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8 Mar 17
The main rate of National Insurance Contributions paid by self-employed people is to increase by 1% from next April, chancellor Phillip Hammond has announced today.
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8 Mar 17
Local authorities are to share a £300m pot for discretionary business rate reliefs to help firms facing higher bills due to next month’s revaluation of the levy, chancellor Philip Hammond...
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6 Mar 17
A real-time online system will collect tax return information automatically and manage irregular incomes better. Could it also make a local income tax viable?
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4 Mar 17
April’s business rate revaluation will see £400m transferred from London councils to authorities in the North, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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23 Feb 17
Britain’s tax laws are biased in favour of the self-employed and should be reformed to enable greater investment in people instead of buildings and machines, the LSE Growth Commission has said.
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20 Feb 17
Local government secretary Sajid Javid has defended the government’s revaluation of business rates, stating that thousands of businesses across the country will get lower bills as a result of...
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27 Jan 17
The government has been accused of appearing soft on the super-rich by employing dedicated personal advisors to help high net worth individuals manage their tax affairs, the public accounts committee...
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23 Jan 17
Edinburgh looks set to become the first city in Scotland to impose a so-called “tourism tax” on visitors, with the proceeds to be ploughed back into support for the city’s...
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20 Jan 17
Surrey County Council has confirmed that it will seek to raise council tax by 15% next year in order to offset cuts to central grant.
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16 Jan 17
The government must change the way it makes tax and budgetary decisions in order to avoid confusion, embarrassing u-turns and costly errors, expert analysts have said.
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11 Jan 17
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has told MSPs that he plans to use the Scottish Parliament’s new borrowing powers “to the max” to offset the effects of UK fiscal austerity.
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10 Jan 17
HM Revenue & Customs has admitted that a multi-million pound project to reduce the costs of running its estate is “unrealistic”, according to the National Audit Office.
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20 Dec 16
A cross-party group of MPs are to try to push the government into cleaning up the UK’s tax havens, which include some of the most notorious in the world.
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9 Dec 16
International lawmakers have signed an open letter urging their governments to pursue greater tax transparency following a summit on the issue in the UK today.
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6 Dec 16
A tripartite review of Holyrood’s budget processes to prepare for its new devolved tax powers will go beyond that remit and look at future proofing the Scottish Parliament’s processes...
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28 Nov 16
Demonstrating that the UK aid agency’s private sector arm makes a difference to the poorest people remains a “significant challenge”, the country’s National Audit Office has concluded.
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25 Nov 16
Chancellor Philip Hammond will not be able to resist calls for extra funding for health and social care for much longer, the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted.
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23 Nov 16
The chancellor didn’t display much in the way of fancy footwork in his first Autumn Statement. But his room for manoeuvre was limited
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21 Nov 16
Huge cities mean prosperity – but also inequality as many who contribute to overall productivity go unrewarded
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21 Oct 16
Public borrowing was £10.6bn in September – an increase of £1.3bn compared to the same month in 2015 – exceeding Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts and adding to the...
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17 Oct 16
Former local government secretary Sir Eric Pickles has pledged that Britain will make tackling corruption, including in the public sector, a top priority as the country forges a new role in the world...
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11 Oct 16
The West Midlands is set to join the areas across England that will pilot full business rates retention ahead of the national rollout of the scheme in 2020, after Birmingham City Council indicated...
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6 Oct 16
CIPFA has called on the Scottish Government to create a framework for managing devolved taxes that would provide transparency in its plans for revenue raising.
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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
8 Mar 17The main rate of National Insurance Contributions paid by self-employed people is to increase by 1% from next April, chancellor Phillip Hammond has announced today.
8 Mar 17Local authorities are to share a £300m pot for discretionary business rate reliefs to help firms facing higher bills due to next month’s revaluation of the levy, chancellor Philip Hammond...
6 Mar 17A real-time online system will collect tax return information automatically and manage irregular incomes better. Could it also make a local income tax viable?
4 Mar 17April’s business rate revaluation will see £400m transferred from London councils to authorities in the North, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
23 Feb 17Britain’s tax laws are biased in favour of the self-employed and should be reformed to enable greater investment in people instead of buildings and machines, the LSE Growth Commission has said.
20 Feb 17Local government secretary Sajid Javid has defended the government’s revaluation of business rates, stating that thousands of businesses across the country will get lower bills as a result of...
27 Jan 17The government has been accused of appearing soft on the super-rich by employing dedicated personal advisors to help high net worth individuals manage their tax affairs, the public accounts committee...
23 Jan 17Edinburgh looks set to become the first city in Scotland to impose a so-called “tourism tax” on visitors, with the proceeds to be ploughed back into support for the city’s...
20 Jan 17Surrey County Council has confirmed that it will seek to raise council tax by 15% next year in order to offset cuts to central grant.
16 Jan 17The government must change the way it makes tax and budgetary decisions in order to avoid confusion, embarrassing u-turns and costly errors, expert analysts have said.
11 Jan 17Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay has told MSPs that he plans to use the Scottish Parliament’s new borrowing powers “to the max” to offset the effects of UK fiscal austerity.
10 Jan 17HM Revenue & Customs has admitted that a multi-million pound project to reduce the costs of running its estate is “unrealistic”, according to the National Audit Office.
20 Dec 16A cross-party group of MPs are to try to push the government into cleaning up the UK’s tax havens, which include some of the most notorious in the world.
9 Dec 16International lawmakers have signed an open letter urging their governments to pursue greater tax transparency following a summit on the issue in the UK today.
6 Dec 16A tripartite review of Holyrood’s budget processes to prepare for its new devolved tax powers will go beyond that remit and look at future proofing the Scottish Parliament’s processes...
28 Nov 16Demonstrating that the UK aid agency’s private sector arm makes a difference to the poorest people remains a “significant challenge”, the country’s National Audit Office has concluded.
25 Nov 16Chancellor Philip Hammond will not be able to resist calls for extra funding for health and social care for much longer, the head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted.
23 Nov 16The chancellor didn’t display much in the way of fancy footwork in his first Autumn Statement. But his room for manoeuvre was limited
21 Oct 16Public borrowing was £10.6bn in September – an increase of £1.3bn compared to the same month in 2015 – exceeding Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts and adding to the...
17 Oct 16Former local government secretary Sir Eric Pickles has pledged that Britain will make tackling corruption, including in the public sector, a top priority as the country forges a new role in the world...
6 Oct 16CIPFA has called on the Scottish Government to create a framework for managing devolved taxes that would provide transparency in its plans for revenue raising.
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
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