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- 20 August 2010 - Unfair double taxation is under the EU spotlight
EU Commission launches consultation on ways to tackle cross border inheritance tax obstacles within the EU...
- 05 August 2010 - Multi-millionaire divorce sparks law change branded a cheat's charter
Divorcing couples will no longer be able to use illegally obtained evidence of their former spouse's assets, following a controversial Court of Appeal decision, which has already been branded a cheat's charter...
- 26 July 2010 - Business warning on email contracts
Business managers have been given a fresh reminder of the danger of negotiating commercial deals by email without making it clear at what point they intend there to be a legally binding contract...
- 09 July 2010 - Landlord sets testing homework for the Revenue
A blow for victory was struck for small time landlords when HM Revenue & Customs were forced to back down over their challenge of tax deductions for repairs that were part of a refurbishment project...
- 05 July 2010 - Not a budget to cheer about but
some bonus for business
There’s
some cheer in alcohol duty rates being held, but little elsewhere in the
Coalition Government’s first budget, with
a 2.5% VAT rise...
- 23 June 2010 - Certainty over fairness for
unmarried property owners
Unmarried
couples who buy a house together must make sure they have a written agreement
setting out exactly who owns what. That is the advice following a Court
of Appeal ruling where a woman was forced to hand over half of a house
to a former partner, even though he had stopped contributing when he
moved out...
- 15 June 2010 - Employers should plan to avoid World Cup absenteeism
Many
employers are bracing themselves for hours of lost time this summer as
football fan employees call in sick, or request time off at short notice
in order to watch the World Cup. HR Magazine reports that, according
to research by PriceWaterhouse Coopers, 53% of working males and 21%
of females intend to watch the afternoon games live...
- 09 June 2010 - Investors must move quickly to beat the CGT rate increase
Owners
of second homes and investors should move quickly if they plan to sell
this year, following the news that the Government has confirmed in the
Coalition Agreement that it will raise the rate of Capital Gains Tax
(CGT) for non-business assets in its summer emergency budget...
- 20 May 2010 - More answers than questions
on company insurance renewals
Companies
are at risk of leaving themselves uninsured if they fail to disclose
relevant information, even if they have answered fully every question
on an insurance proposal form...
- 06 May 2010 - A last minute scramble for
equality
The Equality Bill finally
became law in the scramble to rush through legislation in the final hours
before Parliament was dissolved in the run up to the General Election...
- 22 April 2010 - Holiday home owners back
in business with pre-election trade off
Property owners who let out second homes to holiday makers
were thrown into confusion last week after the Tories forced a u turn
on the Government’s
tax policy for second homes...
- 08 April 2010 - The 2010 Budget
Yesterday the Chancellor delivered a Budget speech with one eye firmly on the up-coming General Election. The headline measures such as relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax for first-time buyers and index-linking ISA limits were aimed at pleasing the man in the street, as were the tax increases for the wealthy that he announced...
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