AS2011: £100k start-up investment to receive 50% tax relief
Corporate Tax

AS2011: £100k start-up investment to receive 50% tax relief

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

AS2011: £100k start-up investment to receive 50% t...

Autumn Statement sees start-up income ad capital investments receive a tax boost Read More...

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AS2011: Corporate tax rate down to 25%, Osborne confirms
Corporate Tax

AS2011: Corporate tax rate down to 25%, Osborne confirms

15y Rose Orlik

AS2011: Corporate tax rate down to 25%, Osborne co...

Corporate tax rates will definitely fall to 25% next year Read More...

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Osborne set to increase bank levy
Corporate Tax

Osborne set to increase bank levy

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Osborne set to increase bank levy

Chancellor expected to announce increase to 0.078% from 0.075% Read More...

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Growth from tax is Osborne's likely move
Corporate Tax

Growth from tax is Osborne's likely move

15y Accountancy Age

Growth from tax is Osborne's likely move

Next week's Autumn Statement from the Chancellor must focus on strategies for growth, writes George Bull Read More...

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Non-doms: the £50,000 passport to tax relief
Personal Tax

Non-doms: the £50,000 passport to tax relief

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Non-doms: the £50,000 passport to tax relief

Non-dom regime reform is a sugared pill for overseas nationals but who will pay the remittance charge? Read More...

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Government must stop the SME accounting tug-of-war
Accounting Firms

Government must stop the SME accounting tug-of-war

15y Accountancy Age

Government must stop the SME accounting tug-of-war

BIS wants less record-keeping while HMRC wants more robust accounting. Make your mind up, says Elaine Clark Read More...

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Gas field to remain closed because of energy tax
Corporate Tax

Gas field to remain closed because of energy tax

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Gas field to remain closed because of energy tax

Centrica will not open gas field because of energy rate Read More...

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Treasury committee report highlights complexity of Budget measures
Corporate Tax

Treasury committee report highlights complexity of Budget measures

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Treasury committee report highlights complexity of...

Accounting institutes and PwC have said that the Budget fails to provide certainty, simplicity or practicability to small businesses Read More...

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Energy tax could prevent re-opening of gas field
Corporate Tax

Energy tax could prevent re-opening of gas field

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Energy tax could prevent re-opening of gas field

Centrica, owner of British Gas, warned it might close a gas field as tax measures make it unprofitable Read More...

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Capital ideas required as allowances tax rules bite
Corporate Tax

Capital ideas required as allowances tax rules bite

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Capital ideas required as allowances tax rules bit...

Tax advisers must work hard to help SMEs who will face the burden of harsher capital allowance rates Read More...

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Budget figures only add up with £250m from 'disguised remuneration'
Administration

Budget figures only add up with £250m from 'disguised remuneration'

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Budget figures only add up with £250m from 'disgui...

The Budget’s magic £250m: Budget relies on an extra £250m from tax on ‘disguised remuneration’ Read More...

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New tax year will affect salaries
Personal Tax

New tax year will affect salaries

15y Jaimie Kaffash

New tax year will affect salaries

Changes to tax rates announced by the government will help some low earners, but families could be worse off Read More...

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Non-residents limited to ten days' work in UK
Personal Tax

Non-residents limited to ten days' work in UK

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Non-residents limited to ten days' work in UK

HMRC guidelines have confirmed that non-residents who work more than ten days in the UK will jeapordise their tax status Read More...

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New avoidance law "a monster headache" for employers
Business Regulation

New avoidance law "a monster headache" for employers

15y Jaimie Kaffash

New avoidance law "a monster headache" for employ...

Anti-avoidance legislation detailed in the Finance Bill will create headaches for employers, who only have six days before the law is enacted Read Mor...

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Should we rejoice at the return of WPP?
Corporate Tax

Should we rejoice at the return of WPP?

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Should we rejoice at the return of WPP?

Advertising giant WPP announced the day after the Budget that it was considering moving its tax base back to the UK. But is this really a sign that th...

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Only 22 companies left UK for tax purposes
Corporate Tax

Only 22 companies left UK for tax purposes

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Only 22 companies left UK for tax purposes

Exchequer secretary David Gauke told Parliament that only 22 companies left the UK over the past four years for tax purposes Read More...

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Government considers "mansion tax"
Personal Tax

Government considers "mansion tax"

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Government considers "mansion tax"

Business secretary Vince Cable said that a tax on expensive property instead of the 50% rate of income tax is a possiblity Read More...

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Budget2011: CPI link could raise "significantly more" than £1.1bn a year
Personal Tax

Budget2011: CPI link could raise "significantly more" than £1.1bn a year

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Budget2011: CPI link could raise "significantly mo...

Linking taxation thresholds to the consumer price index rather than the retail price index from April 2012 could raise more than the £1bn a year calcu...

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Budget2011: Audio - Budget analysis 2011
Administration

Budget2011: Audio - Budget analysis 2011

15y Accountancy Age

Budget2011: Audio - Budget analysis 2011

What are the implications of George Osborne's 2011 Budget? Read More...

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Budget2011: Video - Budget analysis 2011
Administration

Budget2011: Video - Budget analysis 2011

15y Accountancy Age

Budget2011: Video - Budget analysis 2011

What are the implications of George Osborne's 2011 Budget? Read More...

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Osborne rules out NI/income tax merger
Corporate Tax

Osborne rules out NI/income tax merger

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Osborne rules out NI/income tax merger

Contrary of the headlines in today's papers, Osborne yesterday all but ruled out the merger of income tax and National Insurance Read More...

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Budget2011: Papers divided on Osborne's growth gamble
Corporate Tax

Budget2011: Papers divided on Osborne's growth gamble

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Budget2011: Papers divided on Osborne's growth gam...

The pro-business Budget is clear in its strategy, the nationals agree, but there is no consensus on whether it is a gamble worth taking Read More...

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Tax expert welcomes residency test
Personal Tax

Tax expert welcomes residency test

15y Rose Orlik

Tax expert welcomes residency test

A residency test has been welcomed by tax experts, who say it will make the system simpler and more modern Read More...

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Budget2011: Shire "to look at Budget details" regarding return to UK
Corporate Tax

Budget2011: Shire "to look at Budget details" regarding return to UK

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Budget2011: Shire "to look at Budget details" rega...

The UK's former third largest pharmaceutical company tells Accountancy Age it will consider the "interesting" proposals set out in the Budget Read Mor...

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Environmental taxes to generate £4bn
Corporate Governance

Environmental taxes to generate £4bn

15y Rachael Singh

Environmental taxes to generate £4bn

MacIntryre Hudson's tax principal Katharine Arthur calculates environmental taxes will bring in £4bn in five years Read More...

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Budget2011: WPP/UBM considering moves back to UK
Corporate Tax

Budget2011: WPP/UBM considering moves back to UK

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Budget2011: WPP/UBM considering moves back to UK

Advertising giant WPP has said that it is likely to move its headquarters back to the UK from Dublin as a result of the measures announced in the Budg...

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Budget2011: Non-dom rules "are politically motivated"
Personal Tax

Budget2011: Non-dom rules "are politically motivated"

15y Jaimie Kaffash

Budget2011: Non-dom rules "are politically motivat...

Increases in charges levied on non-domiciled individuals are unfair and the whole regime should be reviewed, says leading tax professional Read More...

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