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Consumers easier to entice than in past years
20 May, 2010
A new report from Key Note market research highlights that customers of insurance companies are less loyal than they used to be.
Tax amnesties for three more countries
12 April, 2010
Chancellor Alistair Darling has said that they are ready to sign tax information exchange agreements with 3 more countries.
Bank clearance before Tax payment cheques are registered
08 April, 2010
From the 1st April the HMRC, in an attempt to encourage electronic payments, will not register cheque payments as received, until they have been cleared by the bank.
The Tax man takes a look at cigarette duty
05 April, 2010
Cigarettes on the table as the HMRC looks into duty being paid.
HMRC to cut jobs, thus closing the public spending deficit
02 April, 2010
In an attempt to close the gap in the UK's £167bn public spending deficit, the HMRC is preparing to cut 25,000 jobs and close more than 200 offices by 2011.
2010 Budget Key Points
24 March, 2010
Key items from the new budget.
HMRC could bring in £1bn in retrospective corporation tax
20 February, 2010
The HMRC has achieved a number of big successes during the past year with regards to corporate tax crackdowns.
Organisations that fail to protect client information will face tough penalties
18 February, 2010
Fines as high as £500,000 will come into effect after 6th April for those failing to adequately protect personal information and prevent security breaches.
Offshore tax claim back gets the go ahead
28 January, 2010
The High Court has given the HMRC the go ahead to claim back millions from UK residents who have their money in tax-haven offshore trusts whether or not they were set up many years ago. The legislation has been introduced with retrospective effect.
Employers are being warned to act sensibly with regards to snow absenteeism
09 January, 2010
In recent reports business groups have predicted that the cost of absenteeism, due to the snowfall in the last few days, could be costing up to £2 billion.