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CORPORATE TAXES


Ireland should be in charge of its own tax rates, the Chancellor said yesterday as he outlined the UK’s participation in an international financial assistance package which will support ‘an ambitious four-year fiscal strategy’ to be set out by the...

Your refresher guide, by Simon Groom

Natasha Kaye and Ben Jones consider the tax issues that commonly arise in connection with contractual outsourcing arrangements

Corporate tax reforms need to strike the right balance between revenue protection and competitiveness, PwC said ahead of the release – which the firms expects to see this week – of a discussion document on corporate tax and controlled foreign companies reform.

The Government will publish responses to formal consultation on corporate capital gains, furnished holiday lettings and tax policy making on 9 December, when it expects to publish draft clauses planned for Finance Bill 2011, the Treasury has confirmed.

Treasury ministers know the difference between tax planning, tax avoidance and tax evasion, David Gauke told experts attending the ICAEW’s Hardman lecture.

Just three respondents in a Christian Aid survey of FTSE 100 companies supported new international accounting standards to require country by country reporting, but the charity has told Tax Journal that there is ‘a growing consensus’ on the need for greater transparency in tax.

The value of the retail prices index for October 2010 is 225.8.
 

Smaller charities wishing to use HMRC’s free software to file corporation tax returns may continue to file the supporting accounts in PDF format instead of iXBRL format for a transitional period, HMRC has announced.

Kevin Conway reviews tax issues on variations of the terms of financing arrangements

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