This statement was issued by Sir Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office, yesterday: Running a deficit seems to be becoming normal practice for
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When HMRC can do basic tax calculations they can go digital but right now they can’t
I have been commenting on HMRC’s plans to make all tax services digital. I do not believe this will (and maybe even can) work. Let
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Backing for the Fair Tax Mark in the EU Parliament
The EU has a choice when it comes to austerity
Big business paid 18% less corporation tax last year
The FT reports the latest issue of PWC’s adventure in Mickey Mouse accounting otherwise known as the Total Tax Contribution this morning. This is the
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The wheels are falling off the bus
It’s another day of gloomy economic news. The FT has: Crude fell to a seven-year low, close to levels hit during the financial crisis amid
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The time has come to investigate KPMG for audit failure at HBOS
I’m pleased to share this guest blog by Dr. Atul K. Shah, Senior Lecturer, Suffolk Business School: It is well known that there was widespread
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HMRC’s new digital burdens on business agenda only applies to small businesses. Why are big ones to be let off?
If you read HMRC’s plan to impose the burden of quarterly digital accounting on business with care you rapidly realise it is only going to
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HMRC’s digital accounting will become the biggest obstacle to small business growth in UK history
I wrote a lengthy note on Friday about the plan that I knew HMRC would be announcing today that it calls Making Tax Digital: The
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