Say farewell to paper VAT returns
Accountants may want to remind their clients that paper filing of VAT returns is now a thing of the past for virtually all businesses. For VAT periods beginning on or after the first day of April 2012,...
View ArticleHMRC’s tax webinars are now available on-demand
Accountants may be interested to learn that some of HMRC’s webinars can now be accessed on demand. The webinars in question are online tax-help presentations that were previously offered at set times...
View ArticleHMRC launches Business Tax Dashboard for accountants
Accountants may want to check out the HMRC website and look at the Business Tax Dashboard that was added during the Revenue’s Easter maintenance offline period. The drive towards online filing has so...
View ArticleJeweller’s VAT fraud results in a prison sentence
Accountants may want to be on the lookout for clients whose dealings appear to be suspect after an antique trader was found guilty of a VAT fraud. The jewellery trader from Baldock in Hertfordshire...
View ArticlePasty tax protest descends on Downing Street
The government’s plans to introduce the ‘pasty tax’ continue to provoke anger in the bakery trade. Last week, hundreds of pasty manufacturers took part in a protest march to Downing Street to complain...
View ArticleWealthy French could be set to relocate to the UK
If you thought the top income tax rate in the UK was high, spare a thought for the high earners in France who could shortly be facing a whopping 75% tax bill. New president Francois Hollande is...
View ArticleHampshire plumber receives suspended sentence for tax evasion
A plumber from Hampshire was recently given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, after Southampton Crown Court found him guilty of tax evasion. Peter Mack set himself up in business in...
View ArticleHow can the government plug a £13 billion black hole?
Accountants and other drivers could soon find their motoring activities taxed in a different way if the government listens to proposals from the RAC. The RAC commissioned a report from the Institute...
View ArticleTax rates are creeping up across the EU member states
It will probably come as no surprise to learn that taxation rates are edging up in EU member states. Official data from the EU shows that VAT rates are increasing as are corporate and high earner’s...
View ArticleThe tax avoidance double standard strikes again
Industry news roundup: week ended 3 Oct 2013: Is it just me or is there a major double standard when it comes to being punished for tax avoidance in this country? It seems as if the larger a company...
View ArticleSay farewell to paper VAT returns
Accountants may want to remind their clients that paper filing of VAT returns is now a thing of the past for virtually all businesses. For VAT periods beginning on or after the first day of April 2012,...
View ArticleHMRC’s tax webinars are now available on-demand
Accountants may be interested to learn that some of HMRC’s webinars can now be accessed on demand. The webinars in question are online tax-help presentations that were previously offered at set times...
View ArticleHMRC launches Business Tax Dashboard for accountants
Accountants may want to check out the HMRC website and look at the Business Tax Dashboard that was added during the Revenue’s Easter maintenance offline period. The drive towards online filing has so...
View ArticleJeweller’s VAT fraud results in a prison sentence
Accountants may want to be on the lookout for clients whose dealings appear to be suspect after an antique trader was found guilty of a VAT fraud. The jewellery trader from Baldock in Hertfordshire...
View ArticlePasty tax protest descends on Downing Street
The government’s plans to introduce the ‘pasty tax’ continue to provoke anger in the bakery trade. Last week, hundreds of pasty manufacturers took part in a protest march to Downing Street to complain...
View ArticleWealthy French could be set to relocate to the UK
If you thought the top income tax rate in the UK was high, spare a thought for the high earners in France who could shortly be facing a whopping 75% tax bill. New president Francois Hollande is...
View ArticleHampshire plumber receives suspended sentence for tax evasion
A plumber from Hampshire was recently given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, after Southampton Crown Court found him guilty of tax evasion. Peter Mack set himself up in business in...
View ArticleHow can the government plug a £13 billion black hole?
Accountants and other drivers could soon find their motoring activities taxed in a different way if the government listens to proposals from the RAC. The RAC commissioned a report from the Institute...
View ArticleTax rates are creeping up across the EU member states
It will probably come as no surprise to learn that taxation rates are edging up in EU member states. Official data from the EU shows that VAT rates are increasing as are corporate and high earner’s...
View ArticleThe tax avoidance double standard strikes again
Industry news roundup: week ended 3 Oct 2013: Is it just me or is there a major double standard when it comes to being punished for tax avoidance in this country? It seems as if the larger a company...
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