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- Tax Saving Accountants
- 1 Dec 15
Council Tax Affected By A Population That Lives For Longer
Local Government Association (LGA) warns that council tax bills are due to cost £200 more for Band D properties over the next five years as generations live for longer. Social care spending is predicted to exceed the available funding of £2.9 billion by 2020. Chancellor George Osborne has given extra fundraising powers to local authorities […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 9 Nov 15
HMRC’s Customer Service Failure Results In Tax Return Fury And Confusion
Millions have been left in the dark regarding their tax returns, PAYE slips and other financial documents due to a huge amount of unanswered HMRC phone calls. In the first half of the year, the HMRC were only able to successfully answer half of all calls made to them, with 39% of inquiries dealt with […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 16 Oct 15
Tory Working Tax Credits Cuts will Leave you Worse Off
A new study was conducted by the Resolution Foundation think-tank, which was released the day after David Cameron promised an “all-out assault on poverty” at the Manchester Conservative Conference. The study found that, in spite of a higher National Living Wage, the Working Tax Credit cuts would mean 200,000 children, predominantly from working households, will […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 28 Sep 15
Labour Plans Tax Raids for a ‘Redistribution of Wealth’
Labour will soon be unveiling their plans for a “redistribution of wealth” with an attack on British business and a series of tax raids on the middle class. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell will be using his first conference speech to talk about a potential “Robin Hood tax” when it comes to stock market trading. Meanwhile, […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 31 Aug 15
Tax Break – UK Leads to £3bn Gas Project in the North Sea
Maersk is an energy group from Denmark and will be leading a £3bn project aimed at developing the largest gasfield which has been discovered in the North Sea for a decade. This is the first big investment which will be benefiting from the tax breaks in the UK which was announced in the Budget. The […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 10 Aug 15
Thousands of Young Brits Could Be Hit by EU Migrant Benefit Plan
As the government negotiates its EU membership, plans to tighten the benefit rules for EU migrants is currently coming under the spotlight. One of the key parts of negotiations is a four-year residency test, however lawyers say that only applying a test to migrants would be a breach of EU laws. The government is now […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 3 Aug 15
HSBC has Great First Half of Year as Pre-tax Profit Climbs to 10%
HSBC is the largest bank in Europe, and pre-tax profit at the bank was up a healthy 10% during the first half of this year when compared with this time last year. The pre-tax profit climbed to £8.7bn ($13.6bn) in the first half of the year, compared with $12.3bn this tie last year, higher than […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 27 Jul 15
New Social Care Tax Suggested by Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham has recently said that Labour should be ignoring “difficult headlines” while considering extra taxes which would be able to cover the rising cost when it comes to social care and has suggested a new social care tax.. Mr Burnham has said that his goal of having a National Health and Care service would […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 16 Jun 15
Miliband Calls for HMRC To Be Independently Reviewed
Momentum is currently growing for an independent review of HMRC, after Paul Aplin (Chairman of the tax faculty committee at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) suggested that HM Revenue and Customs be reviewed in an effort to improve its current performance. Labour leader Ed Miliband has committed to an independent review […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 8 Jun 15
HMRC Will Waive £100 Fine for Late Tax Returns
The HM Revenue and Customs confirmed. Those who are filing late tax returns have now been let off the £100 fine. The Daily Telegraph received news of the development from a leaked memo. It may affect almost 900,000 people. Despite applause from taxpayers, the effectiveness and legality of the fine waiver is currently being queried. How […]