The FT has reported that: Stephen Green, HSBC’s chairman, said the bank had seen signs of an economic slowdown in countries such as India and
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Greenspan: a defunct economist
The FT has reported that Alan Greenspan, theformer chairman of the Federal Reserve has said: More banks and financial institutions could end up being bailed
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for August 5th
These are my links for August 5th: Entrepeneurs face trust tax hit – Accountancy Age – Good. This is a case where people should pay
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The instinct for fairness is hard-wired
Doesn’t this say it all?: Historians will puzzle as to why a Labour chancellor slashed capital gains tax from 40% to 18% at the behest
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The Insititute for Fiscal Studies will really cost you money
I have been following through the logic of the IFS proposal that VAT be applied at standard rate to all supplies of goods and services
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Children’s clothes: the IFS wants to add more than £100 a year to the bill
I happen to have two sons who both qualify for 0% VAT rate clothing. I admit I do not keep a tab of what it
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IFS would increase average fuel bill by £154 a year – that’s an 11.9% increase
The average household fuel bill is more than £1,300 a year. VAT at 5% is included in that: about £62 in all. Now suppose that
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Average food bill to rise by £13.46 a week if IFS have their way
The average household shopping bill is about £5,200 a year based on British Retail Consortium data, extrapolated from here. Most, but not all food is
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Shall we buy a yacht or feed the children?
I found it extraordinarily depressing to read the Institute for Fiscal Studies press release on the reform of VAT issued last Friday. Its headline is
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