Cheeky Girls fight bankruptcy claims
Business Recovery

Cheeky Girls fight bankruptcy claims

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

Cheeky Girls fight bankruptcy claims

Cheeky girls fight HMRC tax claim at High Court Read More...

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No surrender in the battle over avoidance?
Corporate Tax

No surrender in the battle over avoidance?

18y Gavin Hinks

No surrender in the battle over avoidance?

It was with some surprise that we came across the statement made by an undisclosed speaker at a KPMG event Read More...

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Mills case sets tax penalties benchmark
Corporate Tax

Mills case sets tax penalties benchmark

18y Alex Hawkes

Mills case sets tax penalties benchmark

A senior adviser uses the tax affairs of David Mills, husband of cabinet minister Tessa Jowell, as a defence in negotiations with tax inspectors Read...

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Avoidance will not damage reputation
Corporate Tax

Avoidance will not damage reputation

18y Alex Hawkes

Avoidance will not damage reputation

Tax avoidance does not damage corporate reputations and may even enhance them, minutes of a symposium held by KPMG suggest Read More...

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Profession questions money laundering rules
Corporate Governance

Profession questions money laundering rules

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

Profession questions money laundering rules

Institutes have conflicting opinions about monitoring of credentials for unqualified accountants Read More...

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Revenue broke rules on awarding contracts
Administration

Revenue broke rules on awarding contracts

18y AccountancyAge.com

Revenue broke rules on awarding contracts

No tender process for consultancy contracts Read More...

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Cadbury's tastes bitter tax defeat
Company News

Cadbury's tastes bitter tax defeat

18y Alex Hawkes

Cadbury's tastes bitter tax defeat

Cadbury’s loses a legal battle to convert £8m of income into a capital gain to reduce its tax bill Read More...

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CIoT: 'suspend interventions trials'
Corporate Tax

CIoT: 'suspend interventions trials'

18y Alex Hawkes

CIoT: 'suspend interventions trials'

Tax institute calls for suspension of HMRC letters to taxpayers questioning their affairs, saying they are 'patronising at best, and sometimes insult...

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Sweeteners drive IT competition
Technology

Sweeteners drive IT competition

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

Sweeteners drive IT competition

A new report by the National Audit Office shows that sweeteners paid to businesses to ensure a smooth transition from one to the other could have gon...

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Tax raid fears rise as new powers passed
Corporate Tax

Tax raid fears rise as new powers passed

18y Alex Hawkes

Tax raid fears rise as new powers passed

The taxman could be ready to doorstep advisers after being handed powers to force them to answer questions on cases of serious fraud Read More...

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Varney picks Customs over Revenue
People Business

Varney picks Customs over Revenue

18y rumo , Writer

Varney picks Customs over Revenue

In November of last year, TS suggested that Sir David Varney was rarely to be seen at big tax events, and looked like he would soon be out on his ear....

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Taxmen to strike over working conditions
Administration

Taxmen to strike over working conditions

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

Taxmen to strike over working conditions

8,000 staff in ten tax processing centres to take a one-day strike over proposed changes to working practices Read More...

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Famous artwork sacrificed to pay off inheritance tax bills
Personal Tax

Famous artwork sacrificed to pay off inheritance tax bills

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

Famous artwork sacrificed to pay off inheritance t...

HMRC buys famous artwork to pay off hefty inheritance tax bills Read More...

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What to make of Varney transformation?
Corporate Tax

What to make of Varney transformation?

18y rumo , Writer

What to make of Varney transformation?

What to make of the departure of Sir David Varney from HM Revenue & Customs? He has got a new job which many are describing as at least a sideways...

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Primarolo backs revised tax deadlines
Administration

Primarolo backs revised tax deadlines

18y Kevin Reed , Writer

Primarolo backs revised tax deadlines

The government agrees to backtrack on plans to introduce controversial new self-assessment tax filing deadlines Read More...

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Long, hard slog to become tax inspector
Administration

Long, hard slog to become tax inspector

18y AccountancyAge.com

Long, hard slog to become tax inspector

Major commitment required Read More

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Are we back to square one?
Corporate Tax

Are we back to square one?

18y Accountancy Age

Are we back to square one?

The Carter review would have benefited from listening to advisers Read More...

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Taxman devises rules for carousel fraud
Corporate Tax

Taxman devises rules for carousel fraud

18y Alex Hawkes

Taxman devises rules for carousel fraud

New 'methodology' adopted by taxman will determine whether traders caught up in carousel fraud chains may have had 'knowledge or means of knowledge' ...

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Taxman given more search and seizure powers
Administration

Taxman given more search and seizure powers

18y our parliamentary correspondent

Taxman given more search and seizure powers

Greater powers of search and seizure for tax inspectors after review of merger with Customs Read More...

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Less than 50% of students pass tax exams
Accounting Standards

Less than 50% of students pass tax exams

18y AccountancyAge.com

Less than 50% of students pass tax exams

Chartered Institute of Taxation releases exam results Read More...

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NHS contractors left out of pocket
Consulting

NHS contractors left out of pocket

18y AccountancyAge.com

NHS contractors left out of pocket

More bad press for IT overhaul Read More

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Defining the elephant
Administration

Defining the elephant

18y Accountancy Age

Defining the elephant

A set of avoidance hallmarks will be a welcome end to obscurity Read More...

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Profile: Marie-Louise Clayton, FD of oil group Venture Production
Company News

Profile: Marie-Louise Clayton, FD of oil group Venture Production

18y Nicholas Neveling

Profile: Marie-Louise Clayton, FD of oil group Ven...

For straight-talking Marie-Louise Clayton, FD of oil group Venture Production, a tough, no frills approach to management has served her well. She ta...

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Revenue under fire from NAO
Administration

Revenue under fire from NAO

18y AccountancyAge.com

Revenue under fire from NAO

Audit watchdog queries missing £400m Read More

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Taxman to pay out hundreds of millions on VAT cases
Corporate Tax

Taxman to pay out hundreds of millions on VAT cases

18y Alex Hawkes

Taxman to pay out hundreds of millions on VAT case...

Fleming-Bodycraft's VAT-refund case is one of 700 for HMRC, and will most likely see hundreds of millions of pounds repaid to businesses Read More...

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Lord Carter u-turns on filing dates
Administration

Lord Carter u-turns on filing dates

18y Gavin Hinks

Lord Carter u-turns on filing dates

Accountants claim victory after Lord Carter changes deadline recommendations Read More...

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Avoidance rules 'will be vague'
Corporate Tax

Avoidance rules 'will be vague'

18y Gavin Hinks

Avoidance rules 'will be vague'

Definitions of tax avoidance, soon to be published by HM Revenue & Customs, will be deliberately vague, the head of the taxman’s anti-avoidance ...

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When is a tractor not a tractor? asks the taxman
Corporate Tax

When is a tractor not a tractor? asks the taxman

18y Alex Hawkes

When is a tractor not a tractor? asks the taxman

HM Revenue & Customs fights farmers over the speed of their tractor Read More...

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