Non-doms pay average tax of £48k a year
Personal Tax

Non-doms pay average tax of £48k a year

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Non-doms pay average tax of £48k a year

The 123,000 people with non-domicile status paid £5.9bn a year in tax last year Read More...

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Profession wants clarity on cross-border insolvency
Business Recovery

Profession wants clarity on cross-border insolvency

15y Rachael Singh

Profession wants clarity on cross-border insolvenc...

Responses to an Insolvency Service consultation shows the profession wants clearer definition on European insolvency cases Read More...

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Taxman bares teeth to media tax advisers
Accounting Firms

Taxman bares teeth to media tax advisers

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Taxman bares teeth to media tax advisers

Christopher Lunn & Co receives unprecedented treatment by the taxman, as the firm is blocked from submitting client tax returns Read More...

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Institutes defend their actions over iXBRL lobbying
Technology

Institutes defend their actions over iXBRL lobbying

15y Rachael Singh

Institutes defend their actions over iXBRL lobbyin...

Instititue stick up for their lobbying of government in the failed attempt to delay the iXBRL online tax filing deadline Read More...

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Why be a stickler for iXBRL deadline?
Technology

Why be a stickler for iXBRL deadline?

15y Rachael Singh

Why be a stickler for iXBRL deadline?

So exchequer secretary to the Treasury David Gauke has declared 1 April D-day for paper filing of corporation tax. Six of the largest accountancy firm...

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Give and take
Personal Tax

Give and take

15y Accountancy Age

Give and take

Government plans will do little to help charities without changes to tax law Read More...

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iXBRL decision criticised by tax bodies
Accounting Software

iXBRL decision criticised by tax bodies

15y Gavin Hinks

iXBRL decision criticised by tax bodies

Tax bodies disappointment at government decision to push ahead with 1 April iXBRL deadline Read More...

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Profile: Ladislav Hornan, managing partner, UHY Hacker Young
People In Practice

Profile: Ladislav Hornan, managing partner, UHY Hacker Young

15y Rachael Singh

Profile: Ladislav Hornan, managing partner, UHY Ha...

Boxing clever: Ladislav Hornan has delved into everything from boxing to premiership football in his career at UHY Hacker Young Read More...

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PKF administrators achieve CVA at Dundee FC
Business Recovery

PKF administrators achieve CVA at Dundee FC

15y Rachael Singh

PKF administrators achieve CVA at Dundee FC

Administrator Bryan Jackson has managed to complete a company voluntary arrangement at Dundee FC Read More...

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Audio: Tax deferrals prop up 'zombie' businesses
Corporate Tax

Audio: Tax deferrals prop up 'zombie' businesses

15y Accountancy Age

Audio: Tax deferrals prop up 'zombie' businesses

Is Time to Pay simply delaying the inevitable for many businesses? Read More...

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Video: Tax deferrals prop up 'zombie' businesses
Corporate Tax

Video: Tax deferrals prop up 'zombie' businesses

15y Accountancy Age

Video: Tax deferrals prop up 'zombie' businesses

Is Time to Pay simply delaying the inevitable for many businesses? Read More...

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Treasury rejects institutes' plea for iXBRL delay
Accounting Standards

Treasury rejects institutes' plea for iXBRL delay

15y Rachael Singh

Treasury rejects institutes' plea for iXBRL delay

David Gauke turns down request to delay the introduction of iXBRL for tax filing Read More...

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Smaller firms must beware the lure of Liechtenstein
Personal Tax

Smaller firms must beware the lure of Liechtenstein

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Smaller firms must beware the lure of Liechtenstei...

Tempting as it may be for smaller firms to take on clients to pass through the Liechtenstein tax amnesty, they might be best leaving it to the experts...

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Administrations fall but CVAs increase in 2010
Business Recovery

Administrations fall but CVAs increase in 2010

15y Rachael Singh

Administrations fall but CVAs increase in 2010

Company insolvencies declined across the board last year, however, company voluntary arrangements increased Read More...

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Pilot ruled as still resident in UK for tax purposes
Personal Tax

Pilot ruled as still resident in UK for tax purposes

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Pilot ruled as still resident in UK for tax purpos...

Lyle Grace's frequency of visits to Heathrow home, plus his employment with a British airline, sees tribunal rule he is a UK resident for tax purposes...

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iXBRL delay - what's the harm?
Technology

iXBRL delay - what's the harm?

15y Rachael Singh

iXBRL delay - what's the harm?

SIX ACCOUNTANCY INSTITUTES have gone above HMRC’s head and taken their request to delay an internet tax filing technology iXBRL directly to the ...

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To defer or not to defer
Technology

To defer or not to defer

15y Rachael Singh

To defer or not to defer

How much of a chance do campaigners have of deferring incoming tax filing requirements? Read More...

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Offshore tax penalties could aid tax evaders
Corporate Tax

Offshore tax penalties could aid tax evaders

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Offshore tax penalties could aid tax evaders

Lawyers warn that flagging up the locations of most concern to HMRC could encourage tax evaders to move funds to those areas Read More...

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Go for it Dave, move the deadline
Administration

Go for it Dave, move the deadline

15y Gavin Hinks

Go for it Dave, move the deadline

  THE DEADLINE for companies to switch their tax returns online was always controversial coming as it does in the same year as a change to intern...

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Iris launches online iXBRL product
Technology

Iris launches online iXBRL product

15y Rachael Singh

Iris launches online iXBRL product

Accountancy software provider releases an internet-based Microsoft Word conversion product for iXBRL tax filing Read More...

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6.9m file self assessment tax online
Personal Tax

6.9m file self assessment tax online

15y Jaimie Kaffash

6.9m file self assessment tax online

7% increase on previous year's online filing stats, reveals HM Revenue & Customs Read More...

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Holding the IT crises at bay
Administration

Holding the IT crises at bay

15y Gavin Hinks

Holding the IT crises at bay

The taxman seems prone to crisis in its IT systems - bad news as digital corporate tax returns are about to start Read More...

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200% tax evasion penalties loom
Corporate Tax

200% tax evasion penalties loom

15y Jaimie Kaffash

200% tax evasion penalties loom

HMRC could hit offshore tax evaders with 200% tax penalties Read More...

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Taxman heavily criticised over PAYE fiasco
Corporate Tax

Taxman heavily criticised over PAYE fiasco

15y our parliamentary correspondent

Taxman heavily criticised over PAYE fiasco

Public Accounts Committee goes in hard on HMRC's "mismanagement" of the PAYE system Read More...

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Record numbers use self-assessment system
Personal Tax

Record numbers use self-assessment system

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Record numbers use self-assessment system

Nearly six and a half million online filing submissions through to HMRC: the system's "working well" Read More...

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Rejection rate climbs for Time to Pay
Corporate Tax

Rejection rate climbs for Time to Pay

15y Nick Huber

Rejection rate climbs for Time to Pay

Taxman turns down higher percentage of requests by struggling businesses to defer their tax bill in 2010, compared to 2009 Read More...

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£3m tax credit fraudster jailed for five years
Personal Tax

£3m tax credit fraudster jailed for five years

15y Accountancy Age

£3m tax credit fraudster jailed for five years

Lithuanian fraudster who used 100 women to fraudulently claim tax credits is jailed Read More...

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IR35 edging towards a solution
Administration

IR35 edging towards a solution

15y Accountancy Age

IR35 edging towards a solution

The Office of Tax Simplification is working towards recommendation for the hated contractor rules IR35 - but which will way they turn Read More...

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