Sam Mitha, CBE, ex-HMRC Deputy Director of Central Policy

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Tax Research Masterclass

You’ll Learn

• A bit about Sam and his HMRC career in tax policy
• (6:15) What is tax policy?
• (9:30) How guidance fits into the tax-policy process
• (14:15) Why it’s beneficial for us as tax professionals to understand how policy is made
• (23:15) The tax policy process – what’s involved
• (30:00) The tax-legislation making process
• (50:15) The extent of the Chancellor’s involvement in tax policy
• (1:07:15) How we can get involved in tax policy for the benefit of our career

Resources

Tax Research Masterclass

Sam’s articles:

• Tax and Politics: Taxjournal.com (1 June 2021)
• U.K. COVID-19 Diary: Policy and Impacts, National Tax Journal, 2020, vol. 73, issue 3, 847-878
• A heretical view of tax simplification: Taxjournal.com:15 June 2017)