Sometimes it takes a mistake to open the floodgates. An article in last week's Accountancy Age prompted enormous interest when it mistakenly reported ...
View articleLeading financial experts believe that national insurance will be increased by a further three pence in the pound by 2006 with the majority expected i...
View articleThe chancellor has come under fire from business lobbying groups over the Treasury's plans to place an extra 10% tax on North Sea oil production. Read...
View articleCorporation tax may have to be raised again to cover the promised growth in public spending. Read More...
View articleA shake-up of UK corporation tax will cost UK companies £900m in its first year, while at the same time allowing the government to claw in revenue qui...
View articleFor many the Tax Law Rewrite Project has seemed a dusty and esoteric affair. The aim was to rewrite the tax legislation so it was easier to understand...
View articleA fundamental change to UK tax law could save multinationals vast sums of money and cost the Inland Revenue 'billions' of pounds. Read More...
View articleFirst blood to Freeserve in its battle to force rival internet service provider to pay VAT on its UK service. Read More...
View articleThe two main Channel Islands, Jersey and Guernsey, have signed an agreement with the United States that will give the country's tax authorities greate...
View articleA government shake-up of charity status laws will relieve tax burdens on semi-political campaigning bodies that deliver 'public benefit'. Read More...
View articleFreeserve yesterday won the first round of its High Court battle to force rival internet service provider AOL to pay UK VAT charges. Read More...
View articleBritish Energy is urging the government to exempt it from an eco-tax that is pricing the troubled nuclear power generator out of the electricity marke...
View articleThe EU has put products ranging from cereals to nuclear reactors on a draft list of items that could be subject to sanctions in a looming trade war ov...
View articleA VAT expert are calling for a change in the law after a tactical withdrawal by Customs and Excise over a bill for maintaining a military memorial in ...
View articleOne of the imperatives for Gordon Brown's Treasury team, as it prepares for the impending pre-Budget statement, is the need for the UK government to p...
View articleThe European Commission has made it clear that it will not countenance the creation of certain special tax regimes within the European Union for so-ca...
View articleThe total number of employees that have not had their yearly expense forms - known as P11Ds - filed by their respective companies by the 6 July deadli...
View articleThe UK's 'extortionate' VAT rate is damaging UK tourism, with the tax adding to the woes of tourist-related businesses that are already reeling from t...
View articleMultinational companies and property investment companies will be the hardest hit if the Treasury moves to close tax loopholes on capital gains. Read ...
View articleThe government has unveiled a consultation document aimed at introducing substantial reforms to corporate tax legislation in three areas, including th...
View articleGreen taxes face an uncertain future after an MPs' inquiry found the £400m agency overseeing the landfill tax lacks accountability, transparency and r...
View articleMail-order retailers could be facing hefty retrospective tax bills after a decision in the House of Lords overturning a previous ruling on VAT. Read M...
View articleUK bankers have expressed concern about a proposed new tax on overseas companies operating through branches in Britain. Read More...
View articleThe recent victory for Marks & Spencer in its VAT repayment dispute with HM Customs & Excise sees the government agency facing a hefty bill. Read More...
View articleThe Federation of Small Businesses has hit out at the government over the climate change levy, which it says creates another 'stealth tax' on smaller ...
View articleGordon Brown's three year spending plan, which pours money into stricken public services, will not result in a tax rise even if the economy slows down...
View articleChancellor Gordon Brown has promised to consider a plea for a 'radical increase' in Landfill Tax in a bid to curb waste and introduce a new Incinerato...
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