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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View articleA Europe-wide agreement on value-added tax levied on e-commerce is imminent, according to chancellor Gordon Brown. Read More...
View articleDutch group Reed Elsevier, is leading the call from educational publishers for the European Union to make sales of electronic information VAT free. Re...
View articleBig Five firm Ernst & Young has appointed Aidan O'Carroll as its new national head of tax. Read More...
View articleThe 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 ...
View articleHeather Self, deputy president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, has given up her post as a partner with Ernst & Young to join Scottish Powe...
View articleThe 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...
View articleThe British Aggregates Association has launched a legal challenge in the High Court against the government's plans to introduce an aggregates tax at £...
View articleChancellor Gordon Brown in under new attack for failing to adopt 'a more imaginative and creative approach' towards green taxes. Read More...
View articleThe 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 ...
View articleP&O Princess Cruises has rejected claims that the dual-listing structure in its proposed merger with Royal Caribbean Cruises would result in the l...
View articleAccenture has handed its global audit to KPMG after PricewaterhouseCoopers was forced to stand down because it had failed to offload its consultancy a...
View articleICAS today urged the government to ensure simplicity in Treasury proposals for a new tax credit for research and development at large companies. Read ...
View articleChancellor Gordon Brown is set to announce a new tax credit to encourage companies to undertake research to combat diseases hitting the developing wor...
View articleTax 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...
View articleAccountancyAge.com provides an online IR35 resource including an archive of stories on the controversial legislation. Read More...
View articleThe 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...
View articleThe Professional Contractors Group has vowed to continue its campaign against IR35 despite this morning's defeat at the Court of Appeal. Read More...
View articleThe rules governing charitable status could be relaxed to allow clubs and voluntary groups to enjoy tax breaks normally reserved for charities. Read M...
View articleThe Professional Contractors Group has lost its latest battle to overturn the hated IR35 tax regualtion. Read More...
View articleThe 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...
View articleFinance directors have said a resounding 'no' to raising business taxes to boost spending on the ailing NHS. Read More...
View articleChancellor 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...
View articlePricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young, auditors of two Irish banks which earlier this year had to pay a collective tax bill of IR£111m (Pounds ...
View articleChancellor 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...
View articleCompany directors in manufacturing are putting themselves at risk due to the absence of a sustainability policy. Read More...
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