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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Consultation for simpler income tax for SMEs opens

Reading Time • 2 minsThe Government has opened a consultation document regarding income tax simplification for small businesses, including the introduction of a 'cash basis' for tax calculations and simplified expenses, following announcements made by George Osborne in the Budget.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Pension auto-enrolment thresholds confirmed to rise

Reading Time • 2 minsThe earnings thresholds for automatic pension enrolment will be aligned with tax and national insurance contributions, the Government has confirmed following consultations.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Stamp prices to increase by nearly 40%

Reading Time • 2 minsThe cost of first and second class stamps is to rise after the regulator Ofcom granted Royal Mail greater freedom to set its own prices.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Business groups want red tape further scrutinised

Reading Time • 2 minsThe independent regulatory body designed to monitor Government business regulations should be granted greater powers if it is to defend small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) against new regulations, says the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Government’s solar panel appeal rejected

Reading Time • 2 minsThe Government has failed to get permission to appeal to the Supreme Court over the cutting of solar panel subsidies.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

New tax allowances to boost Scottish energy investment

Reading Time • 2 minsOil and gas industries in the North Sea are set to benefit from increased investment after the Government unveiled plans to alter taxes affecting the sector in the Budget.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

Online VAT filing: Are you ready?

Reading Time • < 1 minHMRC has issued a reminder that all VAT registered businesses in the UK will now have to submit their VAT returns online, and also pay any VAT owed electronically, from 1 April.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 17 Apr 2012

Concerns child benefit reforms will cause complications

Reading Time • 2 minsChanges to the child benefit system announced in the Budget will cause a 'high degree of complexity' in take up and HMRC administration, says the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT).
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Reading Time | < 1 min 17 Apr 2012

Confusion over Budget enterprise zones

Reading Time • < 1 minBusinesses based in enterprise zones in Scotland, North Wales, and England are set to benefit from enhanced capital allowances, after announcements made in the Budget, but there is confusion over whether Northern Ireland is to be granted its first enterprise zone.
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