26 March 2010 | Shimon Shaw |
The Revenue have published a Q&A session which, hopefully, will answer some of your questions. In addition to the Revenue’s answers I’ve added my thoughts.
We’ve had a great discussion on...
Tags on this discussion: Budget budget 2010 First-time buyers HMRC SDLT stamp duty Stamp Duty Land Tax tax
10 March 2010 | Shimon Shaw
The Treasury has confirmed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will make his 2010 Budget statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday 24 March.
This is likely to be a highly political budget and...
Tags on this discussion: HMRC tax Tax Planning Taxation
8 March 2010 | Shimon Shaw
A VAT windfall could be in the pipeline for UK businesses two European cases result in favourable judgements in relation to input tax claims on business entertainment expenses.
The Advocate General,...
Tags on this discussion: business entertainment ECJ HMRC tax Taxation VAT
4 March 2010 | Shimon Shaw
As one of several measures to curb tax avoidance, rules will be introduced from 1 April to post the names of tax dodgers on the HMRC website. This was announced previously but HMRC have just confirmed...
Tags on this discussion: avoidance evasion HMRC tax Taxation
22 February 2010 | Shimon Shaw |
The Treasury has today published a draft Tax Framework for business. This is intended to provide greater certainty for large businesses about the Government's approach to the development of tax policy....
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17 February 2010 | Shimon Shaw |
Happy new year to all those celebrating the start of the Year of the Tiger.
I will be celebrating the Year of the Tax Hike, which is due to start on 6 April.
Anyone with a better name, please share...
Tags on this discussion: Capital Gains Tax HMRC Income Tax tax Tax Planning Taxation
10 February 2010 | Shimon Shaw |
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has issued an urgent alert to employers – important PAYE changes are coming this spring, so make sure you’re prepared for them.
HMRC will write to all employers...
Tags on this discussion: CIS construction industry scheme Employers HMRC Income Tax National Insurance PAYE tax Taxation
8 February 2010 | Shimon Shaw
There has been clarification by HMRC on the taxation of certain capital gains tax losses from transactions on foreign currency bank accounts as well as two new concessions.
The losses referred to...
Tags on this discussion: banking domicile HMRC offshore remittance residents tax
14 January 2010 | Karen Jacobs
Lord Justice Jackson’s report on costs in civil litigation has been published today. His proposals make dramatic reading.
The headline proposals are as follows:
Conditional fees. These are...
Tags on this discussion: costs Litigation litigation funding
9 December 2009 | Shimon Shaw
Today’s PRB was fairly boring. Unless you are a bank. Or a banker. Or a shareholder of a bank (which I suppose includes all of us).
So let’s get the bankers out of the way before looking at...
Tags on this discussion: pensions pre budget tax VAT
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