Digital VAT plans are 'tax dodgers' charter'
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Digital VAT plans are 'tax dodgers' charter'

23y Accountancy Age

Digital VAT plans are 'tax dodgers' charter'

Plans for offshore and overseas companies to be required to collect and forward VAT on digitised products they supply to customers in EU member states...

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Trade union attacks Brown over pensions tax
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Trade union attacks Brown over pensions tax

23y AccountancyAge.com

Trade union attacks Brown over pensions tax

Pressure is mounting on chancellor Gordon Brown to scrap the £5bn stealth tax levied annually on occupational pension schemes. Read More...

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Europe to agree on e-commerce VAT
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Europe to agree on e-commerce VAT

23y our parliamentary staff

Europe to agree on e-commerce VAT

A Europe-wide agreement on value-added tax levied on e-commerce is imminent, according to chancellor Gordon Brown. Read More...

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EU under pressure over VAT on e-publishing
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EU under pressure over VAT on e-publishing

23y Larry Schlesinger

EU under pressure over VAT on e-publishing

Dutch group Reed Elsevier, is leading the call from educational publishers for the European Union to make sales of electronic information VAT free. Re...

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E&Y appoints new head of tax
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E&Y appoints new head of tax

23y Larry Schlesinger

E&Y appoints new head of tax

Big Five firm Ernst & Young has appointed Aidan O'Carroll as its new national head of tax. Read More...

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Jersey faces sanctions over tax compliance
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Jersey faces sanctions over tax compliance

23y Larry Schlesinger

Jersey faces sanctions over tax compliance

The crown dependency of Jersey is facing the threat of sanctions if it does not act to bring its financial systems in line with guidelines set out by ...

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Self to leave E&Y
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Self to leave E&Y

23y Accountancy Age

Self to leave E&Y

Heather Self, deputy president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, has given up her post as a partner with Ernst & Young to join Scottish Powe...

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Billions lost through tobacco scams
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Billions lost through tobacco scams

23y Philip Smith.

Billions lost through tobacco scams

The government is losing up to £3.5bn a year through tobacco smuggling, part of an estimated £7.3bn lost through VAT fraud revealed in Customs & E...

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Aggregates tax faces High Court challenge
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Aggregates tax faces High Court challenge

23y our parliamentary staff

Aggregates tax faces High Court challenge

The British Aggregates Association has launched a legal challenge in the High Court against the government's plans to introduce an aggregates tax at £...

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Chancellor attacked over green tax policy
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Chancellor attacked over green tax policy

23y our parliamentary staff

Chancellor attacked over green tax policy

Chancellor Gordon Brown in under new attack for failing to adopt 'a more imaginative and creative approach' towards green taxes. Read More...

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The Marks & Spencer VAT ruling
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The Marks & Spencer VAT ruling

24y Accountancy Age

The Marks & Spencer VAT ruling

The advocate general in the Marks & Spencer case before the European Court of Justice recently gave his opinion that the UK's 'three-year cap' on ...

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P&O shareholders in tax scare
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P&O shareholders in tax scare

24y Adriana Zea

P&O shareholders in tax scare

P&O Princess Cruises has rejected claims that the dual-listing structure in its proposed merger with Royal Caribbean Cruises would result in the l...

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KPMG snatches Accenture audit from PwC
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KPMG snatches Accenture audit from PwC

24y Philip Smith.

KPMG snatches Accenture audit from PwC

Accenture has handed its global audit to KPMG after PricewaterhouseCoopers was forced to stand down because it had failed to offload its consultancy a...

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ICAS calls for simplified R&D tax credit
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ICAS calls for simplified R&D tax credit

24y Michelle Perry

ICAS calls for simplified R&D tax credit

ICAS today urged the government to ensure simplicity in Treasury proposals for a new tax credit for research and development at large companies. Read ...

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New tax credit will help fight disease
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New tax credit will help fight disease

24y our parliamentary staff

New tax credit will help fight disease

Chancellor Gordon Brown is set to announce a new tax credit to encourage companies to undertake research to combat diseases hitting the developing wor...

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Movie tax relief climbs to £85m
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Movie tax relief climbs to £85m

24y Gavin Hinks

Movie tax relief climbs to £85m

Tax relief paid for qualifying British films more than doubled to £85m in 1999-2000, chief secretary to the treasury Andrew Smith revealed in the Hous...

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IR35 resource centre
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IR35 resource centre

24y Matthew Gerry

IR35 resource centre

AccountancyAge.com provides an online IR35 resource including an archive of stories on the controversial legislation. Read More...

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IR35 threatens glut of legal cases
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IR35 threatens glut of legal cases

24y Accountancy Age

IR35 threatens glut of legal cases

The Court of Appeal's decision to reject the Professional Contractor Group's case against the hated IR35 rule will lead to a glut of cases involving I...

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PCG to fight on despite IR35 loss
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PCG to fight on despite IR35 loss

24y Damian Wild

PCG to fight on despite IR35 loss

The Professional Contractors Group has vowed to continue its campaign against IR35 despite this morning's defeat at the Court of Appeal. Read More...

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Charity tax breaks for clubs
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Charity tax breaks for clubs

24y Philip Smith.

Charity tax breaks for clubs

The rules governing charitable status could be relaxed to allow clubs and voluntary groups to enjoy tax breaks normally reserved for charities. Read M...

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Anti-IR35 hopes crushed again
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Anti-IR35 hopes crushed again

24y AccountancyAge.com

Anti-IR35 hopes crushed again

The Professional Contractors Group has lost its latest battle to overturn the hated IR35 tax regualtion. Read More...

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Internet VAT resolved
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Internet VAT resolved

24y Keith Nuthall

Internet VAT resolved

The European Union has at last made a decision over the vexed issue of VAT on digital products but looks likely to incur US anger for the decision. Re...

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FDs reject more tax for health
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FDs reject more tax for health

24y Accountancy Age

FDs reject more tax for health

Finance directors have said a resounding 'no' to raising business taxes to boost spending on the ailing NHS. Read More...

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Brown denies £2bn tax loophole
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Brown denies £2bn tax loophole

24y Alex Miller.

Brown denies £2bn tax loophole

Chancellor Gordon Brown this week bullishly refuted claims he has created a £2bn tax loophole amid changes set to be made to the capital gains tax reg...

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Auditors cleared in Irish tax inquiry
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Auditors cleared in Irish tax inquiry

24y Accountancy Age

Auditors cleared in Irish tax inquiry

PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young, auditors of two Irish banks which earlier this year had to pay a collective tax bill of IR£111m (Pounds ...

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Brown faces CGT grilling
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Brown faces CGT grilling

24y Gavin Hinks

Brown faces CGT grilling

Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected to face a rough ride at the House of Commons today when he appears before the powerful Treasury select committee t...

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Sustainability still low priority
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Sustainability still low priority

24y Michelle Perry

Sustainability still low priority

Company directors in manufacturing are putting themselves at risk due to the absence of a sustainability policy. Read More...

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