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
4 February 2010 | Shimon Shaw
As was reported in the press this morning, The Treasury has published a consultation called "Investment in the UK private rented sector". Otherwise known as buy to let.
One of the key proposals is to...
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8 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The Government is consulting on draft legislation to implement its proposed landline tax, which it recently announced in the Pre-Budget Report. The aim is to charge £6 a year annually in arrears to the...
Tags on this discussion: broadband tax consultation telecoms
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...
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19 November 2009 | Steven Mills
The Alternative Finance Arrangements (Amendment) Order 2009 came into force on 15 October 2009.
The tax rules on alternative finance arrangements (such as Sharia-compliant financial contracts) require...
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