Welcome
Welcome to the Tax Centre of Excellence (CoE) webpage. It is a central resource for departmental tax advice and services available to government departments. The CoE is hosted by the Ministry of Justice that is leading this alongside the Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health and Ministry of Defence. The services offered by the CoE are set out in the Service Catalogue.
Tax topic areas
Please click on a tax topic link below to view the respective guidance/sub-topic available.
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'What's New'
- NEW - 28 May 20 - IR35 Off Payroll Working in Public Sector - Know the Facts Contractors (pdf)
- NEW - 1 May 20 - Covid-19 Taxable Expenses Supplementary Guidance (Updated) (pdf)
- NEW - 1 May 20 - Comparison and broker websites marketing umbrella companies are not always what they seem (HMRC Spotlight 55)
- NEW - 1 May 20 - VAT Treatment of COVID19 Deployments - Temporary Staff Moves (pdf)
- NEW - 7 April 20 - Domestic Reverse VAT Charge Building and Construction Supplies (pdf)
- NEW - 7 April 20 - COVID-19 HMRC advice for NHS bodies and government departments on submitting VAT21 / VAT100 returns and extension to the 3 month adjustment period for COS VAT (pdf)
- NEW - 1 April 20 - Tax avoidance promoters targeting returning NHS workers (HMRC Spotlight 54)
- NEW - 27 March 20 - HMRC Public Sector Bodies Group out of hours contact details during Coronavirus crisis (pdf)
- NEW - 27 March 20 - Government announces one-year delay to off-payroll working reform (pdf)
- NEW - 25 March 20 - Updated guidance for off-payroll (IR35) working in the public sector - for April 2021 (pdf)
Our offerings
- Tax CoE Brochure (pdf)
- Our Service Catalogue (pdf)
- Service Request Form (doc)