Southampton FC secures win over Customs
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Southampton FC secures win over Customs

23y Alex Miller.

Southampton FC secures win over Customs

Southampton Football Club is today celebrating a victory before the football season has even kicked off, after winning a VAT tussle against HM Customs...

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Offshore tax relief for porn channel
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Offshore tax relief for porn channel

23y Alex Miller.

Offshore tax relief for porn channel

The owners of sexy television business Television X, have moved the soft-porn channel offshore to the Channel Islands, the UK tax haven. Read More...

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Small oil operators offered tax concession
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Small oil operators offered tax concession

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Small oil operators offered tax concession

Chancellor Gordon Brown has offered a concession to smaller offshore operators in a bid to sweeten his shock 10% North Sea oil levy and split his oil ...

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Show not over for TV tax
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Show not over for TV tax

23y Philip Smith.

Show not over for TV tax

Controversial plans to end tax relief for all made-for-television films have been watered down following vigorous lobbying from UK production companie...

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UK universities face VAT threat
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UK universities face VAT threat

23y Alex Miller.

UK universities face VAT threat

UK universities and research institutes are among bodies likely to be hit by an EU ruling that found exempting academic bodies from VAT on commissione...

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Mr Blonde cuts a deal with UK tax scheme
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Mr Blonde cuts a deal with UK tax scheme

23y Larry Schlesinger

Mr Blonde cuts a deal with UK tax scheme

Reservoir Dog's Mr Blonde, US film star Michael Madsen, is hoping to finance his new London-based feature film through the UK Enterprise Investment Sc...

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Six countries off FATF blacklist
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Six countries off FATF blacklist

23y Larry Schlesinger

Six countries off FATF blacklist

The OECD-sponsored Financial Action Task Force has removed four countries from its blacklist of territories not cooperating in the fight to end money ...

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E&Y tax advice to wealthy Americans questioned
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E&Y tax advice to wealthy Americans questioned

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E&Y tax advice to wealthy Americans questioned

Reports coming out of the US tell us that Ernst & Young has been selling wealthy US citizens four legal techniques for reducing their income tax b...

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Treasury rules out oil tax concessions
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Treasury rules out oil tax concessions

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Treasury rules out oil tax concessions

The Treasury has rejected a series of attempts to ease the burden on North Sea offshore oil operators facing chancellor Gordon Brown's 10% corporation...

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Glaxo faces court over unpaid taxes
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Glaxo faces court over unpaid taxes

23y Larry Schlesinger

Glaxo faces court over unpaid taxes

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is facing a possible trial with the Internal Revenue Service in the US over claims abour unpaid tax. Read More...

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Profession calls for merger of NI and income tax
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Profession calls for merger of NI and income tax

23y Alex Miller.

Profession calls for merger of NI and income tax

The accountancy profession has called on the government to halt the 'fiction', and look into the viability of merging national insurance with income t...

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CIOT calls for tax burden reduction
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CIOT calls for tax burden reduction

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CIOT calls for tax burden reduction

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has today called for a reduction in the tax burdens on employers in a paper on employer/employee tax issues. Read ...

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US and Europe clash over tax breaks
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US and Europe clash over tax breaks

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US and Europe clash over tax breaks

Calls from the Bush administration for a clamp down on tax breaks for foreign companies operating in the US will strain relations with its trading par...

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Telecoms companies worried by hole tax
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Telecoms companies worried by hole tax

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Telecoms companies worried by hole tax

A Government scheme to charge companies for digging up the roads could increase the cost of implementing leased line and other telecoms connections, a...

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Treasury ignores Institute's CGT pleas
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Treasury ignores Institute's CGT pleas

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Treasury ignores Institute's CGT pleas

The Treasury has flatly rejected a plea from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to limit anti-avoidance measures that the acc...

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Blair slammed by CBI over tax burden
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Blair slammed by CBI over tax burden

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Blair slammed by CBI over tax burden

Sir Iain Vallance has launched a scathing attack on prime minister Tony Blair, accusing him of damaging the relations between business and the governm...

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Treasury defends policy on corporation tax
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Treasury defends policy on corporation tax

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Treasury defends policy on corporation tax

Paymaster general Dawn Primarolo has denied the Treasury is deliberately pursuing policies designed to encourage small businesses to become incorporat...

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CioT says Finance Bill needs scrutiny
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CioT says Finance Bill needs scrutiny

24y Larry Schlesinger

CioT says Finance Bill needs scrutiny

The Chartered Institute of Taxation says it is concerned by the lack of 'parliamentary scrutiny' the government has allowed for many of its 'significa...

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PCG welcomes changes to IR35 guidance
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PCG welcomes changes to IR35 guidance

24y Larry Schlesinger

PCG welcomes changes to IR35 guidance

The Professional Contractors Group, the dogged anti-IR35 campaigner, has 'cautiously welcomed' the Inland Revenue's amended guidance on status assessm...

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Law Lords reject Revenue's advice demands
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Law Lords reject Revenue's advice demands

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Law Lords reject Revenue's advice demands

Attempts by the Inland Revenue to demand confidential tax avoidance advice were quashed in the House of Lords yesterday. Read More...

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TV giants blamed for end to film tax breaks
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TV giants blamed for end to film tax breaks

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TV giants blamed for end to film tax breaks

Production companies have blamed the BBC and ITV for the government's decision to remove film tax breaks, which has endangered the UK film industry an...

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Revenue under fire over e-filing mandate
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Revenue under fire over e-filing mandate

24y Larry Schlesinger

Revenue under fire over e-filing mandate

Proposals set out in the Finance Bill for a proposed £3,000 fine levied on employers that do not file their tax returns electronically by prescribed d...

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US oil companies face double taxation threat
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US oil companies face double taxation threat

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US oil companies face double taxation threat

American-based offshore oil companies fear chancellor Gordon Brown's 10% levy will result in a serious risk of double taxation because of the way the ...

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Revenue says e-filing fine is only 'speculation'
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Revenue says e-filing fine is only 'speculation'

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Revenue says e-filing fine is only 'speculation'

The Inland Revenue says no final decision has been made on a proposed £3,000 fine levied on employers that do not file their tax returns electronicall...

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EU dismisses US pleas with eVAT ruling
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EU dismisses US pleas with eVAT ruling

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EU dismisses US pleas with eVAT ruling

The European Union Council of Ministers has slammed the door shut on entreaties from the American government to abandon its plans to exempt EU-based s...

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Anti-IR35 campaigners hit out at visa abuse
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Anti-IR35 campaigners hit out at visa abuse

24y Larry Schlesinger

Anti-IR35 campaigners hit out at visa abuse

The Professional Contractors Group, which has to date, failed in its bid to have the controversial IR35 legislation scrapped, says local IT contractor...

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Brown puts conditions on investment tax credit
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Brown puts conditions on investment tax credit

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Brown puts conditions on investment tax credit

Chancellor Gordon Brown's Community Investment Tax Credit will only apply to qualifying investments made through special intermediaries in enterprises...

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