Radical steps needed to avoid thousands of repossessions
Radical steps are required to ensure that the homes of hundreds of thousands of Britons are not at risk of repossession when the Bank of
Lease surrenders: overpaid SDLT and VAT?
If you have previously paid irrecoverable VAT, SDLT or both on the surrender of a lease, there may be an opportunity to reclaim the VAT
ICAEW warning over HMRC powers
In a detailed 13-page response to a consultation on the Direct Recovery of Debts (DRD) powers, the ICAEW has warned that new powers allowing HMRC
Contractor Loans: settlement opportunity
“Contractor Loan” planning has been around for some years. We have never much liked it. Last year HMRC took on and defeated a particularly egregious
Penalties for failure: painting a Gray picture?
An inordinate number of cases appearing before the First-tier Tribunal relate to penalties for failure to perform some tax obligation or other at the time
Osborne’s Jekyll and Hyde tax approach
The Telegraph’s Philip Johnson accuses George Osborne of having a “Jekyll and Hyde” attitude towards tax, by offering generous pension reforms whilst simultaneously “operating the
British Business Bank looks to SME bonds
The British Business Bank is planning to use “securitisation” to create SME bonds in order to boost lending to SMEs. The state bank is considering
More income tax details
The Telegraph outlines further details of research into which areas pay the most and least amount of income tax. Residents of Elmbridge, in Surrey, pay
New payment demands in enquiry cases?
In the next couple of weeks, HMRC will be given controversial new powers to demand payment of tax in ongoing enquiry cases, and in some
Hard to punish Nando’s?
Nando’s has come under fire for reducing its corporate tax bill by up to a third through the legal use of offshore tax havens. The
