Chancellor asks for Budget ideas
Corporate Tax

Chancellor asks for Budget ideas

13y Idris Nagri

Chancellor asks for Budget ideas

Online Budget portal set up for the public to send suggestions on how to boost the economy Read More...

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Complexity or simplification? That is the question.
Corporate Tax

Complexity or simplification? That is the question.

13y Idris Nagri

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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Think tank says reforms will increase tax complexity
Administration

Think tank says reforms will increase tax complexity

13y Idris Nagri

Think tank says reforms will increase tax complexi...

Institute for Fiscal Studies concludes tax proposals will add complexity to the system Read More...

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Go for it Dave, move the deadline
Administration

Go for it Dave, move the deadline

13y Idris Nagri

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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Taxman heavily criticised over PAYE fiasco
Corporate Tax

Taxman heavily criticised over PAYE fiasco

13y Idris Nagri

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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A proper economics debate: Ed Balls back on the economy beat
Administration

A proper economics debate: Ed Balls back on the economy beat

13y Idris Nagri

A proper economics debate: Ed Balls back on the ec...

ED BALLS has finally got his feet under the chancellor’s table. Well, at least under the shadow chancellor’s desk. After being initially o...

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Taxman must stop micro-managing, say union leaders
Corporate Governance

Taxman must stop micro-managing, say union leaders

13y Idris Nagri

Taxman must stop micro-managing, say union leaders

Ten years of cuts have seen HMRC morale plummet, a Treasury committee heard yesterday Read More...

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Saving the taxman from the axe
Administration

Saving the taxman from the axe

13y Idris Nagri

Saving the taxman from the axe

The government wants to cut the HMRC budget by 15%. Read More...

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Experts hail 'grown up' approach to finance bill
Corporate Tax

Experts hail 'grown up' approach to finance bill

13y Idris Nagri

Experts hail 'grown up' approach to finance bill

Tax profession welcomes early chance to probe finance three months before it becomes law Read More...

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Treasury sets bank levy higher than expected
Corporate Tax

Treasury sets bank levy higher than expected

13y Idris Nagri

Treasury sets bank levy higher than expected

Bank levy will be charged at 0.05% rather than the expected 0.04%, rising to 0.075% in 2012 Read More...

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CBI describes anti-avoidance rule as "unwelcome"
Corporate Tax

CBI describes anti-avoidance rule as "unwelcome"

13y Idris Nagri

CBI describes anti-avoidance rule as "unwelcome"

David Gauke's announcement of a general anti-avoidance rule will add uncertainty to the tax system, warns CBI Read More...

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Treasury panel chief to drop Rugby Estates NED role
Company News

Treasury panel chief to drop Rugby Estates NED role

13y Idris Nagri

Treasury panel chief to drop Rugby Estates NED rol...

Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Treasury select committee, will step down from non-executive role at Rugby Estates in December Read More...

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Avoidance isn't illegal...is it?
Corporate Tax

Avoidance isn't illegal...is it?

13y Idris Nagri

Avoidance isn't illegal...is it?

The annual ICAEW Hardman Memeorial Lecture is always good value – last year Dave Hartnett kept calling advisers “alchemists” – experts at ...

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Treasury chief says errant advisers will receive "no quarter"
Corporate Tax

Treasury chief says errant advisers will receive "no quarter"

13y Idris Nagri

Treasury chief says errant advisers will receive "...

Exchequer secretary David Gauke says government will come down hard on advisers involved in tax "avoidance" Read More...

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The full list of 1,042 reliefs
Administration

The full list of 1,042 reliefs

13y Idris Nagri

The full list of 1,042 reliefs

The Office of Tax Simplification Read More

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HMRC raises stakes on winding up orders
Business Recovery

HMRC raises stakes on winding up orders

14y Kevin Reed , Writer

HMRC raises stakes on winding up orders

Taxman represents a much greater proportion of winding up petitions in 2009, compared to a year earlier Read More...

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Spending review 'cannot afford' damage to tax collection
Corporate Tax

Spending review 'cannot afford' damage to tax collection

14y Idris Nagri

Spending review 'cannot afford' damage to tax coll...

The Treasury's budget is in the "unprotected" category, and advisers are hoping that the Comprehensive Spending Review will not affect the department...

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Treasury staff face squeeze on space
Politics

Treasury staff face squeeze on space

14y Idris Nagri

Treasury staff face squeeze on space

Latest government austerity measures focus on use of Treasury building Read More...

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Pensions tax talks welcomed by advisers
Personal Tax

Pensions tax talks welcomed by advisers

14y Idris Nagri

Pensions tax talks welcomed by advisers

Moves to work out pensions tax relief welcomed by advisers, but there is still a long way to go Read More...

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Holiday let tax relief to be tightened
Personal Tax

Holiday let tax relief to be tightened

14y Idris Nagri

Holiday let tax relief to be tightened

Qualifying period for furnished holiday lets to be extended under Treasury plans Read More...

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Controlled foreign companies talks kick off
Corporate Tax

Controlled foreign companies talks kick off

14y Idris Nagri

Controlled foreign companies talks kick off

Government unveils latest attempt to keep multinationals in the UK, while ensuring the way company funds are used in low tax jurisdictions does not e...

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Treasury steps up anti-avoidance plans
Corporate Tax

Treasury steps up anti-avoidance plans

14y Idris Nagri

Treasury steps up anti-avoidance plans

HMRC and Treasury plans forGeneral Anti-avoidance Rule (GAAR) draws criticism from businesses, advisers and MPs Read More...

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Companies dragging heels on treasury functions: PwC
Consulting

Companies dragging heels on treasury functions: PwC

14y Idris Nagri

Companies dragging heels on treasury functions: Pw...

PwC says lessons of the crisis have not been learned, with more than 80% of companies polled reporting that treasury department budgets have not incre...

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Laws steps down after expenses row
Personal Tax

Laws steps down after expenses row

14y Idris Nagri

Laws steps down after expenses row

Treasury chief secretary decides to step down as the new government is rocked by expenses scandal Read More...

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Treasury overestimated ‘VAT gap’ figures
Corporate Tax

Treasury overestimated ‘VAT gap’ figures

14y Idris Nagri

Treasury overestimated ‘VAT gap’ figures

Treasury overestimated the gap between what it should collect in VAT and what it actually receives by £3bn in Budget Read More...

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Highest earners should ‘pay the most’, says Timms
Personal Tax

Highest earners should ‘pay the most’, says Timms

14y Idris Nagri

Highest earners should ‘pay the most’, says Timms

The rich, offshore accounts and avoidance will be targeted to help the government replenish the coffers, Treasury's financial secretary explains Read...

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Budget 2010: Timms' taxing times
Politics

Budget 2010: Timms' taxing times

14y Idris Nagri

Budget 2010: Timms' taxing times

He has been in and out of the Treasury for ten years, but the election could hold a surprise for Labour’s top tax boffin Read More...

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