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In or Out – VAT cost of Brexit

As the General Election campaign gets underway, the proposed IN/OUT referendum on the EU will no doubt feature in the…
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Tax evasion is not a victimless crime

As storms continue to rage around tax evasion, artificial tax avoidance schemes and those who promote them, it’s worth asking…
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Post-Election tax rises inevitable if oil prices stay low

In the 2014 Budget, the Chancellor promised that the Government would review the North Sea oil tax regime to ensure…
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All I want for Christmas…is my tax refund!

This week HMRC proudly announced that £32m has rapidly flowed into the Treasury’s coffers in response to the Accelerated Payment…
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Is the ‘Google tax’ more about policy or politics?

The Treasury today published the draft Finance Bill 2015 which spells out further details for a new Diverted Profits Tax…
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Prospect of post-election austerity threatens tax giveaway

This week brings stark reminders that, whichever party wins the May 2015 election, tough new austerity measures will be necessary…
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Annual Tax Summaries – but what’s missing?

Once again, HMRC offers a world first in the form of Annual Tax Summaries which will be sent to 24…
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Smaller government and lower taxes? Now there’s an idea!

The Today programme this week picked up on a warning from the Office of Budget Responsibility that income tax receipts…
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HMRC’s latest RTI fiasco – is it PAYE-back time?

HMRC’s Real-Time Information (RTI) was to have been the process change to end the annual PAYE reconciliation fiasco which, year…
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State pensions – anyone for a quick top up?

Actuarial calculations aren’t my mother’s strongest topic, but she is remarkably interested in the idea of being able to make…
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National Insurance – should you get what you pay for?

A report recently published by the think-tank CentreForum has pointed out what so many already knew - that the self-employed…
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Planning for education costs

With a recent Lloyds report showing that private school fees have risen nearly twice as fast as inflation in the…