Robin Williamson

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  Picture of Robin WilliamsonTechnical Director, Low Incomes Tax Reform Group Robin Williamson
  
  The staff at 12 Upper Belgrave Street

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  Robin Williamson, of the LITRG, said: "When you talk to the policy strategists at HMRC they say the regime is benign and all their staff follow the rules, but we find ordinary taxpayers have a very different experience on the ground." Guardian

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  Robin WilliamsonCIOT | The Chartered Institute of Taxation: Officers, Spokespeople and Key Facts about the Institute
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  Robin WilliamsonRobin Williamson - is Technical Director, Low Incomes Tax Reform Group; solicitor; formerly senior technical editor with tax publishers CCH; writes and lectures on personal tax matters, particularly tax credits.

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  It is interesting to note the comment by Robin Williamson of LITRG.In an e-mail to me, he described that as being merely the "tip of an iceberg".

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  Published on: 4/30/2007    Last Visited: 4/30/2007  

  Robin WilliamsonThe group's technical director Robin Williamson (pictured) said unrepresented appellants faced a number of barriers, including the complexity of the tax system and the appeals process.There was a lack of clear guidance on how to prepare and present an appeal, he said.
  
  Williamson also cited the "risk of an onward appeal by the revenue authority and exposure to an adverse costs order" and the fact that "many perceive the tax appeal tribunals to be part of government".The LITRG's project, supported by the Nuffield Foundation, drew on the group's own contributions to consultation led by the Department for Constitutional Affairs, a survey of chartered tax advisers and discussions with other experts.

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  Published on: 2/4/2008    Last Visited: 3/3/2008  

  Robin Williamson, of the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group, said: "The reasonableness test, about whether you should have realised you were overpaid, is no longer there.

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  Robin Williamson of the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) gives ECA readers an overview of the work the group has been doing in the past four years to try to make the tax system more friendly for older people on low incomes.He also describes the work of TaxHelp for Older People (TOP) in giving free professional advice to low-income pensioners on tax issues.The LITRG has worked with the Inland Revenue on the latest edition of their booklet on tax for pensioners IR121.
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  Robin Williamson is a solicitor and technical director of the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group.He can be contacted on 01732 779124, or by e-mail at robin@radcliffe15.freeserve.co.uk.

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  Robin Williamson, Technical Director, Low Incomes Tax Reform Group, said: 'Our work has shown that people are not always better off seeking work; in particular, loss of benefits in kind such as free school meals can be crucial in dissuading them from taking up work.

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  Robin Williamson, Low Income Tax Reform Group.

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  Published on: 8/23/2006    Last Visited: 8/23/2006  

  Robin Williamson, Low Incomes Tax Reform Group
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  "If the Revenue cannot spot its own mistakes, it is hardly reasonable for them to expect claimants to do so," Robin Williamson, technical director of the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group said.
  
  "On the contrary, claimants are entitled to expect the Revenue to get these things right," Mr Williamson added.
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  "It is undoubtedly harder to get a decision in your favour under the current application of the 'reasonableness test' than it was under the streamlined procedure," Mr Williamson said.

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