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Monday, 8 July 2013

Friday Round Up

A trifle delayed.

  • The Finance Bill received its third reading on 2 July and so is substantively enacted from that date

  • HMRC  held an open meeting on the consultation on corporate and government debt; slides from the meeting are
For more on the connsultation see posts of 6,12 and 20th June.

  • Interesting comment from George Osborne
" When it comes to Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, despite the fact that this department will see a 5% reduction in its resource budget, we are committed to extra resources to tackle tax evasion.
The result is that we expect to raise over £1bn more in tax revenues from those who try and avoid paying their fair share.’"
There's a comment on the government's plans to raise revenues from unspecified anti - avoidance measures in the post of 22 March on the 2013 budget.

  • HMRC have issue a briefing note on the Deutsche VAT case on whether VAT should be charged on portfolio investment management charges.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/briefs/vat/brief1113.htm

  • There is a HMRC consultation on Withdrawing relief for interest on loans to to purchase life annuities.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/withdrawing-relief-for-interest-on-loans-to-purchase-life-annuities


 


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