Shadow chancellor Michael Portillo has told City leaders that a Conservative government would slash the rate of capital gains tax and simplify the tax...
View articleCustoms & Excise has made it clear that it has not reached a deal with the country's national museums over VAT. Read More...
View articleTax experts are calling for wider consultation on a new Bill that radically breaks with the tradition of confidentiality agreements and privileged inf...
View articleWilliam Hague says he will scrap income tax on savings on share dividends for all lower rate taxpayers if the conservative party wins power in the nex...
View articleThe Liberal Democrats have accused chancellor Gordon Brown of using the wrong publicity campaign to alert millions of families of their right to an an...
View articleChancellor Gordon Brown is considering a crackdown on tax-avoiding e-gambling websites in his Budget next month, a move that could have far-reaching i...
View articleThe Commons is poised to give its formal stamp of approval to the first of a series of major tax rewrite bills. Read More...
View articleThe Community Foundation Network charity group is publishing a 'share aware' leaflet explaining the tax benefits of donating shares to charity organis...
View articleCustoms has launched a new initiative to speed up the processing of imported goods by first identifying which companies have inaccurate reporting syst...
View articleChancellor Gordon Brown has been lambasted by a Commons Treasury select committee for not giving enough attention to tax policy. Read More...
View articleMore news on dubious tax dodges, this time with a titillating twist. Read More...
View articleEach month Frank Haskew and Francesca Lagerberg of the ICAEW's tax faculty provide pracitcal advice on topical tax issues. Read More...
View articleCredit card insurer, Card Protection Plan, has set an important legal precedent in winning its case against Customs & Excise over VAT payments. Re...
View articleFears are rising that threats by Customs & Excise to clamp down on VAT grouping arrangements could cost UK business £250m a year and wipe out the ...
View articleThe rise in the audit threshold means thousands of contractors subject to the hated IR35 tax rules are at risk of fines and interest charges because t...
View articleA leading tax accountant has given his seal of approval to the first tax Bill, covering capital allowances, to have emerged from the tax rewrite proce...
View articleOptimism was high at the OECD last week as it headed into a weekend of London talks with 11 tax havens facing blacklisting for their financial systems...
View articlePaymaster general Dawn Primarolo has reiterated her claims that IT contractors are staying put despite the IR35 crackdown. Read More...
View articleCustoms & Excise has published draft notes and guidance on the climate change levy. In the Budget of 1999 chancellor Gordon Brown announced the levy o...
View articleGlobalisation in business is making tax harmonisation an increasingly important political consideration, ICAEW president Graham Ward has said. Read Mo...
View articleThe Childcare Commission has called for a variety of tax relief measures to keep money flowing into the profession and encourage more people to enter ...
View articleThe Inland Revenue today explained it was two months late publishing its latest annual report after having to wait for figures for its resource accoun...
View articleA partner at Big Five firm Enrst & Young this weekend told a Sunday newspaper that the Inland Revenue's self-assessment tax system will collapse i...
View articleThe chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission has said airlines will need to pay a tax on airline fuel to compensate for the damage they caus...
View articleThe tax framework for stakeholder pension schemes to be introduced from 6 April 2001 has now been finalised by the Inland Revenue. Read More...
View articleMore on the sad demise of the Inland Revenue's cheery favourite cartoon mascot - that loveable rogue Hector. Read More...
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