provide independent advice to the Chancellor on simplifying the tax system. More information can be found聽on the .
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皇冠体育app objective of the OTS is to identify ways to simplify the tax system and reduce administrative burdens on businesses and individual taxpayers. 皇冠体育app Office carries out independent reviews of the tax system and submits proposals for simplification to the Chancellor.
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皇冠体育app OTS has so far published recommendations on simplifying tax reliefs, the avoidance legislation IR35 and an interim report on small business tax.聽
Over the course of 2011/12 the OTS is completing its review of small business tax and beginning two new reviews into the taxation of employee schemes and the taxation of pensioners.聽
More on these, and how those interested can get involved with the reviews, can be found on the .
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OTS recommendations have already led to the abolition of 43 tax reliefs, steps to make clear improvements to the administration of IR35 and the Government consultation on integrating the operation of Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions.
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