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Corporate tax

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Opinion

Tax planning is back on FDs' agendas

Since 3000BC, taxes have failed to deliver, but FDs must still raise the board’s enthusiasm for company tax policy

26 Apr 2012

traps

Analysis

The VAT trap

Companies could find their VAT costs creeping up unchecked with little or no strategy in place to address it

25 Apr 2012

Analysis

A Budget for business

Osborne said the government ‘unashamedly backs business’ but did the Budget deliver on his claim?

26 Mar 2012

News

Tobin tax to be in place by year end

French minister for European affairs Jean Leonetti said the new levy is "on the programme" for the next EU summit at the end of January

05 Jan 2012

News

PwC: VAT hike added 1% to level of prices in 2011

Positive economic effects from the VAT rise included a smaller budget deficit and a consequent reduction in long term interest rate

04 Jan 2012

Opinion

UK's link to offshore financial centres is positive

Reasoned debate on the role of ‘tax havens' is valid, but the UK should not ignore the benefits they bring, urges Mark Field MP

16 Nov 2011

Opinion

Missing the point on tax

Suggesting that businesses are trying to "pull a fast one" in relation to tax reflects a misunderstanding of businesses that operate on a global scale, say Andrew Gavan and Tom McFarlane

04 Oct 2011

Opinion

A threat to competitiveness

A European Financial Transaction Tax is misguided and would stifle growth, argues Neil Bentley

25 Aug 2011

Feature

Financial challenges for exporters

Nick Farmer, international tax partner at Menzies, looks at the risks associated with overseas expansion and how to manage and control the process

16 Aug 2011

Opinion

Tobin tax leaves a bad taste

The introduction of a Tobin Tax to fund the European budget would leave a bitter taste, warns Peter O’Kelly

27 Jul 2011

Opinion

The boardroom tax gap

Narrowing the gap between Tax and the Boardroom Tax plays an increasingly significant role in the alignment of commercial and fiscal strategy. So, asks Tom McFarlane, is it time your organisation had a chief tax officer on the board?

12 Jul 2011

Opinion

WPP redomiciling: Where is the quid pro quo?

Jaimie Kaffash on the pointlessness of attracting WPP and chums home if they do not create jobs here in return for a better tax climate

01 Apr 2011

Opinion

The Budget 2011 – a plan for growth, or a hope for growth?

Financial Director's resident tax expert responds to the plan for growth laid out in the Budget

24 Mar 2011

News

Betfair CFO takes Gibraltar gaming licence

The company will avoid paying UK gross profits tax for betting

09 Mar 2011

Analysis

iXBRL tax and accounts filing system nears

The iXBRL tax and accounts filing system will be implemented from 1 April. But is anyone ready for it?

18 Feb 2011

News

VAT rise kicks in

VAT increases to 20 percent from 17.5 percent

04 Jan 2011

News

€15bn savings and a cut in the minimum wage: Ireland's austerity budget

The country retains low corporation tax rate but raises VAT

24 Nov 2010

News

Business wins more time for VAT refunds

EU extends time for cross border VAT refunds despite minister claiming HM Revenue & Customs would struggle to cope

28 Oct 2010

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