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Tax Change Threatens UK Tech Entrepreneurs
News Technology professionals have reacted angrily to tax changes announced this week by chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling. The changes, announced on Tuesday, will penalise people who start technology companies, by abolishing so-called "taper...
[October 12, 2007, 15:13]
Tax And The Digital Divide: How New Approaches To Mobile Taxation Can Connect The Unconnected
White Papers In order to evaluate the precise market impact of tax changes, Frontier Economics conducted the analysis of the price sensitivity of demand for mobile services in developing countries. The methodological approach and elasticity estimates are...
[November 15, 2005, 23:00]
Tax Treaty Characterization Issues Arising From E-Commerce
White Papers The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Treaty Characterisation Issues arising from E-Commerce was set up by the OECD Committee on Fiscal Affairs in January 1999 with the general mandate "to examine the characterisation of various types of...
[March 22, 2004, 23:00]
Tax Administration Aspects Of Electronic Commerce: Responding To The Challenges And Opportunities
White Papers This new perspective offers a whole new approach to tax administration. This paper documents the trends detected in the world class initiatives promulgated by the countries of the OECD to reduce taxpayer burden and tax administration costs.
[March 22, 2004, 23:00]
Tax: Creating Value Or Managing Risk? - Opposing Forces Or Effective Allies
White Papers The tax affairs of organistaions are rarely perceived as glamorous. Compliance with tax laws and regulations involves necessary but mundane activities. So why is it important to manage an organisation's tax affairs?
[October 20, 2005, 0:00]
Tax Office IT Chief Is In The Money
News And while there have been improvements in some of HMRC's online tax return filing systems over the last couple of years, the department has recently been dogged by massive fraud on the tax credit system.
[August 15, 2006, 16:35]
Tax Travesty A Blip On The Government's Online Radar
News Government blunders such as last year's online tax return, which proved for many to be more difficult to use than a traditional form, are being or have already been fixed, according to the e-envoy Andrew Pinder.
[June 26, 2001, 16:56]
Tax Planning For Kenyan Mobile Telecoms Operators
White Papers The tax strategy for the mobile telecom operators has not stopped at advice on legal structuring, obtaining initial tax reliefs and marrying tax statutes with commercial and practical implementation. PricewaterhouseCoopers' advice has included...
[October 20, 2005, 0:00]
Tax Havens
Forum I'm seeking out a tax haven that lets me keep more of my business profits! I was wondering if there are any places in Europe where I could relocate to that are known tax havens. I work as a sole proprietor out of the UK at present, but most of my...
[August 7, 2007, 5:46]
Tax Credit IT System Condemned
News MPs have slammed the Inland Revenue's "nightmare" tax credits system and said it may have been "fatally undermined by its intrinsic complexity". A report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) calls the new tax credits system "frustratingly arcane...
[September 8, 2005, 9:25]
Tax Credits Site To Stay Closed After Fraud
News The government's tax credit website, closed down by fraudsters in 2005, will not be back online before next summer at the earliest and may never be reopened, the British government has admitted. The HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) portal was targeted...
[March 20, 2007, 9:51]
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. Gordon Brown is expected to unveil new UK tax laws in his annual PBR report, which will recognise technological know...
[November 26, 2001, 17:19]
Tax Payers Pay Again
Talkback Instead of these "experts" we need just plain old common sense and tightening of the tax payer filled purse strings. Once again we have schemes thought up by self styled "experts" at outlandish costs - and then fail.
[November 21, 2006, 16:27]
Tax Extension
Downloads File your federal and state tax extensions online. This is a self-tool kit that asks a couple of questions pertaining to your tax returns. File extensions by April 15, 2008 and you will have until October 15, 2008 to file your income tax return.
[March 23, 2005, 6:16]
Navigating Corporate Culture And Avoiding U.S. Tax Pitfalls For Multinationals
White Papers Tax directors, controllers, and financial vice presidents of U.S.corporations going international for the first time or retooling existing international structures may be bombarded by advisers with multiple variants of possible organizational...
[October 20, 2005, 0:00]
Road-tax Evaders Targeted With New Tech
Talkback Instead of wasting yet more tax payers money on another system that increases the public's sense of being constantly under observation by government agencies is it not time to take the more pragmatic approach of applying Road Tax to fuel.
[September 13, 2003, 21:17]
Ramsay Brown Reduces Tax Time Burden With IP Office Solution And Regains Competitive Advantage With New Technology
White Papers The company wanted to answer and manage the increase in calls received during the busy tax season months without adding personnel. The company also wanted to provide faster and more efficient access to tax information to clients.
[April 27, 2007, 0:00]
Taking Steps To Avoid Sales And Use Tax Audits
White Papers In the past few years, aggressive auditing of sales and use tax by the State of Wisconsin has left unsuspecting businesses with large tax liabilities. In addition to the sales and use tax, there can be substantial interest costs - 12 percent for...
[October 13, 2005, 0:00]
Lewisham Streamlines Tax Inspection Service, Cutting Costs By 30 Per Cent A Visit
White Papers In line with UK government targets to provide electronic services, the London Borough of Lewisham has introduced a solution that enables its tax inspectors to efficiently collect information from the field.
[August 30, 2007, 0:00]
Precautionary Savings Motives And Tax Efficiency Of Household Portfolios: An Empirical Analysis
White Papers Tax efficiency is the dominant consideration in theoretical portfolio models that allow for both taxable and tax-deferred accounts (TDAs). Investors are advised to locate higher-tax assets in their tax-deferred accounts, which in the United States...
[May 31, 2005, 0:00]
