The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has released its first annual report, stating that digitisation of the tax administration means its remit ‘has never been more important’

Managing partner of Crowe Clark Whitehill’s London office Nigel Bostock is set to become the firm’s chief executive as current incumbent David Mellor hands over the reins

Failing to provide tax relief for individual taxpayers buying Making Tax Digital software is ‘manifestly unjust’, according to RSM senior tax partner George Bull, as tax relief will be made available to businesses 

Government plans to push through a summer Finance Bill before the parliamentary summer recess will come up against problems as there are no select committees in place following the general election so there is likely to be little time for proper scrutiny 

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s legislative plans for the new session of Parliament, will take place next Wednesday, and will provide the first indication of whether the previously proposed controversial changes to the tax regime will go ahead as planned

In the days after the election and resulting hung parliament, tax issues will hardly be top of the agenda for the government, which will stoke uncertainty for tax advisers facing the impending introduction of Making Tax Digital and a raft of tax measures from loss relief to interest deduction only in draft form. Dawn Register, tax dispute resolution partner at BDO calls for swift action to create tax clarity for business

ICAEW harbours 'considerable' doubts over the viability of the current Making Tax Digital timetable following the disruption of the general election, the institute has told CCH Daily

Plans to start quarterly reporting under Making Tax Digital could come up against stiff opposition under the new Conservative minority government, as the reshuffle sees top jobs at the Treasury changing hands and a hollowing out of expertise on the intricacies of HMRC's tax digitisation plans, reports Sara White

Philip Hammond is set to remain as Chancellor in the new Conservative minority government, retaining his position at the Treasury, alongside other senior ministers including foreign secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit minister David Davis

The final outcome of the election with a hung parliament and a Conservative government propped up by the Northern Irish DUP leaves business in a period of uncertainty in the runup to Brexit. Brian Palmer, tax policy adviser at the AAT, asks what the post election tax landscape looks like for tax advisers and accountants   

Former Conservative MP Jane Ellison, who was financial secretary to the Treasury in the previous government and heavily involved in the Making Tax Digital programme, is one of the casualties of a tumultuous election night, losing her seat in Battersea following a 9% swing to the Labour candidate

After a raft of senior departures from HMRC, two temporary director generals have been appointed to replace Jennie Granger and Ruth Owen at the tax authority on an interim basis, taking over responsibility for the critical portfolios of business tax, Making Tax Digital and compliance, and customer services, although neither are permanent appointments