Guidance Strategy Forum
HMRC has introduced a Guidance Strategy Forum to further improve the effectiveness of its guidance.
Purpose
This forum brings together external stakeholders to:
- inform and influence the direction of HMRC’s guidance strategy
- test thinking on guidance direction and plans
- increase understanding of different users’ needs
- help gauge the effectiveness of solutions put in place
The introduction of this forum also supports the Office of Tax Simplification recommendation that HMRC should introduce an ‘advice and guidance panel’.
Members
Association of Accounting Technicians
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Association of International Accountants
Association of Taxation Technicians
Chartered Accountants Ireland
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Chartered Institute of Taxation
Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
International Association of Bookkeepers
Institute of Chartered Accountants for Scotland
Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales
Institute of Certified Bookkeepers
Institute of Certified Practising Accountants
Institute of Financial Accountants
Low Income Tax Reform Group
TaxAid
Citizens Advice Bureau
Value Added Tax Practitioners Group
Office of Tax Simplification
Administrative Burdens Advisory Board
Lexis Nexis
Croner-I
Tax academics
Terms of reference
The forum is chaired by HMRC’s Strategic Head of Guidance and includes a variety of HMRC and external representatives.
The forum convenes every quarter.
The forum takes a strategic approach by focusing on our core approach to guidance, our products and our direction. It consults with external representative bodies with a view to ensuring our guidance strategy meets their needs and the needs of the groups they represent.
This forum focuses on our high-level guidance strategy, whereas other existing forums usually focus on particular areas of tax and can involve detailed technical discussion.
The forum secretariat will be an HMRC officer. The secretariat will:
- seek agenda items from members and circulate the agenda well in advance of a planned meeting
- take minutes and record action points
Representatives will be advised of progress on action points by email between meetings.
Minutes
Archived minutes
Previous years’ minutes are available via The National Archives: