Five key tax and business burdens the chancellor must ease in Autumn Statement
Business Regulation

Five key tax and business burdens the chancellor must ease in Autumn Statem...

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

Five key tax and business burdens the chancellor m...

Alleviating tax red tape, and stronger investment incentives, are key requests for the chancellor Philip Hammond to consider from the ACCA Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Deloitte's record fine; tech skills; and the Trump effect
Audit

Friday Afternoon Live: Deloitte's record fine; tech skills; and the Trump e...

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Deloitte's record fine; tec...

Deloitte's record fine; tech skills; and the Trump effect... all discussed in this week's Friday Afternoon Live Read More...

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Trumped: The three key concerns of UK accountants post-US Election
Business Regulation

Trumped: The three key concerns of UK accountants post-US Election

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Trumped: The three key concerns of UK accountants ...

Brexit complications, tax, and tech trade, are key concerns among the UK finance profession post-US Election Read More...

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MTD described as ‘insufficient’ and ‘unrealistic’ via major institute research
Corporate Tax

MTD described as ‘insufficient’ and ‘unrealistic’ via major institute resea...

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

MTD described as ‘insufficient’ and ‘unrealistic’ ...

Accountants continue to pile pressure on HMRC to backtrack on its proposals for Making Tax Digital - with the consultation period set to end Read More...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Making Tax Digital; CIMA prez's new role; tax conduct guidance
Corporate Tax

Friday Afternoon Live: Making Tax Digital; CIMA prez's new role; tax conduc...

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Making Tax Digital; CIMA pr...

Making Tax Digital; CIMA's president taking up the chair role of its jointly-founded new international organisation; and new tax adviser conduct rules...

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Making Tax Digital deadline is ‘unachievable’
Corporate Tax

Making Tax Digital deadline is ‘unachievable’

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Making Tax Digital deadline is ‘unachievable’

The deadline set by HMRC for the digitalisation of tax is ‘unachievable’ according 76% of tax professionals in a survey revealed by Brewer Morris Rea...

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'Innocent' companies will be hit by tough HMRC anti-fraud powers
Corporate Tax

'Innocent' companies will be hit by tough HMRC anti-fraud powers

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

'Innocent' companies will be hit by tough HMRC ant...

Civil penalties could hit companies unwittingly involved in VAT fraud, warns UHY Hacker Young Read More...

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Making Tax Digital project must be reset, experts tell MPs
Corporate Tax

Making Tax Digital project must be reset, experts tell MPs

8y Andrew Goodall

Making Tax Digital project must be reset, experts ...

Making Tax Digital will impose significant additional tax compliance costs on small businesses for little or no medium term benefit, tax and small bus...

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Making Tax Digital – we're ready with Xero, says MacIntyre Hudson
Accounting Firms

Making Tax Digital – we're ready with Xero, says MacIntyre Hudson

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Making Tax Digital – we're ready with Xero, says M...

MHA MacIntyre Hudson has partnered with cloud accounting software provider Xero ahead of the government’s requirement for digital records Read More...

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MTD - yes please, but with major caveats
Accounting Software

MTD - yes please, but with major caveats

8y Accountancy Age

MTD - yes please, but with major caveats

The drive towards a fully digital tax regime is an admirable one, but mandation is simply wrong, according to one of the UK's most senior tax technolo...

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Colin: Start-ups want less taxing times...
Business Regulation

Colin: Start-ups want less taxing times...

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Colin: Start-ups want less taxing times...

Does Darwin's theory apply to taxation? Colin ponders... Read More...

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UK tax gap falls to 6.5% as HMRC targets dishonest minority
Corporate Tax

UK tax gap falls to 6.5% as HMRC targets dishonest minority

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

UK tax gap falls to 6.5% as HMRC targets dishonest...

The UK tax gap fell in 2014-15 to its lowest-ever level of 6.5%, revealed official statistics published today Read More...

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Simplified tax urged to unshackle start-ups to grow, finds major report
Accounting Firms

Simplified tax urged to unshackle start-ups to grow, finds major report

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Simplified tax urged to unshackle start-ups to gro...

Changes to the tax system is urged to support the growth of entrepreneurs, found a report from the Grant Thornton UK, the Institute of Directors, and ...

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European Commission told to draft financial transaction tax by year-end
Business Regulation

European Commission told to draft financial transaction tax by year-end

8y Keith Nuthall

European Commission told to draft financial transa...

The EC has been instructed to draft a European Union (EU) directive authorising an EU financial transaction tax, which would apply to ten of the EU’s ...

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MTD a 'multi-billion pound cost' to SMEs, warns senior practitioner
Accounting Firms

MTD a 'multi-billion pound cost' to SMEs, warns senior practitioner

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

MTD a 'multi-billion pound cost' to SMEs, warns se...

Government's estimate of a £400m admin saving from Making Tax Digital is way off - and is instead a huge cost burden, warns Lamont Pridmore chief exec...

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HMRC ramps up number premises raids
Corporate Tax

HMRC ramps up number premises raids

8y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC ramps up number premises raids

HMRC is continuing to ramp up the number of raids on premises it carries out as part of criminal investigations, searching 761 properties in the last ...

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Economic activity carried out in the UK must be taxed accordingly
Corporate Tax

Economic activity carried out in the UK must be taxed accordingly

8y Accountancy Age

Economic activity carried out in the UK must be ta...

Lord Howard Leigh of Hurley discusses the government’s initiatives to mitigate tax avoidance and evasion Read More...

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Top 50+50: Demand for tax advisory services remains high, but fee pressure is expected in relation to compliance services
Corporate Tax

Top 50+50: Demand for tax advisory services remains high, but fee pressure ...

8y Accountancy Age

Top 50+50: Demand for tax advisory services remain...

The demand for tax advisory services remains high and this looks to continue; but fee pressure is expected in relation to compliance services as the “...

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Don’t let caution stall the digital tax revolution
Corporate Tax

Don’t let caution stall the digital tax revolution

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Don’t let caution stall the digital tax revolution

While some resistance to change is to be expected, the degree of controversy surrounding HMRC's Making Tax Digital proposals has surprised the governm...

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Friday Afternoon Live: Micro-biz's RTI problems; and value-added services
British Accountancy Awards

Friday Afternoon Live: Micro-biz's RTI problems; and value-added services

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

Friday Afternoon Live: Micro-biz's RTI problems; a...

Kevin Reed discusses the worrying findings from HMRC on micro-businesses' problems handling Real-Time Information, and the latest thoughts on how acco...

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Patent Box claims reach £343m in first year
Corporate Tax

Patent Box claims reach £343m in first year

8y Stephanie Wix , Writer

Patent Box claims reach £343m in first year

Claims for UK Patent Box tax reliefs reached £342.9m in the first year of its existence, official statistics show Read More...

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EU competition head Vestager defends Apple tax ruling
Corporate Tax

EU competition head Vestager defends Apple tax ruling

8y Richard Crump , Writer

EU competition head Vestager defends Apple tax rul...

EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has defended the decision to order technology giant Apple to pay €13bn (£11bn) in back taxes to the Iri...

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HMRC reports increase in R&D tax relief uptake
Corporate Tax

HMRC reports increase in R&D tax relief uptake

8y Accountancy Age

HMRC reports increase in R&D tax relief uptake

Companies received £2.45bn in tax relief for research and development last year, with claims rising to 22,445, an increase of £675m or 38% on the prev...

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Building company director banned for 7 years for VAT under-declaration
Corporate Tax

Building company director banned for 7 years for VAT under-declaration

8y Richard Crump , Writer

Building company director banned for 7 years for V...

The director of a building firm in West Wales has been disqualified from acting as a director for under-declaring sales on VAT returns. Read More...

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HMRC asset seizures at businesses up 145% in a year
Corporate Tax

HMRC asset seizures at businesses up 145% in a year

8y Richard Crump , Writer

HMRC asset seizures at businesses up 145% in a yea...

The number of businesses whose assets were seized by HMRC in order to settle outstanding debts grew sharply in the last year; up 145%, from 649 in 201...

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The British Accountancy Awards 2016 shortlist revealed
Accounting Firms

The British Accountancy Awards 2016 shortlist revealed

8y Kevin Reed , Writer

The British Accountancy Awards 2016 shortlist reve...

Accountancy Age is delighted to reveal the shortlists for the 2016 British Accountancy Awards Read More...

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MGI Worldwide calls for small company corporation taxes
Corporate Tax

MGI Worldwide calls for small company corporation taxes

8y AccountancyAge staff

MGI Worldwide calls for small company corporation ...

Small businesses should have lower corporation tax, MGI Worldwide research claims Read More...

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