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David Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, recently gave a speech to the Lord Mayor’s Taxation Forum. His presentation focussed on international tax competitiveness,

Skills and Enterprise Minister Matthew Hancock unveiled £25 million of additional support for businesses to take the lead in improving training for new and current

In the first week of April 2014 HMRC issued guidance on its latest tax gathering campaign. The target group this time is UK taxpayers who

Our Prime Minister has written a letter to the UK’s overseas territories and crown dependencies promoting the value of a public register that would show

There are a number of situations where care should be taken in the way in which claims are made for the business use of a

The Treasury has confirmed it was proceeding with plans to legislate making aggregated and anonymised data more widely available. In a published document HMRC said:

Last month we touched on the changes that HMRC is introducing to the treatment of defined contributions pensions. HM Treasury has now issued the following

Currently, the place of taxation for broadcasting, telecommunications and e-services (BTE) supplies is determined by the location of the supplier of the services. However, from

 1 May 2014 – Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 July 2013.  19 May 2014 – PAYE and NIC deductions

The government is consulting on plans to introduce a new strict liability criminal offence for individuals who hide their money offshore. Under the plans announced

Figures recently published by the Office for National Statistics show that unemployment has dropped below 7% for the first time since the recession and employment

The government announced recently that people who have recently taken a tax-free lump sum from their defined contribution pension will be given 18 months rather

At present, it is possible to make an election, in certain circumstances, allowing owners of more than one residential property to choose which property is

It would seem that economic indicators confuse economists as well as the rest of us. The first two paragraphs of the recently published Executive Summary

Employers are reminded to claim the £2,000 Employment Allowance which commenced 6 April 2014. Basically, employers can reduce their National Insurance contributions by a maximum