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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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Money for Nothing
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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Fixing Tax ‘leaks’
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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