From Withers LLP, tax planners to the rich’s Pre Budget report, talking about the bank payroll tax: As drafted, the proposed legislation will catch family
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Deloittes, in a cynical and politically motivated exploitation of central government funding, recently took opportunity of their commission to work on the Foot Review of
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Alastair darling said the PBR included £5 billion of anti-avoidance measures. The trouble is the PBR report makes no mention of such sum in its
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I’ve just read the draft legislation on this, available here. It’s good. It covers obvious tricks e.g. disguised employments and loans. It also has a
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PBR 09: Banks already planning to duck bonus tax – Accountancy Age. According to Accountancy Age: New banking bonus clampdowns will hit the attractiveness of
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Rumour has it that proposals for a financial transactions tax for the UK will be published tomorrow. Good news.

Is Daniel Hannan insane? | Left Foot Forward. Worth reading in full A Tory who says Ireland should be the UK’s role model. The facts
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HMRC have always been reluctant to measure the tax gap – the tax they do not collect. They’ve only done it once before – but
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Having spent the PBR tweeting furiously – which seemed to be picked up on over a wide audience – now is the time for first,
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