The FT reports: Leaders of the UK’s biggest businesses are at their most optimistic about trading prospects for five years, while smaller companies are freezing
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The above is the title of a new article by David Cay Johnston for Tax Notes, available on the US based taxprof blog. Johnston is
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From the Guardian: Hundreds of online activists, student leaders and union officials who have been at the forefront of anti-government protests over the past six
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The UK VAT increase has a knock on effect – the saving from shipping from the Channel Islands increases. Channel TV has featured the issue
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The following is from the Indpednent but other papes have covered the story: Take a book of just 13 pages, written by a relatively obscure
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The joint tax institutes of the UK have issued new professional guidance to their members today. It includes the following statements: Tax avoidance is legal
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I received an email showing the following this morning: What a fascinating mix. The FTSE is rising. Retailers are facing a hard time because that’s
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The FT has noted this morning: Indian officials are investigating whether Kraft Foods evaded taxes in its $19bn takeover of Cadbury last year, reports DealBook.
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I wrote the following last July, but it seems apposite to repost it now: The UK government has proposed increasing the standard rate of Value
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