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New Child Benefit Tax Charge
From 7 January 2013, a new tax charge will be imposed on all individuals who receive the Child Benefit and whose income, or their partner’s […]
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Considering the VAT implication of the FSA’s Retail Distribution Review
A great deal of discussion has taken place over the last year concerning the VAT implications of the RDR. There is a general unease that […]
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VAT Cost Sharing Exemption
The new VAT cost sharing exemption has now been introduced into UK legislation. Businesses and organisations often work with others to share costs and resources. […]
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HMRC to target “Affluent”
In an recent announcement HMRC have confirmed that anybody worth more than £1 million faces coming under scrutiny from inspectors in a fresh crackdown on […]
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Tough times for legal firms
This week the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) have announced that over 600 legal firms had failed to nominate complaince officers by mid September 2012. Since […]
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First Tier Tax Tribunal agrees with the taxpayer regarding penalties
The Tax Tribunal’s decision in the recent case of J R Hanson v HMRC dismisses the Revenue’s claim that the taxpayer should check professional advice. […]
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Do Partnerships have to return benefits in kind?
Where the partnership employs others on PAYE and pays them a benefit in kind (use of a car, private health insurance etc) then no one […]
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Independent schools – Upper Tribunal rules on ‘public benefit’
Recently the Charity Tribunal published its decision on the cases heard back in May 2011 regarding the Charity Commission’s interpretation of how public benefit requirements […]
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700 years and counting!
Burgis & Bullock have recently joined with other Midland firms with a combined age of 700 years to complete a deal involving a Black Country […]