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March 27, 2014
Mitigating the risk of fraud – “More of what matters”
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Earlier this month, my mum opened a letter to learn that she was one of the thousands of Morrisons staff who had their personal details leaked online. These details included
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March 18, 2014
Is this too political?
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Let me start by saying that I’m not politically affiliated and not that way inclined. The following is meant to be a non-partisan, yet critical, approach to political tax policy.
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March 18, 2014
Money for Nothing! – NICS for free!
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The New National Insurance £2,000 “Employment Allowance” One of the more welcome measures introduced by the 2013 Budget is the new National Insurance “Employment Allowance” which will enable most businesses
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March 18, 2014
The ‘Fair Tax Mark’
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Anyone in business will be aware that tax is a ‘hot topic’ in the media and in particular the concepts of paying the ‘right’ amount of tax and paying a
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March 7, 2014
Employment Status of Equity and Salaried Partners
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What is happening? In the Finance Bill 2014 new legislation will be enacted that tightens up the rules regarding the employment status of partners (in partnerships and LLPs). Under the
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March 4, 2014
Squeezing the Rich
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It’s hard to avoid the subject of tax these days, and in particular who should be paying what. On one side of the argument high taxes on the wealthy are
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February 28, 2014
Pensions – the worst investment?
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I attended an excellent event last night. It was the Barnes Roffe LLP Directors’ Question Time. We were hosted by HSBC in their tower in Docklands and we had an
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February 26, 2014
Ready…Steady…Tax!
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I’ve commented before on the way that the UK tax system impacts on the way some foreign sports stars view the UK and the issue has again arisen following the
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February 25, 2014
Fixing Tax ‘leaks’
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Hopefully by now you will have all filed your Self-Assessment tax returns if you needed to do so. The media is currently full of opinions on tax avoidance but whatever
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February 20, 2014
Don’t just think about the weather!
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The rain must stop soon surely? We will then no doubt get a brief dry period during which they will decide it was “the wrong type of rain” and promptly
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