A bad day for some…
Big news of the day is about a court case that concerns a piece of the 2008 budget referred to as BN66. This is one of those things that came out in the supporting documentation that tells the actual...
View ArticleContractor accountants concerned about retrospective taxes
The certainty in the UK tax system has been thrown into doubt by the Treasury’s use of retrospective action according to the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
View ArticleGive me strength…
I was reading up on the House of commons Finance Committee’s debate on the BN66 case – that’s the one about retrospectively taxing people who thought they had joined a valid scheme and suddenly found...
View ArticleWhy I dislike this government quite so much…
So our Beloved Leader has finally allowed us an election. Good news on several fronts. I make no secret of my desire to see the end of the current Parliament in general and our sitting PM in particular.
View ArticleWhat doubt and uncertainty?
It was Benjamin Franklin who declared that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. It is probably a good thing that he never met the present day HMRC: recent events have shown that while...
View ArticleRetrospective taxation should be avoided says the CIoT
HMRC should take extreme care when taxing people retrospectively otherwise people lose confidence in our taxation system, says the CIoT.
View ArticleThe harder you try…..the harder it gets!
This year, for the first time in 13 years, we were saved the interminable and ultimately disingenuous dirge that was the Pre Budget Report. Mr Brown and latterly Mr Darling’s attempts to justify what...
View ArticleFigures on IR35 DO exist. So who’s kidding who?
As well as being technically proficient, independently minded and a bit intolerant of rigid work patterns, we’re also a tolerant bunch, us contractors. You kind of get used to having to dig out the...
View ArticleContractors grateful for close-but-no-cigar help from MP
Well at least you tried: contractors recently expressed their gratitude for the help an MP furnished them in supporting yet another failed legislation repeal.
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