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The prognosis is not good for HMRC's latest venture in it's targeted professionals programme which was designed to bring doctors and dentists who owed tax out of the woodwork with the promise of reduced...
Stamp Duty increase in the Budget – did you spot it?
No I'm not talking about the rise to 5% on high end residential property which kicks in next year. Rather this was a hidden change which will affect commercial property purchasers from 4 January 2011.
Pat...
Budget 2010 – tough but fair
The Chancellor announced that he was going to be tough but fair in the budget today.
Everyone will have their own views on this. In particular public sector workers, who will feel most hard done...
Good news for beer lovers!
Many people like to sit down to listen to the Chancellor's budget speech so that they can work out which cigarettes they are going be able to afford and whether they'll need to start car-pooling to work. ...
Blow to Chancellor as CGT revenues set to fall
There was bad news for the coalition government in today's report from the Office of Budget Responsibility. The OBR downgraded the revenue take from capital gains tax over the next few years by £1.5b.
This...
Working from home
Working from home is a phenomenon on the rise. The advent of very widely available broadband means that it is even easier to log on remotely from your home computer and largely take your office home...
CBI warns Chancellor on CGT increase
The CBI have sent an open letter to Chancellor George Osborne stating their concerns about the proposed rise to CGT in the forthcoming emergency budget on 22 June.
The CBI argues that decreasing the...
Insurance Premiums set to rise
As is reported in the Times this morning, it looks likely that insurance premium tax (IPT) is a prime canditate for an increase on 22 June. Nothing is confirmed (or denied) as yet.
The thinking behind...
Capital Gains Tax Rises
By now you'll have heard that capital gains tax (CGT) is on the rise. Assuming that the Government don't propose retrospective legislation, you've probably got until 22 June to sort yourself out and crystalise...
Victory for the OECD
For many years, the OECD have been at the vanguard of the international campaign against tax havens. This has been particularly visible since the G20 meeting in London last year. As can be seen from...