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18 Sep 19
GDP in Scotland fell by 0.3% in the second quarter of the year, just above the rate for the UK as a whole, according to the latest data.
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12 Sep 19
The Scottish Government’s borrowing powers are likely to come under increasing pressure due to the volatility inherent in the fiscal framework, MSPs have heard.
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4 Sep 19
Edinburgh City Council’s plans for Britain’s first visitor levy have divided local opinion and are creating tensions in the wider tourism industry. Peter Hetherington examines the pros and cons of...
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30 Aug 19
Challenges around housing, transport, skills and environment could be improved if cities were given more powers and funding, according to London’s mayor.
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16 Aug 19
A tourist tax in the Scottish Highlands could raise up to £10m a year, the local council has said.
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2 Aug 19
The UK will create up to 10 ‘free ports’ after Brexit in an attempt to boost ‘left behind areas’ of the country, the government has announced.
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22 Jul 19
Rather than cut tax, the UK would do better to remove some or all of the zero and reduced rates, says the IFS’s Helen Miller
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22 Jul 19
Global tax avoidance, Italy’s deteriorating public finances and New Zealand’s ‘landmark well-being budget’ - all in the Numbers Game from the July-August 2019 edition of Public Finance...
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4 Jul 19
Pivotal choices loom on local government funding but if we don’t address what we expect from our councils we risk a system that fails to meet needs, says the IFS’ David Phillips.
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24 Jun 19
The government has swiftly brought in measures to stop a renewable energy sector VAT fraud - one of a range of scams costing EU states an estimated €50bn each year.
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10 Jun 19
Local authorities have warned of a “new wave” of council tax scams offering bogus refunds or threatening fines.
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31 May 19
The Scottish Government is facing a budgetary shortfall of £1bn over the next three years in the wake of updated forecasts, which more accurately reflect income tax receipts north and south of the...
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30 May 19
Tax havens luring companies engaged in cross-border trade with rock-bottom rates are destroying the century-old global corporate tax system, says an international network.
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28 May 19
The government has produced a first-of-its-kind practical guide to help prevent households from overpaying council tax.
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28 May 19
Local government will increasingly struggle to fund services as demand for social care rises, warns a think-tank.
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27 May 19
The UK’s taxes on the whole are progressive – with council tax being the only one that is regressive, an economic think-tank has said.
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23 May 19
Making social care free at the point of need for over 65s could save the NHS £4.5bn each year by 2030, according to think-tank analysis.
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25 Apr 19
Extra pressure could be placed on the NHS as doctors reduce their workloads because of tax charged on pension contributions, according to the British Medical Association.
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5 Apr 19
New powers enabling the Welsh Government to set the rates of income tax payable by people in the region have come into effect.
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21 Mar 19
Tax changes in Scotland is just one of the topics on the agenda at this year’s Public Finance Live Scotland conference, explains CIPFA’s Don Peebles.
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21 Mar 19
Councils could benefit from £19.3bn extra a year if they were able to collect a local income tax, economists have estimated.
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15 Mar 19
The assignation of VAT revenues to the Scottish Government could expose the Scottish budget to risk because of the difficulty in producing robust estimates, tax experts have warned.
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14 Mar 19
Welsh households will endure the sharpest rise in council tax for 15 years, CIPFA has found.
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28 Feb 19
A warning has been sounded over Scotland’s public finances as new figures show tax revenues will be undermined by sluggish wage growth north of the border.
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22 Feb 19
The Scottish budget has passed its final parliamentary hurdle as MSPs backed measures that will see the tax gap widen between Scotland and the rest of the UK.
18 Sep 19GDP in Scotland fell by 0.3% in the second quarter of the year, just above the rate for the UK as a whole, according to the latest data.
12 Sep 19The Scottish Government’s borrowing powers are likely to come under increasing pressure due to the volatility inherent in the fiscal framework, MSPs have heard.
4 Sep 19Edinburgh City Council’s plans for Britain’s first visitor levy have divided local opinion and are creating tensions in the wider tourism industry. Peter Hetherington examines the pros and cons of...
30 Aug 19Challenges around housing, transport, skills and environment could be improved if cities were given more powers and funding, according to London’s mayor.
16 Aug 19A tourist tax in the Scottish Highlands could raise up to £10m a year, the local council has said.
2 Aug 19The UK will create up to 10 ‘free ports’ after Brexit in an attempt to boost ‘left behind areas’ of the country, the government has announced.
22 Jul 19Rather than cut tax, the UK would do better to remove some or all of the zero and reduced rates, says the IFS’s Helen Miller
22 Jul 19Global tax avoidance, Italy’s deteriorating public finances and New Zealand’s ‘landmark well-being budget’ - all in the Numbers Game from the July-August 2019 edition of Public Finance...
4 Jul 19Pivotal choices loom on local government funding but if we don’t address what we expect from our councils we risk a system that fails to meet needs, says the IFS’ David Phillips.
24 Jun 19The government has swiftly brought in measures to stop a renewable energy sector VAT fraud - one of a range of scams costing EU states an estimated €50bn each year.
10 Jun 19Local authorities have warned of a “new wave” of council tax scams offering bogus refunds or threatening fines.
28 May 19The government has produced a first-of-its-kind practical guide to help prevent households from overpaying council tax.
28 May 19Local government will increasingly struggle to fund services as demand for social care rises, warns a think-tank.
23 May 19Making social care free at the point of need for over 65s could save the NHS £4.5bn each year by 2030, according to think-tank analysis.
25 Apr 19Extra pressure could be placed on the NHS as doctors reduce their workloads because of tax charged on pension contributions, according to the British Medical Association.
5 Apr 19New powers enabling the Welsh Government to set the rates of income tax payable by people in the region have come into effect.
21 Mar 19Councils could benefit from £19.3bn extra a year if they were able to collect a local income tax, economists have estimated.
15 Mar 19The assignation of VAT revenues to the Scottish Government could expose the Scottish budget to risk because of the difficulty in producing robust estimates, tax experts have warned.
14 Mar 19Welsh households will endure the sharpest rise in council tax for 15 years, CIPFA has found.
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