An advertising campaign by the Inland Revenue has failed to lure accountants to the department to tackle tax avoidance. Just one accountant, from a Gr...
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View articleLabour’s honeymoon period with small and medium-sized businesses goes on – at least until the next Budget. So says an exclusive poll of 20...
View articleAmbitious new guidelines designed to fast-track Inland Revenue self-assessment inquiries will prove difficult to meet, tax experts have warned. The Re...
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View articleSimplification and incentives for long-term investment must be key factors of the government’s capital gains tax review, say tax experts. Tax sp...
View articleThe Revenue is resisting pressure to extend the deadline on self-assessment returns. Read More...
View articleIn the first reaction to the proposed merger between KPMG and Ernst and Young from a FTSE 100 company, Colin Masterson, director of financial control ...
View articleThe special commissioners have found against the Revenue in a tax on interest ruling. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue’s special compliance office has launched an investigation into the signing of foreign rugby stars by England’s top club...
View articleLeading City firm Herbert Smith has lost a multi-million pound appeal to the special commissioners over its calculation of profits for tax purposes. T...
View articleWith ISAs in the pipeline for 1999, PEP and TESSA providers fear the impact the new schemes could have on existing tax breaks. Read More...
View articleAn Ernst & Young partner was forced to resign last week following the most spectacular investigation ever launched by the Inland Revenue into alle...
View articleRaids on up to 80 companies as well as Big Six firms Ernst & Young and Coopers & Lybrand have signalled a massive crackdown on tax avoidance b...
View articleThe voluntary sector hopes for a charitable outcome from the current review of its tax regime but is that just misplaced faith? John Hancock investiga...
View articleSources close to Customs & Excise have revealed that the organisation is undergoing a major new review, fuelling speculation it will be merged wit...
View articleVAT harmonisation in Europe is going ahead despite the problems this poses for business, argues George Michie Read More...
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View articleThe debate in the accountancy profession about Chris Swinson’s proposals for a Review Board to provide public interest oversight of the professi...
View articleBusiness welcomes the government's proposed abolition of ACT but wants more discussions to resolve concerns.Jon Bunn. Read More...
View articleDraft legislation will place onus on companies to prove 'arm's length' criteria. Read More...
View articleEuropean Commission announces a draft code for a unified tax policy in the EU. Nigel Tutt. Read More...
View articleLate payment of employer tax and national insurance contributions by as little as three days could prompt a full-scale investigation by the Inland Rev...
View articleProstitutes undeclared income is one area being targeted by Inland Revenue tax inspectors as part of the Spend to Save initiative. Chancellor Gordon B...
View articleA warning that Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown is preparing to target inheritance and capital gains tax has come from shadow chief secretary ...
View articleLeading accountants Coopers & Lybrand this week urged the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) to issue clearer guidelines on the reporti...
View articleAt least 280 anomalies in the tax system are costing taxpayers up to #1bn a year, it has been claimed. A new report from the Chartered Institute of Ta...
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