The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has released a report entitled 'The UK tax year-end date: exploring the potential for change'. This report explores the benefits, costs and wider implications of a change to the UK's year-end tax date. 

The report builds on the OTS's earlier ‘Potential for moving the end of the tax year – Scoping document’ released in July and summarises the high-level implications of moving the tax year-end to 31 March and 31 December.

The OTS found that:

The OTS recommendations include:

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The UK tax year-end date: exploring the potential for change


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