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Tax

Huston’s Taxing Problem

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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Inside Tax

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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