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5 Oct 16
A leading tax campaigner has said the era of secrecy in corporate taxation is over and called for the UK to get ahead of the game and increase transparency.
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20 Sep 16
The OECD’s straight-talking chief economist tells PF why proactive policies matter more than ever in an uncertain, post-Brexit world
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19 Sep 16
The Liberal Democrats have set up an expert panel to examine the case for a dedicated NHS and care tax as part of a long-term funding settlement for health provision.
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9 Sep 16
A root-and-branch review of the Scottish Parliament’s budgetary process is to be undertaken in order to reflect Holyrood’s increasing fiscal powers and its changing relationship with Westminster.
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8 Sep 16
Scotland’s new tax collection agency has ended its first year of operation with revenues slightly ahead of forecast and running costs within budget.
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8 Sep 16
County and district councils have called on the government to commit to providing additional funding for local services where demand outstrips business rate growth following the forthcoming...
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5 Sep 16
Value added tax should be fully devolved to the Scottish Parliament in order to make Holyrood responsible for more of the money it spends, according to a free market think-tank.
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30 Aug 16
Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, is to join the board of the Office of Tax Simplification as a non-executive director.
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26 Aug 16
Facts and figures from the September 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, on attitudes to Brexit, city growth and memories of the Iraq war
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24 Aug 16
Scotland’s public finances ended 2015-16 almost £15bn in deficit thanks to a massive slump in the North Sea revenues, according to the latest figures produced by the Scottish Government.
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19 Aug 16
A prominent free market think tank has backed Scottish Government plans to cut and then scrap Air Passenger Duty and urged other parties to unite behind the plan, which is strongly opposed by both...
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18 Aug 16
The government has started consulting on the introduction of a tax on sugary drink manufacturers, which it hopes will help bring down childhood obesity rates.
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17 Aug 16
The government has confirmed today it will seek to clamp down on accountants, tax planners and advisers who help their clients to bend the rules and avoid tax.
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17 Aug 16
Scotland’s notoriously lethal love affair with unhealthy food could be targeted with a special junk food tax under plans published today by a new Scottish Government agency, Food Standards Scotland.
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17 Aug 16
Funding for public services will become “highly variable” in many county areas under government plans to make councils financially self-sufficient by the end of the decade, government has been warned...
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8 Aug 16
The amount of revenue raised though property taxes in 2014-15 was £66.8bn, an increase of nearly 3% compared to the previous year, an analysis by the Taxpayer’s Alliance has found.
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8 Aug 16
Prime minister Theresa May has set out possible changes to how local shale wealth funds created from shale gas exploration will operate, with distribution of money to local residents now considered...
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4 Aug 16
An all-party parliamentary group has claimed the international proposals to combat global tax evasion do not go far enough and may create new loopholes that could be used to not pay the correct...
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27 Jul 16
MPs have warned Revenue and Customs to consider the public impact of further cost cutting, in order to avoid a further collapse in customer service.
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25 Jul 16
The government should scrap stamp duty and ease planning restrictions to address the worsening housing crisis, the TaxPayers’ Alliance has said today.
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20 Jul 16
Around £4.4m of fraud and overpayments have been identified in Wales through the latest National Fraud Initiative, it has been announced.
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20 Jul 16
The UK should reboot Britain in the wake of Brexit by cutting its corporation tax to zero and adopting Icelandic fishing policies, according to a new report.
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15 Jul 16
Governments share the blame for the estimated $3.1 trillion lost to tax evasion and avoidance globally, two tax experts told the CIPFA annual conference yesterday.
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13 Jul 16
The introduction of a council tax precept to boost social care funding will fail to cover the extra costs faced by the sector from the National Living Wage according to the Association of Directors...
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7 Jul 16
The Department for Communities and Local Government has pledged that new rules governing business rate appeals will weed out speculative applications ahead of localisation to town halls.
5 Oct 16A leading tax campaigner has said the era of secrecy in corporate taxation is over and called for the UK to get ahead of the game and increase transparency.
20 Sep 16The OECD’s straight-talking chief economist tells PF why proactive policies matter more than ever in an uncertain, post-Brexit world
19 Sep 16The Liberal Democrats have set up an expert panel to examine the case for a dedicated NHS and care tax as part of a long-term funding settlement for health provision.
9 Sep 16A root-and-branch review of the Scottish Parliament’s budgetary process is to be undertaken in order to reflect Holyrood’s increasing fiscal powers and its changing relationship with Westminster.
8 Sep 16Scotland’s new tax collection agency has ended its first year of operation with revenues slightly ahead of forecast and running costs within budget.
8 Sep 16County and district councils have called on the government to commit to providing additional funding for local services where demand outstrips business rate growth following the forthcoming...
5 Sep 16Value added tax should be fully devolved to the Scottish Parliament in order to make Holyrood responsible for more of the money it spends, according to a free market think-tank.
30 Aug 16Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, is to join the board of the Office of Tax Simplification as a non-executive director.
26 Aug 16Facts and figures from the September 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, on attitudes to Brexit, city growth and memories of the Iraq war
24 Aug 16Scotland’s public finances ended 2015-16 almost £15bn in deficit thanks to a massive slump in the North Sea revenues, according to the latest figures produced by the Scottish Government.
19 Aug 16A prominent free market think tank has backed Scottish Government plans to cut and then scrap Air Passenger Duty and urged other parties to unite behind the plan, which is strongly opposed by both...
18 Aug 16The government has started consulting on the introduction of a tax on sugary drink manufacturers, which it hopes will help bring down childhood obesity rates.
17 Aug 16Scotland’s notoriously lethal love affair with unhealthy food could be targeted with a special junk food tax under plans published today by a new Scottish Government agency, Food Standards Scotland.
17 Aug 16Funding for public services will become “highly variable” in many county areas under government plans to make councils financially self-sufficient by the end of the decade, government has been warned...
8 Aug 16Prime minister Theresa May has set out possible changes to how local shale wealth funds created from shale gas exploration will operate, with distribution of money to local residents now considered...
27 Jul 16MPs have warned Revenue and Customs to consider the public impact of further cost cutting, in order to avoid a further collapse in customer service.
25 Jul 16The government should scrap stamp duty and ease planning restrictions to address the worsening housing crisis, the TaxPayers’ Alliance has said today.
20 Jul 16Around £4.4m of fraud and overpayments have been identified in Wales through the latest National Fraud Initiative, it has been announced.
20 Jul 16The UK should reboot Britain in the wake of Brexit by cutting its corporation tax to zero and adopting Icelandic fishing policies, according to a new report.
13 Jul 16The introduction of a council tax precept to boost social care funding will fail to cover the extra costs faced by the sector from the National Living Wage according to the Association of Directors...
7 Jul 16The Department for Communities and Local Government has pledged that new rules governing business rate appeals will weed out speculative applications ahead of localisation to town halls.
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