Capital gains tax could be scrapped in favour of a flat rate land tax of 10% on a property sale. Read More...
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View articleThe latest figures for online self-assessment returns filed with the Inland Revenue for 2001/2 have more than doubled those of the previous financial ...
View articleA major new education initiative is being launched today aimed at giving school children a greater understanding of taxation. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue is pinning its hopes on its online tax return service, but how will it convince the public to use it? Chas Roy-Chowdhury and Michel...
View articleA continuing series of technical problems could hinder the future success of the Inland Revenue's online self-assessment tax system, according to lead...
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View articleThe Chartered Institute of Taxation today launches Tax Talking - a very worthy effort to help schools with the citizenship module of the national curr...
View articleThe new face of the Revenue, TV presenter Adam Hart-Davis, has been exhorting the nine million or so taxpayers faced with self-assessment to make thei...
View articleThe Inland Revenue says technical problems which hit its self-assessment website last week have been resolved. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue is to pilot a new simplified self-assessment form next year aimed at those with a more straightforward tax life. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue's online self assessment tax system has suffered another embarrassment in the run up to the 30 September deadline, with the Web sit...
View articleOnline self-assessment returns filed with the Inland Revenue for 2001/2 have burst through the 100,000 mark after just eight months - way ahead of 200...
View articleA number of influential lobbying and business groups have called on the Treasury to abolish stamp duty on share transactions. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has extended the deadline for some taxpayers who file their self assessment returns over the internet - they now have until the end...
View articleThe government has scrapped employers' duty of paying for the child tax credit through the pay packet, but will still expect companies to administer t...
View articleAn overwhelming number of MPs want a simpler self-assessment form, according to the latest parliamentary survey from the Chartered Institute of Taxati...
View articleThe Liberal Democrats national conference in Brighton at the end of the month will not be a platform to campaign for higher income tax. Read More...
View articleWith the 30 September deadline looming for submission of self-assessment tax returns, and the threat of a £60 per day fine now a reality, PwC advises ...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has taken a tough new approach to taxpayers that file their self-assessment tax returns late. Read More...
View articleA powerful parliamentary select committee has said the Inland Revenue's online tax return service is doomed to failure without significant improvement...
View articleThe Treasury and the government's Environment Agency are at loggerheads over the proposed new tax on household waste. Read More...
View articleChancellor Gordon Brown has launched a crackdown on the tiny handful of mega-rich UK-domiciled individuals benefiting from special agreements with the...
View articleContractors would rather go to an independent specialist or take a chance rather than submit their employment contracts to the Inland Revenue to check...
View articleThe number of taxpayers who submit their returns online could be increased if the government made some simple, cost-free changes to the self-assessmen...
View articleTwo weeks ago last Saturday evening I received a phone call from a neighbour. Could I come down and see him as he wanted to discuss something but felt...
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