THE BIG QUESTION :
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THE BIG QUESTION :

27y John Stylianou

THE BIG QUESTION :

FDs sceptical over proposed Customs and Revenue merger. Read More...

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Tax commissioner slates alarmist Revenue advice
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Tax commissioner slates alarmist Revenue advice

27y John Stylianou

Tax commissioner slates alarmist Revenue advice

Revenue accused over misleading self-assessment publicity. Read More...

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IN BRIEF - Director on fraud trial
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IN BRIEF - Director on fraud trial

27y John Stokdyk

IN BRIEF - Director on fraud trial

A company director has denied fooling his accountants and cheating the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise of #3.3m. Peter Piacentini, who supplie...

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Customs to ban offshore NHS scheme
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Customs to ban offshore NHS scheme

27y John Stokdyk

Customs to ban offshore NHS scheme

Customs & Excise is expected to move swiftly to outlaw schemes which allow NHS trusts to slash VAT bills by using offshore shadow companies. The d...

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IN BRIEF - Tax credit motion
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IN BRIEF - Tax credit motion

27y John Stokdyk

IN BRIEF - Tax credit motion

Liberal Democrats joined in demands for the restoration of the right to tax credits for pension funds and charities. A motion demanding Chancellor Gor...

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NIC: the hidden tax increase
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NIC: the hidden tax increase

27y John Stokdyk

NIC: the hidden tax increase

Robert Maas takes on the government NIC: the hidden tax increase. Read More...

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CHARITIES - Charity review open to all
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CHARITIES - Charity review open to all

27y John Stokdyk

CHARITIES - Charity review open to all

No idea is too small or too radical for the Chancellor?s examination of charity taxation said the man heading up the review last week. ?This is a no-h...

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VAT - Customs to ban offshore NHS scheme
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VAT - Customs to ban offshore NHS scheme

27y John Stokdyk

VAT - Customs to ban offshore NHS scheme

Customs & Excise is expected to move swiftly to outlaw schemes which allow NHS trusts to slash VAT bills by using offshore shadow companies. The d...

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PARLIAMENT - Brown spells out tax powers for Scots body
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PARLIAMENT - Brown spells out tax powers for Scots body

27y John Stokdyk

PARLIAMENT - Brown spells out tax powers for Scots...

Chancellor Gordon Brown has confirmed that the tax-raising powers of the proposed Scottish parliament will be frozen for its first two years only. Las...

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Of elephants and taxpayers
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Of elephants and taxpayers

27y John Stokdyk

Of elephants and taxpayers

Elephants don’t forget. At least that is what the Inland Revenue is hoping as its 30 September deadline looms for self-assessment tax returns. S...

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CHARITY - Charities to take on Brown
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CHARITY - Charities to take on Brown

27y John Stokdyk

CHARITY - Charities to take on Brown

by Sinead Carew. Read More

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ANALYSIS - To catch a money launderer
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ANALYSIS - To catch a money launderer

27y John Stokdyk

ANALYSIS - To catch a money launderer

The government is having to toughen up laws and regulations in itscrackdown against financial crimes, writes Phillip Inman. Read More...

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Filkin savages Revenue
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Filkin savages Revenue

27y John Stokdyk

Filkin savages Revenue

Adjudicator criticises officials for unprofessional behaviour. Read More...

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Rush to pay FIDs
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Rush to pay FIDs

27y John Stylianou

Rush to pay FIDs

Companies will restructure following decision to scrap foreign incomedividends. Read More...

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IT in tax conference
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IT in tax conference

27y John Stylianou

IT in tax conference

A conference on 23 October will investigate ‘IT in tax‘. Starting at 9.30am at the New Connaught Rooms, London the event will have session...

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Treasury under fire
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Treasury under fire

27y John Stylianou

Treasury under fire

Adrian Ogley, the CBI’s former deputy head of tax, has criticised the Treasury for not conducting a long-overdue fundamental reform of corporati...

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Box rule hits clubs
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Box rule hits clubs

27y John Stylianou

Box rule hits clubs

Customs' VAT victory over Southend has wider implications forcorporate hospitality. Read More...

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TAXATION - 'Contrived' tax rules slammed
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TAXATION - 'Contrived' tax rules slammed

27y John Stylianou

TAXATION - 'Contrived' tax rules slammed

Artificially contrived tax rules should be outlawed, a leading tax professional has claimed. Keith Daniels, deputy president of the Chartered Institut...

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Charity tax review
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Charity tax review

27y John Stylianou

Charity tax review

The Joint Fiscal Working Party for charities meets on Tuesday to push for wide-ranging reforms in the charity tax review, promised in the July Budget....

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TAXATION - Don't make your gains too soon
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TAXATION - Don't make your gains too soon

27y John Stylianou

TAXATION - Don't make your gains too soon

Timing is everything when it comes to warding off CGT, warns RichardBaron. Read More...

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LETTERS
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LETTERS

27y John Stylianou

LETTERS

DOWN WITH STRONG GOVERNMENT I would not have thought that Accountancy Age is the right place to debate constitutional issues such as electoral reform ...

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Car bargains beckon in Europe
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Car bargains beckon in Europe

27y John Stylianou

Car bargains beckon in Europe

Consumers are rapidly latching on to a money-saving scheme that takes advantage of higher VAT rates in other EU states. Private individuals will impor...

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CORPORATION TAX - Search for greater harmony
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CORPORATION TAX - Search for greater harmony

27y John Stylianou

CORPORATION TAX - Search for greater harmony

Former CBI insider Adrian Ogley accuses the Treasury of letting thetax system burn. Read More...

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VIEW FROM THE HOUSE
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VIEW FROM THE HOUSE

27y John Stylianou

VIEW FROM THE HOUSE

Two months ago in this column, I wrote that the government would come to regret its decision to give the Bank of England independence over interest ra...

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LETTERS
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LETTERS

27y John Stylianou

LETTERS

Identifying wickedness In my capacity as one of the ‘hounds’ which have been baying for disgraced former MP Tim Smith’s blood, I can...

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TAXATION - Revenue waits on self-assessment payments
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TAXATION - Revenue waits on self-assessment payments

27y John Stylianou

TAXATION - Revenue waits on self-assessment paymen...

Up to 100,000 self-assessment payments on account are still outstanding from January, according to the Inland Revenue. The large volume of non-payment...

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Pension tax change
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Pension tax change

27y John Stylianou

Pension tax change

Trustees of occupational pension schemes with income or capital gains for 1996-97 which are chargeable to tax must inform their tax office by 5 Octobe...

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