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Irish may clamp down on tax exiles
Ireland’s finance minister Michael Noonan has launched a consultation on a potential shake-up to its residence rules for the taxation of individuals.
‘Pasty tax’ protesters to deliver petition to Downing Street
OPPONENTS of the pasty tax are to deliver a petition to number 10 today with the aim of reversing the imposition of 20% VAT on hot food, reports the Financial Times.
FD Interview: Paul Simpson
THE COLLAPSE of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and the ensuing credit crunch that threatened to topple investment banks around the world has been cited by all and sundry for driving down profit margins and suffocating growth. But for Paul Simpson, chief financial officer of telecommunications group KCOM, the problems in the banking sector were more telling than most.
Don't tax pensions, George Osborne told
MORE THAN five million middle-class retired people could be freed from paying income tax on their state pensions, the Treasury's tax advisers have suggested.
Scrap 50p income tax rate, business leaders tell Osborne
The 50p higher rate of income tax is "damaging the economy" and delaying recovery from recession, more than 500 entrepreneurs and business owners warn the chancellor
ICAEW: Watch out for new HMRC fines
THE ICAEW is warning accountants to take heed of the taxman's new late-filing penalties that will be introduced this week.
Taxman: 'No regrets' over failed £8m case against Redknapp and Mandaric
THE ACQUITAL of Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric marks an ignominious end to a five-year £8m police and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation into alleged football corruption that secured not a single conviction.
Nearly 400 applicants for PwC female partner shadowing scheme
Accountants PwC have seen nearly 400 applications for a scheme whereby female undergraduates will join the firm for one week this summer, as part of a drive to promote the accountancy profession amongst women.
More than 400,000 tax returns filed yesterday despite strike
MORE THAN 400,000 people filed their self-assessment tax returns online yesterday, despite a strike by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) call centre workers.
A Tweet way to raise your profile
WHILE SOCIAL MEDIA may seem everywhere in our everyday lives, its use in professional services is still considered new and is often dismissed - as a fad, irrelevant, "full of people talking about what they had for breakfast"...
Cometh the hour, cometh the niche firm
WITH CONTINUED economic uncertainty, especially in the Eurozone area, opportunities for growth in almost every industry are increasingly scarce. We are already seeing some of the larger professional services firms revising down their estimates of revenue growth, but, as is often the case in a downturn, opportunities are created for those who can adapt and provide new services that meet changing needs.
Sports tax yields £68m a year
THE TAX on overseas sports and entertainment stars yielded £68m in 2009/10, a freedom of information request has shown.
