David Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, recently gave a speech to the Lord Mayor’s Taxation Forum. His presentation focussed on international tax competitiveness, and how the UK’s system fares compared to our overseas competitors. Here’s an extract of his comments: Competitiveness “Since 2010 we’ve cut corporation tax from 28% to 21%. And this time next year it will Continue Reading
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Second incomes under HMRC microscope
In the first week of April 2014 HMRC issued guidance on its latest tax gathering campaign. The target group this time is UK taxpayers who have second incomes and are not presently declaring these income streams on their tax return. The information published by HMRC about the scope of the campaign is reproduced below: About the Second Incomes Campaign Introduction Continue Reading
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David Cameron writes to crown dependencies
Our Prime Minister has written a letter to the UK’s overseas territories and crown dependencies promoting the value of a public register that would show the ultimate owners of companies registered in their jurisdiction. This follows the publication of the “Company ownership: transparency and trust discussion paper” last week. It concluded: “... we plan to proceed with the following policies: Continue Reading
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VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS)
Currently, the place of taxation for broadcasting, telecommunications and e-services (BTE) supplies is determined by the location of the supplier of the services. However, from 1 January 2015, the place of taxation for private consumers will be determined by the location of the consumer. Business to business supplies are unaffected; this change will only concern suppliers of BTE services to Continue Reading
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