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Reading Time | 2 mins 16 Mar 2012

Reform the tax system to ‘rebalance’ the economy

Reading Time • 2 minsThe UK's tax regime requires a major overhaul if the economy is to be balanced and competitive.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 16 Mar 2012

Budget 2010: an overview

Reading Time • 2 mins"This will be a Budget to secure the recovery, tackle borrowing and invest in our industrial future" was how the Chancellor, Alistair Darling summed up the last Budget before the next general election.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 16 Mar 2012

Increasing VAT could ‘hit’ the recovery

Reading Time • < 1 minPushing up the rate of VAT in order to tackle the budget deficit could have a detrimental impact on the economic recovery, a new study has claimed.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 16 Mar 2012

Chancellor says Budget will not offer a ‘giveaway’

Reading Time • < 1 minAlistair Darling has said that the upcoming Budget won't be delivering a pre-election giveaway.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 16 Mar 2012

Call for Budget to ‘review’ flat rate VAT

Reading Time • 2 minsThe government has been urged to look at the issue of flat rate VAT charges in the forthcoming Budget.
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Reading Time | < 1 min 16 Mar 2012

Complicated tax rules ‘stifle’ business growth

Reading Time • < 1 minThree out of four small firms would be better placed to develop their businesses if the tax regime were simpler, a new survey has claimed.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 16 Mar 2012

HMRC policy on ‘Lennartz’ accounting to be amended

Reading Time • 2 minsA case heard by the ECJ in 2009, Vereniging Noordelijke Land-en Tuinbouw Organisatie v Staatssecretaris van Financien (C-515/07), has shown that up until now, HMRC have allowed a much wider application of 'Lennartz' accounting than should be the case under EU law.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 16 Mar 2012

The retired facing ‘complex’ tax regime

Reading Time • 2 minsThe tax system for people in retirement has been described as being too complex, and, as a result, too many older people overpay their taxes.
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Reading Time | 2 mins 16 Mar 2012

Broadband tax would be ‘regressive’ say MPs

Reading Time • 2 minsPlans to introduce a broadband tax of 50 pence a month on all fixed-line phones have been criticised by a House of Commons committee.
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