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Paul Aplin

@paulaplinontax.bsky.social
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Writer/speaker on tax & technology; Deputy President CIOT; past President ICAEW; HMRC Admin Burdens Advisory Board; Chair, Wells Cathedral Audit & Risk; amateur mountaineer, photographer & border collie devotee

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Paul Aplin @paulaplinontax.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Not quite sure where my year as VP went, but delighted to be stepping up to Deputy President of The Chartered Institute of Taxation in May alongside incoming president Nichola Ross Martin & VP John Barnett www.tax.org.uk/ciot-announc...
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CIOT announces new leadership team for 2025-26 | Chartered Institute of Taxation
The appointments were formally approved by the CIOT’s Council1 earlier this year and the officers will take up their new roles on 29 May at the Institute’s Annual General Meeting.
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Paul Aplin @paulaplinontax.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I am very much looking forward to participating in this discussion!
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Paul Aplin @paulaplinontax.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
My latest for Accounting Web on yesterday's Spring Statement consultation on making better use of new & improved third party data: www.accountingweb.co.uk/tax/hmrc-pol...
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Pre-population could transform self assessment
A consultation paper published on the day of the Spring Statement [1], /Better use of new and improved third-party data [2]/, suggests that the
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Paul Aplin @paulaplinontax.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
An interesting paper from HMRC on improving quality of some third party information it receives (& could potentially seek) & better utilising it to help taxpayers - all very much in line with OTS thinking www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Better use of new and improved third party data
This consultation seeks views on opportunities for improving the quality of data acquired under HMRC’s bulk data gathering powers for tax administration.
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Paul Aplin @paulaplinontax.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
So threshold for MTD for Income Tax to drop to £20K from April 2028 and clergy, Lloyds Underwriters, recipients of Married Couples Allowance or Blind Persons Allowance won't be required to join MTD for Income Tax in this Parliament www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Technical note: Modernising the tax system through Making Tax Digital
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Paul Aplin @paulaplinontax.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
And of course I didn't start my day alone
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Paul Aplin @paulaplinontax.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This morning on the Somerset Levels (nothing to do with tax, but how I started my day)
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Paul Aplin @paulaplinontax.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Available Wi-Fi options on this morning’s train to London. I have yet to identify the owner of the second…..
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Paul Aplin @paulaplinontax.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
My first post here - CIOT & @icaew.bsky.social "20 years of HMRC" conference on 11 March: Speakers include @davidgauke.bsky.social @hselftax.bsky.social Gus O'Donnell, Nick Macpherson, XST James Murray MP, Meg Hillier MP, @edwardtroup.bsky.social (and indeed me). events.icaew.com/pd/30211/?ut...
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20 years of HMRC: reflections and looking ahead
20 years of HMRC: reflections and looking ahead. with ICAEW and CIOT.
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