Tax experts and the City have rounded on Gordon Brown’s decision to bar pension funds from reclaiming dividend tax credits. The move – whi...
View articleJ Poole rightly states (Letters, 19 June) that qualified practitioners should be able to rise above the quality of service offered by unqualified R...
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View articlePrivatised utilities that have implemented more prudent accounting policies will pay a lower share of the windfall tax. The decision to tax the post-t...
View articleExperts urge Brown to consult before implementing anti-avoidanceprovision. Read More...
View articleNew Tory leader William Hague has appointed two leadership challengers to key financial posts in his shadow cabinet. Peter Lilley takes over as shadow...
View articleGreater protection for whistleblowers is on the agenda forprofessional bodies, but is legislation the only way to securefraudbusters' rights? Hamish C...
View articleIf Gordon Brown has spent most of the last year working out how to devise a windfall tax that will survive any legal challenge in the European courts,...
View articleThe City was surprised, but delighted by the Chancellor’s decision to give the Bank of England the freedom to set interest rates. This is a Libe...
View articleSupport for uniformity is gathering momentum, but indecision remainsover how to go about it, writes Tim Weekes. Read More...
View articleParliament should restore its authority over tax legislation, arguesRobert Maas. Read More...
View articleCamelot's finance director, Peter Murphy, explains the philosophybehind the world's most successful lottery and defends the company's 'fatcat' bonuses...
View articleGordon Brown stands up early next month to deliver the first Budget by a Labour Chancellor for nearly two decades. By the time he sits down we should ...
View articleThe Inland Revenue denies claims that those filing theirself-assessment returns early or in quiet months will become the targetsfor investigations. Re...
View articleCIPFA announced at its conference this week that it is backing the Treasury’s proposed changes to the Private Finance Initiative. The government...
View articleLondon-based online service provider Zoo Internet has launched a free audit service to accountants as part of a package designed to lure more members ...
View articleWith the arrival and growing presence of American banks such as Bankers Trust and Chase Investment Bank, more US-style debt structures are being used ...
View articleOverseas earnings are in the firing line as Chancellor seeks to boostrevenue by reining in tax breaks. Read More...
View articleA VAT tribunal has blocked efforts by Hays Personnel Services to claw back tax on providing temporary staff. Victory for Hays could have cost the Trea...
View articleIn an age of competition, why does the public sector still warrantsuch low audit fees? Tim Weekes argues for quality before price cuts. Read More...
View articleNew super-regulator leaves accountants in the dark over regulatorypowers.Hooman Bassirian Read More...
View articleMike Darbyshire insists that the profession must stop fightingitself. Read More...
View articleI returned to a House of Commons changed beyond recognition. Wide-eyed Labour MPs, many of them women, were everywhere. Shell-shocked Tories looked li...
View articleCivil Service fraud has rocketed by 35% in the last year, according to official Treasury figures. Almost #3m was pilfered, with a #1m tax evhttps://ww...
View articleThe public sector has become a tough market for consultancies, saysPhilip Abbott, with the average value of projects awarded decliningsubstantially. R...
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