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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Possible Increased Taxes for English, Welsh and Northern Irish Taxpayers
The governor of the Bank of England, the UK central bank, has warned of possible increased taxes for the remaining UK if an independent Scotland tried to keep the UK £ Sterling. But England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with no … Continue reading
Posted in Tax and Accounting News
Tagged england, government, increased, independent, ireland, referendum, scotland, tax, taxes, wales
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Beware Phishing by Copycat ‘Government’ or ‘HMRC’ Sites
With self-assessment online approaching at the end of this month phishing is a problem to be wary of. Internet scammers can set up copycat sites that at first glance look like a real government or HMRC site. They then phish … Continue reading
Posted in Tax and Accounting News
Tagged assessment, end, HMRC, phish, phishing, self, tax, year
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Politics vs. Value of Raising Personal Tax to 50%
One of the main political parties has announced its plan to raise the top rate of personal tax to 50%, if it wins the 2015 election. As a tax barrister looking just at the technical angle, and leaving politics aside, … Continue reading
HMRC Suspicious of Partnerships and LLPs
A report by the Office of Tax Simplification, OTC, highlights HMRC’s suspicions of partnerships and LLPs especially. This is unfair as a partnership is a simple and long-established business model and many professions are pushed into operating that way by … Continue reading
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Tagged HMRC, LLP, OTC, partnership, partnerships, tax
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A Great Victory: FMX Food Merchants v HMRC TC/2011/4985, 29/Nov/13
Following my win of a £1/2 million customs duty case for garlic importer FMX Food Merchants against HMRC in November, I have had several enquiries about this area of tax. Essentially, the Tax Tribunal held, following my submissions, that there … Continue reading
French Reply on Tax and Health
The French Embassy has highlighted basic differences between the French and UK approach to tax for health care in a numbered reply to UK newspaper criticism of the French system. here’s what they have to say on tax for health … Continue reading
Tax Incentives for Fracking
News the government is promising local authorities can keep 100% of local business rate taxes from fracking. On top of promises of an amount for each test drill and a percentage of revenues there is a big tax incentive push … Continue reading
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Tagged 100%, authorities, drill, fracking, incentive, local, rate, tax
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VAT Reduction to Boost NI Tourism
Criticism from Northern Ireland that, with VAT on tourism in the South at just 9%, the UK Treasury has not worked out the cost to the North of not reducing its VAT below 20%. Arguments both way of course. The … Continue reading
