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With only a few days to go until the long-anticipated Autumn Budget, we have something of a bumper update for you this week. This includes a proposed timetable for Companies House reform, increased company size thresholds, a new HMRC tax avoidance spotlight, and several tribunal cases.

In a written statement to Parliament, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Jonathan Reynolds, has confirmed that the Government will take forward proposals to increase the monetary size thresholds for UK companies.

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This week we have HMRC’s latest Employer Bulletin, an update on corporate reporting for medium-sized companies, and progress on the UK’s establishment of a corporate re-domiciliation regime.

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Our highlights this week: HMRC introduces a new claims process for employee expenses, there is useful case law on the timing of dividend payments and the meaning of residential property for SDLT, we have created a detailed suite of new R&D guidance, new CPD webinars and a new case study on buying out a retiring shareholder.  

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The leading tax bodies are mid-way through a pilot on HMRC service standards, but almost pre-empting their conclusions, HMRC has announced that it has already made changes to its agent helplines. Apparently, agents are responsible for clogging up the technical lines so HMRC has created a new option for chasing refunds.