The Liberal Democrats are to continue campaigning for the merger of national insurance with income tax, but the party does not expect the government t...
View articleThe Inland Revenue have flung a veil of secrecy over the identity of the internet service provider it blames for the breach of security which forced i...
View articleDrivers of double cab 4 x 4 pickups - trucks typically featuring extended four-door cabins instead of two - could be heading for tax trouble. Read Mor...
View articleThe Revenue is wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers' money to persuade us to file our tax returns online. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has revealed that Adam Hart-Davis, the scientist presenter of the BBC's Tomorrow's World will promote its online self-assessment ta...
View articleThe controversial tax measure IR35, aimed predominantly at IT contractors, has increased the number of contractors out work, while doubling the number...
View articleDespite a massive campaign to get taxpayers filing their self-assessment returns online, the vast majority of accountants are not choosing to 'go on, ...
View articleClaims that chancellor Gordon Brown is planning to impose a new stamp duty on sellers disposing of their homes has been dismissed as 'complete blather...
View articleWith house prices set to rise by up to 20% this year, the Chartered Institute of Taxation is once again warning homebuyers of the inheritance tax risk...
View articleGovernment plans for mandatory e-filing by taxpayers caused an angry row to break out amongst the Finance Bill Committee just an hour before it comple...
View articleThe Inland Revenue's self-assessment website, which has an estimated 75,000 users, has finally returned after being sidelined for more than a month. R...
View articleThe Inland Revenue is set to reveal the successor to downtrodden tealady Mrs Doyle, as it prepares for its new self-assessment advertising campaign, e...
View articleThe Inland Revenue said this week that despite the continued suspension of its online tax return website following security problems, no blame would b...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has refused to say when its suspended online self assessment website will return. Read More...
View articleAnyone who doubts that art and business don't sit well together need only consider the example of Dennis Kozlowski, until recently chairman of Tyco In...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has ordered its staff to stop striking deals with wealthy individuals after a court ruled the tax authority had been wrong to reach...
View articleAccountants this week piled pressure on the Inland Revenue's troubled online tax filing system, after 55% said they did not have confidence in the age...
View articleAnyone looking at their own payslip or personal tax computation cannot help but notice the rather large sum that falls under the heading of tax. Read ...
View articleFrank Haskew, of the ICAEW's tax faculty, answers your questions on self-assessment. Read More...
View articleIncreasing numbers of homeowners are selling their house for under£250,000 to avoid the 3% stamp duty charge, according to figures fromthe Land Regist...
View articleThe security hole that forced the Inland Revenue to shut its self assessment online service this week is believed to be have been caused by a single i...
View articleOfficials at the under-fire Inland Revenue, have today stated they are 'working around the clock' to cure security problems on its suspended online ta...
View articleThe government is considering extracting information from computerised tax records instead of conducting a census in 2011. Read More...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has suspended its online tax filing system 'as a matter of security', following a possible security problem. Read More...
View articleTaxpayers working in rural areas are to receive a Guidance Note from the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions, to reduce the doub...
View articleWhile New Labour apparatchiks claimed that the government wouldn't increase taxes, it rapidly became clear that NI - which technically isn't a tax - w...
View articleThe Treasury have formally claimed in the Commons to have no idea how many millionaires live in Britain - let alone have any specific knowledge about ...
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