Income tax receipts boost offsets public sector borrowing
Corporate Tax

Income tax receipts boost offsets public sector borrowing

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Income tax receipts boost offsets public sector bo...

Borrowing hits seven-year low in June while income tax receipts reach highest rate since records began Read More...

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Gauke confirms Office of Tax Simplification expansion
Corporate Tax

Gauke confirms Office of Tax Simplification expansion

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Gauke confirms Office of Tax Simplification expans...

OTS will see its resources and headcount expanded over the course of this parliament Read More...

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Election 2015: The parties’ tax and spend cases
Corporate Tax

Election 2015: The parties’ tax and spend cases

9y Accountancy Age

Election 2015: The parties’ tax and spend cases

With the election looming, Accountancy Age makes a detailed examination of the feasibility of the main parties’ fiscal plans Read More...

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Tories to scrap inheritance tax on family homes under £1m
Personal Tax

Tories to scrap inheritance tax on family homes under £1m

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Tories to scrap inheritance tax on family homes un...

Current £325,000 threshold puts 'quarter of homes at risk' of attracting inheritance tax, PM claims Read More...

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Labour will add £3,000 to your tax bill, claims Cameron
Personal Tax

Labour will add £3,000 to your tax bill, claims Cameron

9y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Labour will add £3,000 to your tax bill, claims Ca...

As election campaigns begin, the prime minister claims a vote for Labour will mean higher taxes Read More...

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Labour to hit £3m homes with £10k mansion tax
Personal Tax

Labour to hit £3m homes with £10k mansion tax

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Labour to hit £3m homes with £10k mansion tax

Labour mansion tax plans could include substantial rise for homes over £3m Read More...

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Cameron pledges tax cuts if re-elected in 2015
Personal Tax

Cameron pledges tax cuts if re-elected in 2015

10y Chris Warmoll , Writer

Cameron pledges tax cuts if re-elected in 2015

Upping the 10p and 40p rate to new thresholds on the cards if Conservatives re-elected Read More...

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IFS: UK tax system ‘punishes success’
Personal Tax

IFS: UK tax system ‘punishes success’

10y Calum Fuller , Reporter

IFS: UK tax system ‘punishes success’

IFS warns the government must find more sources of tax or risk economic instability Read More...

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IFS: Independent Scotland faces conflict over taxes
Administration

IFS: Independent Scotland faces conflict over taxes

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

IFS: Independent Scotland faces conflict over taxe...

IFS outlines fiscal challenges facing an independent Scotland Read More...

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Shares-for-rights scheme offers avoidance opportunity
Corporate Tax

Shares-for-rights scheme offers avoidance opportunity

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Shares-for-rights scheme offers avoidance opportun...

Warnings from the IFS over tax avoidance opportunities offered by the government's shares-for-rights scheme are being borne out, claim advisers Read M...

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Budget 2013: After the ‘omnishambles’, the ‘aspiration’
Corporate Tax

Budget 2013: After the ‘omnishambles’, the ‘aspiration’

11y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Budget 2013: After the ‘omnishambles’, the ‘aspira...

Osborne successfully averts a repeat of his 2012 'omnishambles', but not entirely without controversy Read More...

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“Abolish stamp duty,” PwC tells Osborne
Corporate Tax

“Abolish stamp duty,” PwC tells Osborne

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

“Abolish stamp duty,” PwC tells Osborne

Chancellor should reduce tax rates and introduce a wider tax base as part of plans to stimulate growth, economists say Read More...

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Green cars will impact Treasury’s coffers
Personal Tax

Green cars will impact Treasury’s coffers

12y Calum Fuller , Reporter

Green cars will impact Treasury’s coffers

The growing number of green cars on Britain's roads is already seeing a growing number exempt from vehicle excise duty Read More...

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Hartnett's retirement: here's to a duller taxman
Administration

Hartnett's retirement: here's to a duller taxman

12y Jaimie Kaffash

Hartnett's retirement: here's to a duller taxman

Dave Hartnett's retirement will deprive HMRC of some colour - but this might be a good thing Read More...

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50p rate is inefficient, claims CEBR
Personal Tax

50p rate is inefficient, claims CEBR

12y Accountancy Age

50p rate is inefficient, claims CEBR

Economic think-tank says workers are being driven abroad by higher tax rate Read More...

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Behind the 50p rate headline figures
Personal Tax

Behind the 50p rate headline figures

13y Jaimie Kaffash

Behind the 50p rate headline figures

Estimates of how much the top rate of tax will raise, or lose, have dominated finance pages. But to what extent can we rely on the headline figures? R...

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Mirrlees Review - worthy, but incompatible with the real world?
Corporate Tax

Mirrlees Review - worthy, but incompatible with the real world?

13y Jaimie Kaffash

Mirrlees Review - worthy, but incompatible with th...

The tax system is imperfect, but these imperfections might be inevitable Read More...

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Economists attack 50p tax rate
Personal Tax

Economists attack 50p tax rate

13y Jaimie Kaffash

Economists attack 50p tax rate

A group of influential academics says top rate of tax is harming growth Read More...

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Treasury further limits scope of NI merger
Corporate Tax

Treasury further limits scope of NI merger

13y Jaimie Kaffash

Treasury further limits scope of NI merger

The consultation on the merger of national insurance and income tax will not review the employers' NI contributions Read More...

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CBI calls for corporation tax below 24%
Corporate Tax

CBI calls for corporation tax below 24%

13y Gavin Hinks

CBI calls for corporation tax below 24%

Business group calls for low corporation taxes and criticises proposals for UK owned foreign companies Read More...

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Complexity or simplification? That is the question.
Corporate Tax

Complexity or simplification? That is the question.

13y Gavin Hinks

Complexity or simplification? That is the question...

HAS the government forgotten its agenda to simplify taxes? A read through the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ (IFS) Green Budget report this morni...

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750,000 brought into higher rate tax band
Personal Tax

750,000 brought into higher rate tax band

13y Jaimie Kaffash

750,000 brought into higher rate tax band

IFS finds income tax changes bring more people into higher rate band Read More...

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Experts slam avoidance rule
Corporate Tax

Experts slam avoidance rule

13y Gavin Hinks

Experts slam avoidance rule

Government's proposed general anti avoidance rule is lambasted by accountants and lawyers Read More...

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General election: the party’s over
Corporate Tax

General election: the party’s over

14y David Jetuah

General election: the party’s over

Once the celebrations die down over winning the general election, the victor will soon find that the trouble stored up in the UK economy could result...

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Election campaigns that fail to deliver on the economy
People Business

Election campaigns that fail to deliver on the economy

14y rumo , Writer

Election campaigns that fail to deliver on the eco...

Well we vote tomorrow and I can’t help feeling a sense of disappointment in the election campaigns. The campaigns have been marked by a number o...

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IFS rates Lib Dems' tax plans best
Personal Tax

IFS rates Lib Dems' tax plans best

14y David Jetuah

IFS rates Lib Dems' tax plans best

Insitute for Fiscal Studies says the Liberal Democrats tax proposals hold the most water of the three parties but still criticised the overall plans ...

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Millions still lose from 10p moves
Personal Tax

Millions still lose from 10p moves

16y Alex Hawkes

Millions still lose from 10p moves

Six million people will still be worse off, the IFS says Read More...

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Think tank warns govt risks breaking debt rule
Administration

Think tank warns govt risks breaking debt rule

16y AccountancyAge.com

Think tank warns govt risks breaking debt rule

Chancellor Darling will have to raise taxes by £8bn in his Budget to keep to the ‘golden rule’ Read More...

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