Draft Finance Bill 2016

Office of Tax Simplification


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Wednesday 9th December 2015

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David Gauke Portrait The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr David Gauke)
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The Chancellor has appointed Angela Knight CBE to chair the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS). She succeeds The right hon. Michael Jack CBE who having served a full Parliament has stood down with the Chancellor’s thanks.

The OTS was established as a temporary office of the Treasury in 2010 to advise the Chancellor on options for addressing complexity in the tax system. As announced at summer Budget 2015 it will be made permanent and put on a statutory basis in Finance Bill 2016.

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