Peter Penneycard, National Director of Tax at PKF, is quoted as saying “There is a huge gap between fraud and tax planning but the Government’s
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The Taxpayer’s Alliance and others have called for the Treasury to develop a dynamic model of taxation at the weekend. But as is so often
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The Forum of Private Business in the UK, inspired by a remarkable record shop owner turned campaigner Richard Allen, has been campaigning against the VAT
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Is it a bit vain to blow your own trumpet? Well, maybe, but I admit I was amused to find I had been featured in
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Nick Cohen wrote eloquently in the Observer yesterday about the knighthood given to Philip Green. He noted that: “in the spring, the BBC’s Money Programme
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I have always had a considerable problem with the concept of trusts, even as a practicing tax accountant. But I have much more of a
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The ACCA published a report they commissioned from me entitled “A flat tax for the UK? The implications of simplification” on 6 June. The report
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A curious tale is unfolding in the Isle of Man. It passed its new tax legislation that, among other things introduces a 0% corporation tax
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The following is from Simon Hoggart’s Parliamentary sketch in the Guardian, 8 June “It is extraordinary how Tony Blair can avoid answering the question. Any
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