In a case involving plant embedded in a commercial building, HMRC tried to apply the new capital allowances rules to a transaction which pre-dated their int
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Change of accounting date spells disaster for Harry Potter actor | AccountingWEB
Julie Cameron discusses how the Rupert Grint case provides an important reminder of the care needed when making in a change of accounting date.Poor
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Tribunal boots out HMRC claim football club broke minimum wage laws | AccountingWEB
After a two-year battle off the pitch, Middlesbrough FC won the right to pay staff less than the minimum wage when factoring in the cost of their season tic
— Read on www.accountingweb.co.uk/business/finance-strategy/tribunal-boots-out-hmrc-claim-football-club-broke-minimum-wage-laws
Fury over ‘sneaky’ £6,000 death tax set to hit almost 300,000 families
Ministers were last night accused of sneaking through a stealth ‘death tax’ that will hit grieving families with bills of up to £6,000 if they wish to secure legal control of a deceased person’s estate.
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Small business group backs 2019 Loan Charge review
FSB: It’s right to review what could ruin the self-employed, ‘retrospective’ or not.
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MTD: Changes to HMRC guidance and procedure | AccountingWEB
As we approach the go-live date for MTD for VAT, there has been an acceleration in new or revised HMRC guidance and procedures – three developments h
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HMRC computer errors cause tax return grief | AccountingWEB
As we hit the busiest 10 days for filing tax returns, HMRC’s computer is experiencing systems errors, spewing out incorrect penalties and wiping some tax
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MPs brand 2019 Loan Charge ‘unacceptable’
‘The April charge is the sort of taxation that led to the birth of the Magna Carta.’
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HMRC changes guidance for directors’ returns | AccountingWEB
For years we have been irritated by HMRC insisting that all directors must register for self assessment, even if they have no tax to pay. Now HMRC has chang
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Treasury to review 2019 loan charge | Accountancy Daily
The Treasury has been forced to agree to review its controversial 2019 loan charge proposals, which are designed to tackle disguised remuneration, by the end of March after a cross-party group of MPs were successful in pushing through an amendment to the Finance Bill
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