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From Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification (OTS)
  • Index of OTS reports and government responses

    A list of published OTS reports and papers since 2010, with links to official government responses.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
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  • OTS papers on aspects of Complexity in the tax system

    The OTS has published a focus paper on tax complexity, together with updated versions of its various complexity-themed papers.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
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  • Office of Tax Simplification complexity index

    A spreadsheet for measuring the relative complexity of parts of the UK tax system.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Tax complexity
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
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  • How to avoid complexity in the tax system

    The Office of Tax Simplification set out lessons learned and four principles for avoiding complexity.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Tax complexity
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
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  • Definitions in tax legislation and their contribution to complexity

    Papers analysing the use of definitions for three tax acts.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Tax complexity and 1 others
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
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  • Tax complexity project

    These documents set out conclusions from OTS research into ways to measure complexity in the tax system.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: HM Treasury and 1 others
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Developing a tax complexity index for the UK

    This 2014 paper sets out in detail our method for measuring where the tax system is most complex.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Tax complexity
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
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  • OTS complexity index methodology

    This paper explains how the OTS complexity index works.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Tax complexity
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
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  • List of tax thresholds

    A list of all 639 tax thresholds in force in December 2012.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Tax complexity
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
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  • Tax thresholds

    An analysis of all 639 numerical thresholds in tax legislation.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Tax complexity
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
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  • Length of legislation

    A 2012 analysis of the length of tax legislation.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Tax complexity
    • Organisation: Closed organisation: Office of Tax Simplification
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  • Tax reliefs review

    All material relating to the OTS review of tax reliefs, allowances and exemptions, for businesses and individuals.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: HM Treasury and 1 others
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government