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This week, the government published its ‘Budget Information Security Review’, following the leak in the run-up to last autumn’s Budget. In its report, the National Cyber Security Centre found that in the hour before Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget speech, the content of the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook was downloaded in full nearly 25,000 times.

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Now that the 2024-25 Self Assessment deadline has passed, many advisers are starting to look ahead to the next few months when several significant changes in the world of tax will be introduced, not least Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, about which HMRC are currently contacting some affected taxpayers.

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It will come as no surprise that the 2024-25 Self Assessment deadline is now just around the corner. What may be a little more of a shock is that HMRC’s telephone helplines were going to be closed on 31 January, albeit with ‘enhanced’ webchat support available.

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This week’s big news includes the publication of guidance on the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for tax work. We also have HMRC’s January Agent Update and a First Tier Tribunal decision exploring tax relief for amortisation under the Intangible Fixed Asset rules.

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This week, the Scottish Budget has been released. Other highlights include a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) decision on whether an e-learning training platform qualified for Research & Development (R&D) relief, and updates to HMRC’s List 3 (approved professional organisations and learned societies).