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Parents jailed for tax fraud
Two Northern Ireland parents were jailed on Friday 26 February 2010 for
evading tax leaving them owing HM Revenue & Customs over £4 million.
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Tax-man targets doctors
Thursday, 25 February 2010
HMRC has a wake-up call for doctors and dentists. If they have hidden
something from HMRC then now’s the time to confess.
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February tax debts?
Thursday, 11 February 2010
As your accountant recovers from the January, 31 deadline for sending in Self
Assessment Returns this is a good time to remind those with tax debts of the
need to take some form of action.
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Who still has money stashed offshore?
Thursday, 26 November 2009
With just days left to register with HMRC for the tax amnesty (deadline Monday
November 30, 2009), today I am giving a few real life case studies to show
the sorts of people who have money offshore which is not declared.
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Offshore bank accounts – should I confess?
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Time is running out for anyone wanting to tidy up their affairs and admit that
they haven’t paid enough tax on something that was offshore.
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Last chance to admit to your offshore income
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The current tax amnesty (closing November 30, 2009) sees the head of HMRC Dave
Hartnett posting an explanatory video
on YouTube.
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Huston’s Taxing Problem
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Hopefully by now those readers with tax to pay by July 31, 2009 have cleared
the bill. One of the worst aspects of the Self Assessment system is that tax
is demanded on just two dates – January 31 and July 31.
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Regards over conacre land
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Question: I have concerns over the recent ruling regards conacre land
and would like some advice with regard my overall inheritance tax position.
What should I do?
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Tax: What costs that I can claim when working from home
Monday, 3 August 2009
Q My employer has closed its local regional office as a cost cutting measure
and I now have to work from home. Are there any costs that I can claim as an
allowable deduction against my tax? SD, Londonderry
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When investing in the ‘to let’ market doesn’t always pay off
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
With the property market still depressed, today I am going to take a run
through some of the tax issues which may be important for those people who
bought investment properties to let out, or perhaps to rent, and now can’t
sell them.
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Making sense of the end of July tax bill
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
July is a month of significance for people who file tax returns and pay tax
twice a year.
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Can I get tax reief on union payments?
Friday, 17 July 2009
Q: I am a teacher and I pay an annual subscription to the National Union of
Teachers. Can I get tax relief for this? I don’t complete a tax return. JI,
Monaghan
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Making the debt collection process easier
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Whether your business sales figures are down or not, the success of your
business depends on bringing in the money — cash flow.
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Saving tax by making a pension investment
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Question: My company will make a small profit this year and I was thinking of
making a pension contribution to save tax. What is the best way to do this?
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Taxman surfs web to make enquiries on your tax return
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
People think there’s just one big government computer and all information is
shared among departments. It’s just not like that.
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ISA changes mean good news for savers
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Question: I am confused as to what I can do with my ISA allowance this year.
Can you please clarify the situation as I know there were changes announced
in the Budget?
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Offshore net is tightening
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
The paperwork surrounding the Budget back in April announced that there is
going to be a further and final opportunity to admit to offshore income.
Once this opportunity passes then the HMRC will get heavy.
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Let’s take a look at home rental
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
With the property market still slow a lot of people cannot sell houses which
they wanted to shift long ago. Perhaps they have been relocated with work
and are stuck with the old home, or perhaps they bought something when times
were good hoping to sell at a profit a year later.
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Protecting data is always crucial
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
A client's problem has inspired me to write this week’s article. His business
is the subject of an inquiry by HM Revenue and Customs. They want to know
how some expenses figures were made up, and to see original invoices.
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MPs’ expensive revelations
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Any reader who ever had his employer provide a company car or private medical
cover knows what benefits-in-kind are.
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ISAs hit three-year high
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Sales of investment fund ISAs hit a three-year high during April as people
were tempted to put money back into the market, research showed today.
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