The budget has announced that: New rules will include a finance company partial exemption that, in broad terms, results in an effective UK tax rate
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The Budget says: The Government will reduce the Low Value Consignment Relief (LVCR) threshold from £18 to £15 from November 2011. In addition, the Government
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This was a tedious budget marked by repetition after repetition of the little that Osborne had to say – much of which will add enormously
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I’ve said what I’d like from the budget. But what are the things I fear from it? Sicking to Plan A is, of course, the
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I wrote yesterday about what I wanted for budget day. Let’s add some more: 1) The end to Channel Islands’ VAT abuse 2) Reform to
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From the Guardian this morning – the story of deficits since 1979: Note that Thatcher ran surpluses for fewer years than Labour. And inflation adjusted
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I wrote this blog for Public Finance today: It’s Budget day tomorrow, and we’re all allowed a wish, aren’t we? Most want the chancellor to
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Recording ever government borrowing figures for February were announced today. According to the BBC: The British Chambers of Commerce said it was “important that the
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Financial Director reports: THE TREASURY is reported this morning to have been in talks with advertising and maketing giant WPP about returning its tax base
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