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  • 2010
    • March
      • BUDGET DATE SET FOR 24 MARCH
        03/11/10
        The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, will present his budget speech on Wednesday, 24 March, the government has announced.

        This will be the last budget of the current parliament, as a General Election must take place by June, but is widely expected to be called to coincide with local election

      • An Interviewer's Guide to Prevent Employment Discrimination
        03/08/10

        When was the last time you reviewed the employment discrimination laws before conducting an interview? Most hiring managers have every intention of complying with employment discrimination laws but find that the time needed to keep abreast of the nuances of employment discrimination in areas

      • HMRC OFFER ADVICE ON FRAUD EMAILS
        03/08/10
        HMRC are warning taxpayers to be vigilant as there have been several reports of scam emails offering a tax repayment. Taxpayers should not respond to any email promising a tax repayment.

        The email advises the recipient they are due a tax refund and directs them to an online form to provid

      • MANAGED PAYMENT PLANS
        03/08/10
        HMRC has announced that they will launch a new method of paying tax liabilities, known as Managed Payment Plans, in April 2011.

        The plan could be entered into by any individual taxpayer making payments under Self Assessment (whether final payments or payments on account) and by companies

      • TAX CODES BEING ISSUED
        03/08/10
        HMRC have updated their guidance on the issue of multiple or incorrect PAYE tax codes to some employees following the introduction of their new National Insurance and PAYE computer system.

        HMRC have admitted that the changeover to the new system has brought to light some discrepancies in

      • NEW RECORD FOR FILING ONLINE TAX RETURNS
        03/08/10
        According to HMRC statistics a record number of taxpayers filed their Self Assessment tax returns online this year.

        Apparently 6,429,899 people filed online by 31 January 2010 deadline. This number was three quarters of all returns submitted and was an increase of nearly 12% on the 2009 t

      • STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENTS
        03/08/10
        HMRC have announced a new initiative to reduce student loan over repayments for those ex students who repay their loan through PAYE deductions.

        Ex students have been in the position whereby it has been difficult for them to avoid over repaying their student loan as the loan term came to a

      • VEHICLE SCRAPPAGE
        03/08/10
        The Vehicle Scrappage Scheme is a voluntary scheme for motor dealers under which participating dealers give buyers a £2,000 discount off the purchase price of a new car (or certain types of small van) in exchange for scrapping their old qualifying vehicle.

        The government has announced th

      • INFLATION
        03/08/10
        Government figures released show that the inflation rate increased to 3.5% in January 2010 from the previous month’s figure of 2.9%.

        The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation percentage was affected by both the VAT rate returning to 17.5% and higher fuel prices.

        The Retail Pr

      • DANBRO WINS DEALMAKERS AWARD
        03/05/10
        Specialist accountants for contractors, Danbro, added another award to its collection last night (Thursday, 4 March) when it scooped Small Deal of the Year at the Insider Dealmakers Awards 2010 for its successful takeover of Safe Business Solutions last year.

        Danbro’s acquisition of the L

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