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18 Mar 16
There needs to be clarity on how reforms to take small firms out of business rates will affect councils. There is a risk the link between economic growth and increased local revenues will be broken.
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16 Mar 16
The Budget received the traditional mixed reception in Scotland, though with a broad welcome for the help given to the struggling North Sea oil & gas sector.
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9 Mar 16
The Welsh Assembly has passed a bill that will allow for collection of the first Welsh taxes in 800 years.
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8 Mar 16
Former Labour minister Lord Mandelson has said the global corporate tax system will continue to be deemed inadequate until it is aligned with what the public considers fair.
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4 Mar 16
The TaxPayers' Alliance has called on George Osborne to replace the current system of corporation tax at next month’s Budget, saying the “outdated” system was no longer suitable for a modern economy.
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4 Mar 16
Inconsistent and inadequate data and tools are hampering the European Union’s ability to counter intra-community VAT fraud, which costs the bloc at least €60bn every year, auditors have warned.
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3 Mar 16
The Scottish Government’s planned overhaul of council tax has disappointed many, but it is imaginative and progressive
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24 Feb 16
As the days count down until Budget 2016, the pensions world is buzzing with speculation on the future of pensions tax-relief.
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24 Feb 16
The government’s controversial £130m tax deal with Google seems “disproportionately small” when compared with the size of the firm’s UK business, an examination by the...
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22 Feb 16
A tax on the value of land in London could boost housebuilding in the capital, according to a report from an Assembly Member.
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19 Feb 16
Public sector borrowing in February and March will need to be nearly 50% lower than the same two months in 2015 for the Treasury to meet its deficit target, the Office for Budget Responsibility said...
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17 Feb 16
Business rates revenue is forecast to reach a record £23.5bn in 2016/17, according to council submissions to the Department for Communities and Local Government.
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15 Feb 16
The “outdated” business rates should be overhauled with uprating moved in line with the Consumers Prices Index measure of inflation and more frequent valuations, the CBI has said.
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11 Feb 16
Councils face a bill of more than £2.25m due to an increase in household goods sent to landfill following this winter’s floods, according to estimates from the Local Government...
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4 Feb 16
Pension relief, paid at the marginal rate, disproportionately benefits high earners. A flat rate could release cash for arguably more deserving causes
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2 Feb 16
A colonial-era tax treaty between Malawi and the UK is costing the African country significant amounts of lost tax revenue and must be reformed, the charity ActionAid said today.
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28 Jan 16
Haringey Council leader Claire Kober sits at the sharp end of government plans to reinvent local authority finance, where a willingness to take on more risk is becoming a necessity
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25 Jan 16
The Public Accounts Committee is to give both Revenue & Customs and Google a grilling after criticisms that the firm’s deal to pay £130m in back taxes still short changes the UK.
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13 Jan 16
MPs have called on water industry regulator Ofwat to improve its understanding of the taxes paid by companies in the sector after concluding that over-estimation of costs had led to higher bills for...
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5 Jan 16
The remit of the Scottish Fiscal Commission should be expanded to include independent forecasts of devolved tax revenues and examinations of the Scottish Government’s performance against its...
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17 Dec 15
Revenue & Customs loses an estimated £16bn each year due to tax evasion and fraud through the hidden economy and criminal attacks, according to a National Audit Office report today.
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16 Dec 15
Scottish finance secretary John Swinney has shunned his first opportunity to set a different income tax for Scotland from that of the rest of the UK, but made clear his intention to do so if and when...
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15 Dec 15
Stamp duty should be devolved to local authorities alongside business rates to both increase growth incentives and ensure councils have adequate resources to take on more responsibilities, the Centre...
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7 Dec 15
Councils in England made a surplus of £693m from parking charges and fines in 2014/15, an analysis by the RAC Foundation has found.
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4 Dec 15
Labour has said that cuts to benefit entitlements being introduced through Universal Credit mean controversial tax credit reductions have been “rebranded” by the government rather than reversed.
18 Mar 16There needs to be clarity on how reforms to take small firms out of business rates will affect councils. There is a risk the link between economic growth and increased local revenues will be broken.
16 Mar 16The Budget received the traditional mixed reception in Scotland, though with a broad welcome for the help given to the struggling North Sea oil & gas sector.
9 Mar 16The Welsh Assembly has passed a bill that will allow for collection of the first Welsh taxes in 800 years.
8 Mar 16Former Labour minister Lord Mandelson has said the global corporate tax system will continue to be deemed inadequate until it is aligned with what the public considers fair.
4 Mar 16The TaxPayers' Alliance has called on George Osborne to replace the current system of corporation tax at next month’s Budget, saying the “outdated” system was no longer suitable for a modern economy.
4 Mar 16Inconsistent and inadequate data and tools are hampering the European Union’s ability to counter intra-community VAT fraud, which costs the bloc at least €60bn every year, auditors have warned.
3 Mar 16The Scottish Government’s planned overhaul of council tax has disappointed many, but it is imaginative and progressive
24 Feb 16As the days count down until Budget 2016, the pensions world is buzzing with speculation on the future of pensions tax-relief.
24 Feb 16The government’s controversial £130m tax deal with Google seems “disproportionately small” when compared with the size of the firm’s UK business, an examination by the...
22 Feb 16A tax on the value of land in London could boost housebuilding in the capital, according to a report from an Assembly Member.
19 Feb 16Public sector borrowing in February and March will need to be nearly 50% lower than the same two months in 2015 for the Treasury to meet its deficit target, the Office for Budget Responsibility said...
17 Feb 16Business rates revenue is forecast to reach a record £23.5bn in 2016/17, according to council submissions to the Department for Communities and Local Government.
11 Feb 16Councils face a bill of more than £2.25m due to an increase in household goods sent to landfill following this winter’s floods, according to estimates from the Local Government...
4 Feb 16Pension relief, paid at the marginal rate, disproportionately benefits high earners. A flat rate could release cash for arguably more deserving causes
2 Feb 16A colonial-era tax treaty between Malawi and the UK is costing the African country significant amounts of lost tax revenue and must be reformed, the charity ActionAid said today.
28 Jan 16Haringey Council leader Claire Kober sits at the sharp end of government plans to reinvent local authority finance, where a willingness to take on more risk is becoming a necessity
25 Jan 16The Public Accounts Committee is to give both Revenue & Customs and Google a grilling after criticisms that the firm’s deal to pay £130m in back taxes still short changes the UK.
13 Jan 16MPs have called on water industry regulator Ofwat to improve its understanding of the taxes paid by companies in the sector after concluding that over-estimation of costs had led to higher bills for...
5 Jan 16The remit of the Scottish Fiscal Commission should be expanded to include independent forecasts of devolved tax revenues and examinations of the Scottish Government’s performance against its...
16 Dec 15Scottish finance secretary John Swinney has shunned his first opportunity to set a different income tax for Scotland from that of the rest of the UK, but made clear his intention to do so if and when...
15 Dec 15Stamp duty should be devolved to local authorities alongside business rates to both increase growth incentives and ensure councils have adequate resources to take on more responsibilities, the Centre...
7 Dec 15Councils in England made a surplus of £693m from parking charges and fines in 2014/15, an analysis by the RAC Foundation has found.
4 Dec 15Labour has said that cuts to benefit entitlements being introduced through Universal Credit mean controversial tax credit reductions have been “rebranded” by the government rather than reversed.
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