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View articleThe health secretary is to hold the inheritance tax threshold for several years, in order to pay for improved social care for the elderly Read More...
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View articleMPs have questions for the Charity Commission, after a registered charity is alleged to have been a front for a tax avoidance scheme Read More...
View article"Who else are the government supposed to consult on constructing tax law?" asks Calum Fuller after the Big Four appeared before the Public Accounts Co...
View articleHMRC now answers 90% of calls inside five minutes, according to chief executive Lin Homer Read More...
View articleThere is no reason for Goldman Sachs not to delay its bonuses to UK staff in order to take advantage of the drop in income tax, say Accountancy Age re...
View articleMembers of the House of Lords Economics and Finance Bill 2013 sub-committee continued their analysis of how successful the GAAR is likely to be Read M...
View articleGraham Aaronson QC, author of the original anti-tax avoidance recommendations, and Malcolm Gammie QC warn Lords that the incoming rule will not be a c...
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