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Tax consultations galore
There are almost 70 live tax-related consultations, if you count each draft Finance Bill measure on which comments have been invited as a separate consultation. I’ve prepared a summary for Tax Journal...
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Tax is ‘fast becoming the most toxic issue’ for successful companies
Britain’s corporate tax system is “broken”, according to Patrick Hosking, financial editor of The Times (paywall). “Nothing reflects this better than a tiny heart-shaped squiggle that is starting to...
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Thoughts on the ‘Tax Dodging Bill’
“Companies may have legitimate reasons to pay little or no corporation tax – because they are investing more in their business, for example, or have made a loss.” “The vast majority of UK tax advisers...
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The “Tax Dodging Bill” and the substantial shareholdings exemption
I noted last week that the new Tax Dodging Bill campaign is calling for a strengthening of the UK’s proposed diverted profits tax – which, according to the CBI, is too broad – and a review of the...
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Tax consultation deadlines
Consultation on the draft Finance Bill measures published in December closed yesterday. You have just over a week to “have your say” on Budget 2015, if you want to make representations to the Treasury....
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‘Great care’ needed over umbrella arrangements and temporary workers
Some welcome changes to the taxation of employee expenses and benefits are included in the draft Finance Bill, following a review by the Office of Tax Simplification, but a more difficult issue...
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