Party conferences: the politics of tax
A year into the new parliament, tax is proving one of the government’s biggest headaches: the tax rises that have already happened (employer national insurance (NI)),
A year into the new parliament, tax is proving one of the government’s biggest headaches: the tax rises that have already happened (employer national insurance (NI)),
One of the first practical rules I learnt in tax was that appeals against assessments should be made within 30 days.
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Simon York CBE is a former Director of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service and has spent his career in tax and financial investigation.
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