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HMRC targets London lawyers and others in latest taskforce initiative
HMRC’s latest tax taskforce initiative will target London lawyers, grocery and retail businesses in Wales, hair and beauty businesses in the North East, restaurants in the South East…
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HMRC to launch direct selling campaign
HMRC is to launch a direct selling campaign aimed at those who sell products direct to customers without the need for a shop. This could include agents, consultants,…
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Midlands companies missing out on Research and Development tax reliefs
18 September 2012 Research and Development (“R&D”) tax relief is a Government approved incentive designed to encourage companies to undertake R&D. Based on recent statistics, companies in the…
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Over half of employees unaware of auto-enrolment
According to research by Scottish Widows, 52% of employees are unaware of auto-enrolment, which starts for larger companies in October. Auto-enrolment is new pension legislation, introduced by Pensions…
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HMRC deadline for higher rate taxpayers
HMRC have issued letters to thousands of higher rate taxpayers who have failed to submit tax returns reminding them that they have until 2 October 2012 to get…
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R&D tax credits – statistics published by HMRC
Corporate Tax, Research and Development tax credits tables have been released by HMRC. These show that since 2000/01 when the R&D tax credit schemes were first launched, more…
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Half of British public have not made any pension provision
According to research published by an asset management company, just under half of the British public have not saved towards a pension for retirement. Of those surveyed, 44%…
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Britons pay £billions in unnecessary tax
According to a report published by website unbiased.co.uk, as much as £12.6 billion of unnecessary tax will be paid this year. They estimate that this is equivalent to…
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Universal credit proposal – issues for the self employed
Government proposals for a universal credit to replace the tax credits system would, as currently drafted, have a severe impact on the self employed. The Chartered Institute of…