Tax alerts

  • 01.05.08 - Relocation, relocation

    Will the last company to leave the UK please turn the lights out?  The news that United Business Media (UBM) is planning to follow Shire Pharmaceuticals out of the UK might be raising some questions in government at the moment.

  • 15.04.08 - VAT on electronic services - the rules are changing

    The rules on charging VAT on electronic services are changing.

  • 12.03.08 - The Budget 2008

    So was this the 'Green Budget' or the Budget of 'resilience' – Alistair Darling's version of 'prudence'?  No doubt the media will be the judge.

  • 11.03.08 - Tax credits - deadline fast approaching

    Following changes to the Finance Act 2006, all companies are required to finalise their Research & Development (R&D) tax credit claims by 31 March 2008, for the periods 1 April 2002 - 31 March 2006.

  • 01.12.03 - An introduction to stamp duty land tax
    Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) is upon us. It replaces stamp duty as the principal tax on dealings in UK land. It adopts the basic structure of stamp duty but "modernises" it by closing or severely restricting its loopholes and eliminating its idiosyncrasies.
  • - Anne Fairpo