AccountancyAge.com IR35 resource centre
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AccountancyAge.com IR35 resource centre

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AccountancyAge.com IR35 resource centre

AccountancyAge.com provides an online IR35 resource including an archive of stories on the controversial legislation. Read More...

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IR35 focus: 'If I stay here, I'll go out of business'
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IR35 focus: 'If I stay here, I'll go out of business'

25y Gavin Hinks

IR35 focus: 'If I stay here, I'll go out of busine...

Condemned as unfair and anti-competitive, IR35 is causing a new brain-drain. Read More...

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Clients and agencies must be on their guard
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Clients and agencies must be on their guard

25y AccountancyAge.com

Clients and agencies must be on their guard

It's not just individuals working through personal service companies who are affected by IR35. The agencies who introduce them and the client companie...

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Profile: Partners in tax
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Profile: Partners in tax

25y Gavin Hinks

Profile: Partners in tax

Nobody will be able to accuse Richard Mannion, president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, of being put in place to do a holding job. Read More...

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PENSION CONTRIBUTION RELIEFS
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PENSION CONTRIBUTION RELIEFS

25y AccountancyAge.com

PENSION CONTRIBUTION RELIEFS

Age on 6 April % of maximum net relevant earnings   Personal pensions* 2000/2001maximum Retirement annuities* 35 or less 17.5 16,065 pounds 17.5 36-45...

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Finance Act available online
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Finance Act available online

25y AccountancyAge.com

Finance Act available online

The 2000 Finance Act is now available for viewing online. Read More...

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CAPITAL GAINS TAX
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CAPITAL GAINS TAX

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CAPITAL GAINS TAX

Rates 2000/2001 1999/2000 Individuals (as top slice of income) 40% (to 28,400 pounds) Trusts where settlor or spouse retains interest As settlor’...

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All-employee share schemes updated
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All-employee share schemes updated

25y AccountancyAge.com

All-employee share schemes updated

The Employee Share Schemes pages of the Inland Revenue have been updated following Royal Assent of the Finance Bill 2000. Read More...

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INHERITANCE TAX
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INHERITANCE TAX

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INHERITANCE TAX

Death rate 2000/2001 1999/2000 0% 1-234,000 pounds 1-231,000 pounds 40% over 234,000 pounds over 231,000 pounds Lifetime gifts Certain lifetime gifts ...

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Analysis - Checklist - New Finance Bill clause.
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Analysis - Checklist - New Finance Bill clause.

25y AccountancyAge.com

Analysis - Checklist - New Finance Bill clause.

Inland Revenue consults on IP and corporate CGT; Tax Faculty revisits Read More...

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Tax loopholes closed.
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Tax loopholes closed.

25y AccountancyAge.com

Tax loopholes closed.

The taxman has beefed up anti-avoidance legislation for international business in amendments to the Finance Bill. Read More...

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Finance Bill 2000 - Big name companies.
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Finance Bill 2000 - Big name companies.

25y AccountancyAge.com

Finance Bill 2000 - Big name companies.

David Heathcoat-Amory MP has claimed the present director-general of the BBC had a service company to receive earnings, as did London’s new mayo...

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Analysis - Look out for young talent with power.
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Analysis - Look out for young talent with power.

25y Accountancy Age

Analysis - Look out for young talent with power.

The Revenue’s June tax bulletin states it has recruited over 40 accountants in the past two years. Many practitioners, particularly those dealin...

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Exclusive - Revenue in Levy probe.
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Exclusive - Revenue in Levy probe.

25y Alex Miller.

Exclusive - Revenue in Levy probe.

The Inland Revenue has launched an internal investigation into whether Lord Levy's tax affairs were leaked by staff. Read More...

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Tax costs rocketing
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Tax costs rocketing

25y Gavin Hinks

Tax costs rocketing

The cost of paying tax has rocketed over the past three years with accountants spending 60% more time completing client tax returns and charging more ...

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Finance Bill 2000 - Rumours scotched.
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Finance Bill 2000 - Rumours scotched.

25y AccountancyAge.com

Finance Bill 2000 - Rumours scotched.

In a series of exchanges during the debates, paymaster general Dawn Primarolo objected to ‘misleading rumours’ including one that suggeste...

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Profile: Partners in tax.
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Profile: Partners in tax.

25y Gavin Hinks

Profile: Partners in tax.

CIoT president is seeking closer links with the Revenue. Read More...

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Finance Bill 2000 - Revenue statistics.
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Finance Bill 2000 - Revenue statistics.

25y AccountancyAge.com

Finance Bill 2000 - Revenue statistics.

Primarolo also revealed that of 1,300 contracts which the Revenue has been asked to examine, 53% were found to fall within IR35 and 47% were not. Read...

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Customs & Excise - Cutting red tape on exports.
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Customs & Excise - Cutting red tape on exports.

25y Accountancy Age

Customs & Excise - Cutting red tape on exports.

Paymaster General Dawn Primarolo last week flagged up a raft of Customs & Excise e-commerce measures to help cut red tape for UK exporters and importe...

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Revenue: 'No records lost'.
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Revenue: 'No records lost'.

25y AccountancyAge.com

Revenue: 'No records lost'.

A denial has been issued by the Inland Revenue following reports that it lost millions of tax records. Read More...

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ACCA proposal to 'take the politics out of tax'
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ACCA proposal to 'take the politics out of tax'

25y AccountancyAge.com

ACCA proposal to 'take the politics out of tax'

The process of government consultation with expert bodies on tax reform appears to have lost direction and purpose, according to ACCA head of tax, Cha...

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On the formulation of tax legislation - End the endless draft
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On the formulation of tax legislation - End the endless draft

25y Accountancy Age

On the formulation of tax legislation - End the en...

During the last few months the process of government consultation with expert bodies appears to have lost direction and purpose. Read More...

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Analysis - Secrets of the Finance Bill committee shared.
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Analysis - Secrets of the Finance Bill committee shared.

25y Accountancy Age

Analysis - Secrets of the Finance Bill committee s...

Here is the bird’s-eye view of someone who has attended a number of standing committee debates and thus been able to see how our tax legislation...

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More Revenue manuals published online
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More Revenue manuals published online

25y AccountancyAge.com

More Revenue manuals published online

The Inland Revenue has published more of its main internal operational manuals online. Read More...

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Tax reforms needed to help insurers to invest
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Tax reforms needed to help insurers to invest

25y Gavin Hinks

Tax reforms needed to help insurers to invest

Venture capitalists have called upon the government to reform capital gains tax in order to reduce the barriers to investment faced by UK insurance co...

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KPMG secures services of Revenue expert
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KPMG secures services of Revenue expert

25y AccountancyAge.com

KPMG secures services of Revenue expert

KPMG has appointed a senior Inland Revenue employee to its Transfer Pricing Group. Read More...

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Revenue not amused by crooked fruit machines
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Revenue not amused by crooked fruit machines

25y AccountancyAge.com

Revenue not amused by crooked fruit machines

A company director and two business partners have been found guilty of breaking the Gaming Act after they supplied illegal gaming machines. Read More...

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