HMRC faces questioning by MPs on Public Accounts Committee and Treasury Committee
Starbucks managing director’s blog provokes angry response
Revised lists for 'environmentally beneficial' plant and machinery
The value of the retail prices index for September 2012 is 244.2.
The public is losing trust in ‘a system that is in need of drastic reform’, says The Taxpayers’ Alliance
HMRC says it is ‘alive to the risk’ of avoidance by multinationals
The government has heeded representations about the likely negative impact for the UK’s competitiveness and for multinational groups of proposals to change the tax treatment of quoted eurobonds and short interest, which will not now be introduced, James Smith writes.
New tax rules are intended to address concerns that the current tax regime acts as a barrier to launches of investment trusts. Ian Zeider reviews the detail.
A company can purchase its own shares, but the basic principle is that any amount paid in excess of the capital subscribed for the shares is taxed as a distribution. However, as Paula Tallon and Paul Howard explain, where a number of conditions are satisfied, capital gains tax treatment can be obtained for the shareholder.
Robert Langston answers a query on the limits of withholding tax credits