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Another EU member state in trouble over tax… and the UK may not be far behind

6 December 2011 | Iain Donaldson

There have been a couple of interesting developments concerning two blogs I posted a few weeks ago, concerning plans for the integration of UK income tax and national insurance, and possible EU legal action...

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It’s politics, stupid.

8 September 2011 | Shimon Shaw

The news is full of tax talk.  This is partly because a group of economists, including two former members of the Bank of England's policy committee, DeAnne Julius and Sushil Wadhwani, signed a joint...

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Capital Gains Tax Rises

26 May 2010 | Shimon Shaw | 2 comments

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...

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Buy-to-let investors will be hit by planned capital gains tax rise

17 May 2010 | David Marsden

The new coalition government has outlined plans to increase capital gains tax (CGT) for non-business assets from 18 per cent to, perhaps, 40 or even 50 per cent – and this could affect buy-to-let investors...

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Clegg and Cameron deal on tax

12 May 2010 | Shimon Shaw | 5 comments

As is reported in the press this morning the Lib Dems seem to have the upper hand when it comes to securing their tax aims. Look out for Budget # 2, but these are some of the points I've culled from...

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Happy New Year

17 February 2010 | Shimon Shaw | 2 comments

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...

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