Contractors offered IR35 insurance
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Contractors offered IR35 insurance

24y AccountancyAge.com

Contractors offered IR35 insurance

The Professional Contractors Group is offering contractors insurance against challenges from the Inland Revenue arising from their IR35 tax liabilitie...

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Brown attacks Portillo over VAT smear
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Brown attacks Portillo over VAT smear

24y Larry Schlesinger

Brown attacks Portillo over VAT smear

Chancellor Gordon Brown has reacted angrily to claims by shadow chancellor and political rival Michael Portillo that there are plans to harmonise inco...

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Brown admits to help with tax returns
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Brown admits to help with tax returns

24y our parliamentary staff

Brown admits to help with tax returns

Gordon Brown has revealed what could be his most damaging failing as far as tax simplification campaigners are concerned; he needs an accountant to he...

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Tories promise cuts in red tape and taxes
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Tories promise cuts in red tape and taxes

24y Larry Schlesinger

Tories promise cuts in red tape and taxes

The Conservative Party says it will end excessive regulation, ease the burden on business and repeal controversial legislation including IR35 and the ...

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Taxpayers need international rights
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Taxpayers need international rights

24y Gavin Hinks

Taxpayers need international rights

Taxpayers need an international bills of rights along the model of Human Rights Bill, including a right to lawfully reduce their tax burden, according...

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Squaring up for the final battle
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Squaring up for the final battle

24y Accountancy Age

Squaring up for the final battle

With inflation, interest rates and unemployment at comfortably low levels, where can the Conservatives attack Labour's economic policies? Read More...

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IR35: Revenue publishes case law
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IR35: Revenue publishes case law

24y AccountancyAge.com

IR35: Revenue publishes case law

The Inland Revenue has published the case law section of its employment status manual on its internet site. Read More...

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Costs set to rocket under climate levy
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Costs set to rocket under climate levy

24y Larry Schlesinger

Costs set to rocket under climate levy

UK production costs have risen only 0.5% during April. But had the Climate Change Levy been included they would have risen by almost 1%. Read More...

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Big brother won't be watching
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Big brother won't be watching

24y Philip Smith.

Big brother won't be watching

Controversial plans to allow the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise to pass on taxpayers' confidential information to the police have been droppe...

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A new look for AccountancyAge.com
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A new look for AccountancyAge.com

24y Matthew Gerry

A new look for AccountancyAge.com

Embracing the changes that occurred in our print publication in January, AccountancyAge.com today unveils the most substantial redesign in its short h...

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CIoT president calls for tax committee
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CIoT president calls for tax committee

24y Gavin Hinks

CIoT president calls for tax committee

John Whiting, the newly appointed president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, will campaign for the creation of a tax policy committee to mirror...

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Tax concessions for ravaged businesses
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Tax concessions for ravaged businesses

24y Alex Miller.

Tax concessions for ravaged businesses

The Inland Revenue has confirmed interest will not be charged on tax deferred as a result of any financial difficulties brought about by the outbreak ...

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Lib Dem pledge wins ICAEW praise
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Lib Dem pledge wins ICAEW praise

24y our parliamentary staff

Lib Dem pledge wins ICAEW praise

The Liberal Democrats today published their election manifesto promising to raise taxes to pay for a £9.5bn increase in spending on education, health,...

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UK pushes EU to suspend online VAT
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UK pushes EU to suspend online VAT

24y Gavin Hinks

UK pushes EU to suspend online VAT

The UK is lobbying Brussels to abandon VAT on all electronic downloadable goods sold via the internet in the European Union. Read More...

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OECD pledges to continue with crackdown
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OECD pledges to continue with crackdown

24y AccountancyAge.com

OECD pledges to continue with crackdown

The Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development has said it will continue with its crackdown on tax havens despite the withdrawl of support ...

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Jersey citizens may get tax breaks
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Jersey citizens may get tax breaks

24y AccountancyAge.com

Jersey citizens may get tax breaks

Jersey is considering cutting personal and corporate tax rates, in effect removing many of the advantages offered to international investors but denie...

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Euro plays mind games
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Euro plays mind games

24y Accountancy Age

Euro plays mind games

There's nothing like an economic downturn to illustrate the importance of psychology in the business world. Read More...

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Tories put tax at centre of campaign
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Tories put tax at centre of campaign

24y Accountancy Age

Tories put tax at centre of campaign

The Tories today unveiled an election manifesto which put tax at the centre of Conservative campaigning. Read More...

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Uproar over mailshot VAT charge
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Uproar over mailshot VAT charge

24y Michelle Perry

Uproar over mailshot VAT charge

Charity finance experts last week hit out at Customs & Excise in a debate over VAT charged on fundraising mailshots. Read More...

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ICAEW critical of 'rushed' Finance Bill
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ICAEW critical of 'rushed' Finance Bill

24y AccountancyAge.com

ICAEW critical of 'rushed' Finance Bill

The ICAEW's Tax Faculty has said the lack of debate and scrutiny of the 2001 Finance Bill may result in the need for changes to being made on key poin...

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Rural business wins tax concessions
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Rural business wins tax concessions

24y AccountancyAge.com

Rural business wins tax concessions

Businesses hit by financial difficulties brought about the foot-and-mouth epidemic will not have to pay interest on deferred taxes. Read More...

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Faculty chief critical of exam content
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Faculty chief critical of exam content

24y Larry Schlesinger

Faculty chief critical of exam content

Ian Hayes, the recently appointed chairman of the Tax Faculty, has said he is disappointed in the smaller amount of 'core tax material' now included i...

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Brown stays tight-lipped on income tax
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Brown stays tight-lipped on income tax

24y Larry Schlesinger

Brown stays tight-lipped on income tax

Gordon Brown has refused to be drawn on rumours that Labour will pledge to leave income tax rates unchanged as it campaigns for re-election. Read More...

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Treasury to amend share scheme plans
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Treasury to amend share scheme plans

24y our parliamentary staff

Treasury to amend share scheme plans

Treasury ministers have agreed to amend share ownership plans following debates on the Finance Bill - just days before the legislative process is cut ...

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Revenue officer jailed for three years
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Revenue officer jailed for three years

24y AccountancyAge.com

Revenue officer jailed for three years

An Inland Revenue officer has been jailed for three years after he invented false tax repayments. Read More...

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Accountancy Age writer wins award
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Accountancy Age writer wins award

24y Matthew Gerry

Accountancy Age writer wins award

Accountancy Age news editor Chris Quick was last night named tax journalist of the year at the Butterworth Tolley tax awards. Read More...

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Tax-free payouts for Holocaust victims
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Tax-free payouts for Holocaust victims

24y Larry Schlesinger

Tax-free payouts for Holocaust victims

Compensation paid by banks on unclaimed accounts opened by Holocaust victims and frozen during World War II, will be free of tax, the government has c...

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