The chancellor has frozen duty on a variety of goods but increased tax on cigarettes. Read More...
View articleThe chancellor has halved the duty on beer for small pubs and breweries, lowering the cost by 14 pence on every pint. Read More...
View articleThe Tories have voiced 'grave reservations' about government plans to share confidential data in Inland Revenue and Customs' databanks with other gove...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has admitted it could cost up to £10m to encourage companies to bid for the £4bn IT contract to run the UK's tax systems. Read More...
View articleTS was thrilled to see Sir Nick Montagu, head of the Inland Revenue and Accountancy Age personality of the year, reliving his student years on BBC 2's...
View articleZoos across the UK are expected to hear on Thursday whether they'll be able to claim back as much as £30m in VAT when the European Court of Justice is...
View articleTreasury ministers have come under attack for failing to speed up the use of VAT data to replace monthly demands for information on turnover for gover...
View articleBoth business and the government believe that we should have a competitive tax system. This means a system which is business-friendly, and which makes...
View articleThe Inland Revenue is expected to announce at the end of November the outcome of consultation into the taxation of intellectual property, goodwill and...
View articleA £12.6m new computer system for the collection of VAT is running behind schedule, the government has admitted today in Commons. Read More...
View articleThe European Court of Justice has issued a draft opinion, which could cost the UK government billions of pounds in retrospective VAT claims. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue can disclose information to help the Child Support Agency trace non-resident parents and pass on information about earnings and sel...
View articlePlans to privatise a key part of tax collection - the process of distraint - have come under fire in a Commons motion. Read More...
View articleLiberal Democrat shadow chancellor Matthew Taylor has called on the Treasury to 'pull its finger out' and crack down on VAT and other indirect tax dod...
View articleA fresh allegation involving office rental claims made by Small Businesses minister Nigel Griffiths has been reported to newly appointed standards com...
View articleThe Inland Revenue is unlikely to meet its target of getting 50% take up of electronic services by 2005, because it has not made the option attractive...
View articleFuel fraud could be costing the government up to £1bn a year according to latest estimates from Customs & Excise revealed in a report today. Read ...
View articleThe European Union Council of Ministers has resisted pressure from the American government over its plans to reform VAT charged on digital products, i...
View articleUK Customs and Excise officials have arrested 10 people allegedly involved in a major VAT fraud involving computer components. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue this week confirmed the retirement of Father Ted's batty TV tealady Mrs Doyle from its self-assessment campaign and said a replacem...
View articleThe Inland Revenue this week headed off a potential Whitehall row after backing down in its disagreement with the Ministry of Defence over who should ...
View articleWhen we reported last August that employers and fleet operators feared company car tax bills would be seriously inaccurate when the system takes effec...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has said its pay increase offer was 'fair and reasonable' and it regrets the overtime ban by its staff workers in the Public and Co...
View articleAngry Inland Revenue staff are refusing to work overtime this week, despite the January 31 self-assessment deadline, and are demanding increased pay a...
View articleA VAT ruling being considered by the European Court of Justice could trigger a radical shake-up in UK legislation, leaving Customs & Excise open t...
View articleThe European Commission is to step up its drive against tax evasion in the EU by extending the existing Fiscalis co-operative programme covering VAT a...
View articleThe Inland Revenue had paid out £38,000 in rewards to informers since 1998, paymaster general Dawn Primarolo has told the House of Commons. Read More...
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