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India mulls tax-break extension for outsourcers
News India's fears that other countries are undercutting its dominance of the global outsourcing market have pushed it into extending a tax break for software companies, according to consultants. The finance minister for India, Palaniappan Chidambaram...
[May 7, 2008, 9:16]
Government gives new life to tech tax break
News These allowances mean that a business can deduct the amount of money it spends on additional ICT equipment from its overall tax bill for that year. UK small businesses will be able to offset their spending on Information and Communication...
[April 9, 2003, 16:45]
Tax breaks expected for high-tech sector
News The high-tech sector is set to benefit from a tax break with the release of the government's pre-budget report (PBR) on Tuesday. It seems like good news -- anything the government does which encourages the use of legal software, whether through a...
[November 26, 2001, 17:19]
PowerGen provides staff with cheap home PCs
News Under a tax break implemented by the Inland Revenue, PowerGen will be able to claim back around £250,000 of its £2.25m investment in the computers and software that it purchases through the scheme. As part of our support for this goal, we have...
[June 26, 2001, 16:11]
Digital downloads tax EC/US relations
News In addition, Dam noted that while some EU countries charge a lower VAT for books and newspapers, that same tax break wouldn't be available for digital versions of those products. It would be extraordinary and amazing if American firms were happy...
[February 11, 2002, 15:20]
E*Trade beats 2Q estimates
News Charges recognized outside ongoing operations, which brought loss to 8 cents a share, included expenses for merger related activity and amortization of goodwill of $21.8m after tax, or 7 cents a share.
[April 13, 2000, 9:50]
HMRC tax-credit losses approach £10bn
News HM Revenue & Customs' system to give a tax break to families has lost £9.91bn in fraud, error and overpayments to date. The cost of flaws in the UK's tax-credit system has risen to almost £10bn, according to the Liberal Democrats.
[May 23, 2008, 9:29]
IR35 tax battle hits the courts
News In the judicial review, which could run until this Thursday, the PCG will argue that IR35 violates European law because it is in effect a tax break for big business. The conflict over the government's controversial IR35 tax hit the High Court on...
[March 13, 2001, 11:42]
Split the Bill
Downloads Then enter the tax, desired tip percentage, and click the button next to total. This application makes it a breeze to break down the check.Just enter each line item and adjust a slider to assign it to a person or shared across the group.
[December 29, 2008, 8:52]
Digital Job Tracker X
Downloads All of your time and rates are calculated and clearly summarised on the final screen where you can add your tax rate (i.e.should you wish, as well as an optional 'Late Payers Fee' which is added onto the bill via a percentage.
[June 18, 2003, 8:00]
Panama rejigs VoIP tax
News Panama is set to introduce a tax that treats traditional and Internet phone calls the same way, a "technology agnostic" regulation that has had a mixed welcome from broadband phone providers. Last week, lawmakers in the Central American country...
[January 21, 2004, 15:20]
IR35 battle to hit the High Court
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG), which has secured a judicial review of the new tax, claims that IR35 is illegal under European law because it acts as a tax break for big IT agencies. A group representing the UK's IT consultants will clash...
[March 9, 2001, 12:08]
New US bill takes a shot at stock options
News Currently, companies are allowed to claim a tax break on their stock options but do not have to charge them against their earnings as part of their compensation expenses. The Houston-based energy giant reportedly failed to pay any US taxes four out...
[February 14, 2002, 16:03]
Government 'hindering knowledge economy'
News But in the budget in March, Chancellor Gordon Brown scrapped the tax break. The HCI allowed companies to loan PCs to staff as a tax-free benefit, with the fee deducted from their salary each month. Businesses that loan PCs to their staff for...
[May 10, 2006, 16:30]
Firms ask government for more help getting online
News The loop is being closed following the 100 percent tax break from the chancellor," he says. Blunkett reiterates the government's commitment to technology, highlighting the tax breaks given to small businesses by the chancellor Gordon Brown in last...
[April 6, 2000, 15:05]
The Week in Review: When is broadband not broadband?
News Government gives new life to tech tax break Gordon Brown pleased businesses -- not to mention IT vendors -- by extending a provision in the Budget that gives companies a tax credit for IT purchases. Weirdly, the Advertising Standards Authority has...
[April 11, 2003, 16:29]
Yes, e-Minister
Leader Some sort of tax break, perhaps? After the muck-up he made of looking after that tax project, I'm surprised he dare show his face in Whitehall. The PM is frowning at his computer, while Sir Humphrey is discreetly checking his BlackBerry
[April 12, 2006, 13:40]
India to create 8m outsourcing jobs in next decade
News The government recently backed a one-year extension of a tax break for software companies and Mittal said he hoped the government would create more special economic zones, where companies enjoy other tax benefits.
[May 7, 2008, 16:06]
Giant Apple datacentre hints at cloud ambitions
News Alternate location: Virginia lost the bidding war with North Carolina over tax breaks and electricity costs Timing: Bulldozers expected to break ground in mid-August More surprising are reports that Apple is about to break ground on a datacentre...
[August 20, 2009, 17:34]
US VoIP operators feel grip of regulation
News But if you combine my tax bill with the tax bill of all of the other ISPs and other nontelephone-company telecommunications providers in the state, there is likely a several-million-dollar shift. Not that the amount that my company pays is going to...
[August 26, 2003, 15:25]
