Year: 2014

George Osborne is preparing to offer a small concession to energy-intensive industries by freezing the carbon price floor to just over £18 per tonne of CO2 emitted, according to industry...

Baker Tilly offers guidance on tax breaks for married couples ahead of Valentine’s Day. The firm looks at how Capital Gains Tax, Married Couples Allowance and Inheritance Tax rules can...

In the UK almost one in five SMEs have suffered significant disruption from staff illness and absence in the last year. According to a survey by MetLife nearly two in...

New research has revealed that new accountancy firms are opening at a faster rate than they are closing. The number of new accountancy firms opening in 2012, which increased by...

The City of London Law Society has written to HMRC and to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee expressing “grave concerns” about reforms to limited liability partnerships claiming the...

The Indian Government is going ahead with its attempt to collect tax dues from Vodafone after ending conciliation talks. India claims Vodafone owes up to £2.05bn in taxes and accompanying...

Mike Cherry, National Policy Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), writes to the Financial Times to clarify that the FSB's members want to play a full part in...

London Councils, the body which represents local authorities in the Capital, has called on ministers to offer more support for SMEs hit by flooding as the wet weather continues to...

HMRC has issued warnings over a surge in phishing emails offering fake tax rebates. Roughly 23,000 fake HMRC emails were reported in the three months before the January 31 cut-off...