July 28, 2014
Contractor Loans: settlement opportunity
“Contractor Loan” planning has been around for some years. We have never much liked...
July 23, 2014
Penalties for failure: painting a Gray picture?
An inordinate number of cases appearing before the First-tier Tribunal relate to penalties for...
July 17, 2014
New payment demands in enquiry cases?
In the next couple of weeks, HMRC will be given controversial new powers to...
July 16, 2014
Accelerated Payment Notices and Follower Notices
This note is about the provisions to be introduced by Finance Act 2014, which...
July 14, 2014
Associated company rules: a welcome simplification
Even readers with relatively short memories will recall a time when the difference between...
July 11, 2014
Accountancy Age: More than 1,600 including celebrities in £1.2bn Liberty Scheme
Several celebrities, along with senior executives and QCs, are among those found to have...
July 11, 2014
Conflicting decisions on late return penalties: who was right?
Coincidentally, a number of First-tier Tribunal decisions have recently been reported involving appeals against...
July 4, 2014
ONS Statistics Strengthen Case for Mansion Tax
Statistics have shown that only a very small number of poor British households live...
July 2, 2014
Employment Law Bulletin: July 2014
The controversy that is zero-hours contracts rumbles on. Despite some calls for banning them,...
July 1, 2014
Dale: BoE cannot control rising house prices
‘Spencer Dale, the Bank of England’s director of financial stability, has said that the...
July 1, 2014
Mortgage approval rate falls
‘Official figures from the Bank of England awaiting release are expected to show a...
June 27, 2014
Festival of Business 2014
Rebecca Burn-Callander outlines details of the Telegraph’s fourth Festival of Business which takes place...