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December 2013

Nowhere to hide!

4th December 2013

Over £30m will be recovered from tax dodgers as HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) launches new taskforces around the country to make rapid inspections of various trades and professions. The taskforces will target individuals in specific high risk...

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Lifting the Lid on the Patent Box

4th December 2013

The Patent Box is a new, preferential corporate tax regime which will apply a reduced rate of tax to profits derived from patents from April 2013. The rate reduction will be phased in over 5 years and will...

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Sharing your windfall with the Taxman

4th December 2013

It’s almost like winning the lottery: you completed the form on-line, and suddenly your bank account swells with the returned premiums from policies you had forgotten you had taken out years ago. In fact, the average payment amounts...

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Time to face up to The Pensions Regulator

4th December 2013

Unless you’ve been impersonating an ostrich and burying your head in the sand, you will have heard of automatic enrolment and the requirement for business to provide, and contribute to, a pension scheme for employees. In addition to...

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Portfolio Awards

People at TTR Barnes

4th December 2013

We have been having a busy time recently in the office, with our annual sponsorship of the Speaker at the Echo Portfolio Awards, held at the Stadium of Light in October. This year’s speaker was Katie Hopkins, who...

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