The UK's biggest furniture retailer may have to pay Pounds 62m in VAT it put aside in a legal dispute concerning the VAT-treatment of tax-free credit....
View articleRichard Mannion, stalwart president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, has been striking unflattering poses. Read More...
View articleInland Revenue chief Nick Montagu has hit back at claims that there is uncertainty surrounding the government's position on IR35. Read More...
View articleNo doubt many felt disappointment when the legal challenge to IR35 failed. Who could have resisted enjoying the thought of the judiciary giving the In...
View articleOn 2 April Mr Justice Burton ruled that IR35 does not contravene EU law. This is a point that the Professional Contractors Group may still seek to cha...
View articleThe Inland Revenue is expected to know this week how many contractors have made their first payments under IR35 amid fears that many will not meet the...
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View articleBusinesses have been warned that submitting XML-based VAT invoice documents could land them in hot water with Customs & Excise. Read More...
View articleContractors are still waiting for guidance on IR35 from the Inland Revenue before they make tax returns, bringing them dangerously close to the 19 Apr...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has denied that the number of people who failed to get their self-assessment tax returns in on time has risen by half a million. Re...
View articleThe Inland Revenue has published forms and notes for internet tax filing for 2000/2001. Read More...
View articleThe taxman has made a last minute change to its notorious IR35 rules to save some building industry taxpayers from being stung with tax rates of up to...
View articleThe Tax Faculty has moved to clear up any confusion surrounding this week's IR35 judgement by publishing new guidance on its website. Read More...
View articleA scheme under which directors of a company were paid delayed action bonuses in a bid to side-step PAYE national insurance liability has failed. Read ...
View articleA general election in June will leave insufficient time to debate the government's 2001 Finance Bill. Read More...
View articleHi-tech companies could be on the receiving end of an unexpected tax bonus after the government decided to be even more generous in proposed measures ...
View articleBy the time this appears in print, the Finance Bill 2001 will have been published. Read More...
View articleIT contractors were fearing further delays this week as the IR35 High Court hearing closed for the judge to consider his ruling. Lawyers were locked i...
View articleCharities are amongst the few that dread a cut in tax rates so we are grateful that the chancellor has decided to reduce income tax through extension ...
View articleThe Inland Revenue is being urged to stage a special test case to settle unresolved issues around IR35 after campaigners lost a High Court battle to o...
View articleForeign multinationals are attempting to claim hundreds of millions in damages over the now abolished advance corporation tax. Read More...
View articleYesterday's High Court judgement on the fate of controversial tax rule IR35 didn't mark the end of the Professional Contractors Group's campaign, but ...
View articleRegional and area directors appointed under the Inland Revenue's reorganisation have been told they must talk to professionals. Read More...
View articleMr Justice Burton's IR35 judgement handed down in the High Court today is a personal blow to chancellor Gordon Brown, according to shadow chancellor o...
View articleThe Professional Contractors Group has lost its High Court legal challenge to the government's controversial IR35 tax rules. Read More...
View articleDespite today's High Court judgement that IR35 should remain in place, anti-IR35 body the Professional Contractors Group said the case has changed the...
View articleFollowing on from the musical offerings that have come to light in recent weeks, TS hears news this week of Lords of the Ghetto, one of Botswana's big...
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