Archive for the ‘UK Tax’ Category
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Read the full articleGoogle in the spotlight again for questionable tax reporting
Recent arguments concerning the way in which Google reports its income tax have developed between the company and members of the British Parliament. Google’s European headquarters is in Dublin, and any purchase or transaction must go through this office rather than various destinations. Concerns about...
Read the full articleAmazon in hot water about tax payments
The spark against Amazon tax payments has once again caught fire. Last year, the government gave loans and grants of £2.5 million for operating less prosperous warehouses, such as building a road to the warehouse in Swansea. Despite the loans and the £4 billion the...
Read the full articleThe uneasy relationship between Multinationals and Tax
Corporate giants allegedly using tax avoidance tactics. Questions are being raised over the methods which multinational giants use to avoid paying their often astronomical tax liabilities. The point has been raised that in our increasingly global economy, multinational companies are far too easily avoiding...
Read the full articleUK Budget 2013: The Lowdown
Dire economic numbers. Debt rising. Growth falling. Public Sector pay caps. And the order of an extra year of austerity It might not have been the best day for the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne to make his debut on Twitter, where he...
Read the full articleUK Budget 2013 – change to income tax threshold
Today, 20th March, in his fourth Budget statement, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer pledged to increase the UK income tax threshold to £10,000 in April 2014. The current personal allowance before tax is levied is £8,105, which will rise to £9,440 in April 2013....
Read the full articleGovernment report slams HMRC customer service
The Public Accounts Committee published its 36th Report of this Session which examined HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC’s) customer service performance. According to the report published yesterday, HMRC left 20 million calls unanswered last year and managed to reply to only 66% of letters within...
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