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The tax loophole that allows goods costing less than £15 to be imported from the Channel Islands will close from 1 April 2012, the Government has announced. The aim is to allow small UK businesses to...
New version of Incoterms launched
The International Chamber of Commerce has launched a new version of Incoterms. It comes into effect on 1 January 2011. The rules create uniformity regarding certain key principles with international trade,...
Death and taxes
Sorry for the cliched title, but I wanted to talk about things that are inevitable facts of life. Death, taxes, old age, buttered side down toast dropping seem to top the list of the most worrisome.
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Government confirms scrapping of broadband tax in Budget
The Government has confirmed that it will scrap the broadband tax that had been proposed by the previous Labour Government – even before it is introduced. Labour had proposed charging 50p for every...
Liechtenstein whistle blower case opens floodgates to litigation
The Liechtenstein bank LGT Treuhand (now known as Fiduco Treuhand) has been ordered to pay €7.3m to one of its customers, to compensate him for being prosecuted for tax evasion in Germany.
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