The introduction of a windfall tax on petrol would hurt independent oil companies, Enterprise Oil, the independent oil and gas company, has warned. Re...
View articleInland Revenue officials have this week been accused of hardline tactics that force pension fund trustees to gamble with millions of pounds of pension...
View articleThe government is to announce key tax incentives to boost its starter home initiative for teachers, policemen and other key workers within the next 48...
View articleEmployers rightly complain that the tax system imposes more and more burdens on them. But occasionally the pendulum swings employers' way, then it swi...
View articleFrank Haskew and Francesca Lagerberg of the ICAEW's tax faculty advise on self-assessment internet filing for agents. Read More...
View articlePlanned increases in online VAT returns are being hampered by the slow take-up of digital signatures, prompting action from the government's e-envoy. ...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has set a legal precedent by winning the right to claim all the company money a convicted tax fraudster diverted into hidden bank a...
View articleA woman who tried to obtain maximum working families tax credit for herself and her daughter by submitting fake employment details has been sent to ja...
View articleThe Inland Revenue's long-running attempt to reclaim £200m in tax credits from pension schemes that benefited from share buy-backs has been dealt a bo...
View articleThe Institute of Directors has called on the government to scrap all taxation calculations on assets, which a company has owned for five years or more...
View articleTax experts this week described the original High Court ruling on IR35 as solid amid growing pessimism that the Professional Contractors Group will be...
View articleThe number of MPs who do not complete their own self-assessment forms because of complexity has risen over the past year to 82%, according to a survey...
View articleLondon may lose its attraction for taxation specialists because of poor salary advatages, according to a survey conducted by recruitment consultants. ...
View articleNearly half of companies with car fleets will change the structure of their motor pools as a result of proposed tax changes in the coming year, accord...
View articleAnti-IR35 campaigners are to take their battle against the Inland Revenue to the Court of Appeal in an effort to have the controversial IR35 tax rules...
View articleFull transcript of the letter sent to Accountancy Age by Mary Braim, policy advisor on transport benefits at the Inland Revenue. Read More...
View articleEmployees could choose to take a cash allowance rather than a company cars when the new rules for taxing company cars are introduced in April 2002. Re...
View articleConcern is growing that small businesses could face unexpected tax bills as a result of the Inland Revenue taking on more than 1,200 new staff to tack...
View articleThe OECD has said Tonga no longer meets the criteria of a tax haven set out in its report 'Harmful tax competition: An emerging global issue'. Read Mo...
View articleUK internet service provider (ISP) Freeserve is turning up the heat in its campaign against rival AOL, claiming that the US company is benefiting from...
View articleA new trade war between Europe and the US is on the cards after the World Trade Organisation ruled that an amended US tax scheme for multinationals wa...
View articleEmployers and fleet operators fear company car tax bills will be seriously inaccurate when the new rules come into force next year. Read More...
View articleA VAT tribunal ruling in favour of tour operator Simply Travel could see other travel companies following suit, resulting in millions of pounds in sav...
View articleThe Treasury has published the list of museums and galleries which will benefit from the VAT refund scheme announced in the March Budget, which will a...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has issued a consultation document on draft regulations for National Insurance on mileage allowances. Read More...
View articleTreasury officials last year promised oil companies that the government would not impose a windfall tax on profits, it was reported at the weekend. Re...
View articleSenior tax partner at Grant Thornton, Mike Warburton, has this week been handing out ingenious (almost) tips for avoiding tax. Read More...
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