Prime minister Tony Blair has today defended last week's Budget, telling AccountancyAge.com that when companies look at the costs of the alternative i...
View articleIf ever a country was prepared for a rise in employees' national insurance contributions it was this one. By last Tuesday every financial commentator ...
View articleIn March 1999, the government announced a major review of charity taxation. The review led to major and much-welcomed changes to promote charitable gi...
View articleTax experts are warning that television production companies will face dwindling investment and increased costs after the chancellor removed a crucial...
View articleTransport secretary Stephen Byers has warned bus companies they could lose their £330m-a-year tax break unless they improve the services they offer. R...
View articleFinancial services groups are the main targets of the government's attempts to prevent VAT avoidance. Read More...
View articleThe Charity Finance Directors' Group has expressed disappointment thatthe chancellor chose to increase national insurance from April next year, claimi...
View articleGordon Brown has been panned by the accountancy and business communities for 'crippling' SMEs after announcing his intention to raise the rate of nati...
View articleBusinesses with turnover of up to £100,000 are to be given a flat rate VAT calculation instead of recording the charge on every single sale. Read More...
View articleRates of corporation tax for UK branches of foreign companies will be brought into line with international rates. Read More...
View articleThe government is extending VAT relief for small businesses to cover bad debts. Read More...
View articleThe Liberal Democrats have launched a new campaign to simplify the tax system and lighten the burden of tax regulations on businesses and individuals....
View articleStudents have suggested that all non-NHS medical supplies should face extra taxation, according to the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Read More...
View articleGordon Brown could be preparing to introduce VAT on postage in the Budget, a move which could cost businesses almost £800m a year, say tax experts. Re...
View articleA petrol station's victory in its VAT dispute with Customs & Excise has set an important legal precedent, which could see the government office pa...
View articleBig business lobbyists the Confederation of British Industry has called on the chancellor to cut the tax burden facing UK businesses. Read More...
View articleChancellor Gordon Brown has effectively broken down the Budget into three component parts after he made the second of two unprecedented announcements ...
View articleChartered accountants are urging the Chancellor to stop increasing the tax burden on businesses and start simplifying the whole system. Read More...
View articleRevenue recognition is in a state of flux with a severe lack of consistency in accounting policies, according to monthly financial reporting monitor C...
View articleFrank Haskew of the ICAEW's tax facutly answers questions on the new CGT exemption for substantial shareholdings. Read More...
View articleCustoms and Excise has today announced a series of less confrontational procedures for investigating a number of VAT civil evasion cases - with the me...
View articleChancellor Gordon Brown has today effectively broken down the Budget into three component parts after announcing the second of two unprecedented annou...
View articleCustoms & Excise is facing an estimated bill approaching £50m after a European Court of Justice ruling found that UK zoos will not have to pay VAT on ...
View articleOne of the main changes following today's shock business budget announcement by the Treasury, will be a tax exemption for gains and losses on substant...
View articleIn an unprecedented move, chancellor Gordon Brown has today sprung a major surprise by announcing tax cuts for business three weeks ahead of the 17 Ap...
View articleAn increase in VAT, which many believe Gordon Brown will announce in his Budget speech on 7 April, could cost charities millions of pounds per year, a...
View articleThe Bahamas today reached an agreement with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development relating to the organisation's global crackdown ...
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