In December the government announced a consultation on the future accounts filing arrangements with Companies House. The consultation document is here. Now I know that
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Abandoning taxes to keep trucks moving is a profoundly costly error
As The Independent has reported: Taxes totalling £800m could go unpaid this year because of border checks on lorries being scaled back to avoid queues
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It’s time for the EU to get tough on Jersey and Guernsey
I was pleased to note this report in the Guardian yesterday: The European parliament is pushing for UK overseas territories including the British Virgin Islands,
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Would 35% of people tax evade if there was a wealth tax?
I was sent a press release saying this yesterday: A survey of 885 UK investors has revealed their sentiment towards the UK government’s proposed “wealth tax”.
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Is HMRC finally cracking down on big business tax abuse?
I noted this in the FT this morning, with interest: The UK tax authority has opened multiple criminal investigations after probing whether large companies are
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The UK’s new VAT system on imports has not the slightest chance of working – and keeps honest traders out of the country
The Byline Times is amongst many media organisations reporting one of the most crass consequences of Brexit, so far. As they note (and the whole
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The UK does not need the abused that freeports generate – so why are they the supposed big bonus from Brexit?
I wrote this in July, but since Freeports are supposedly to be one of the big advantages of Brexit (even though they are possible within
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Tax haven UK is on its way
The Brexit deal’s arrangements with regard to tax are surprisingly limited, unless they relate to VAT and imports and exports. As far as I can
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There will be dancing in the UK’s tax havens this Christmas
This comes from the government’s analysis of its Brexit deal, leaked this morning to Guido Fawkes (quite deliberately, I am sure): There will be much
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