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Autumn Statement 2012 predictions for companies

Monday, November 26, 2012 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories: Economy, Tax | Tags: business, Francesca Lagerberg, GAAR, patent box, competitiveness, Anti-avoidance

“Autumn is likely to be more about patent boxes and high-end property tax changes than pasties,” says Francesca Lagerberg, Head of Tax, who outlines her predictions for next week’s Autumn Statement…

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Five Budget 2012 predictions affecting companies

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories: Economy, Tax | Tags: business, tax, investment, tax planning, Francesca Lagerberg, UK, budget, tax avoidance, GAAR, predictions, CFC, patent box, UK economy, competitive, budget2012, non-doms

What will Chancellor George Osborne’s 21 March Budget hold for large corporates, privately held businesses (PHBs) and entrepreneurs? “A whole raft of measures around competitive UK,” says Francesca Lagerberg, Head of Tax at Grant Thornton. Here are five Budget predictions on how companies are likely to be affected.

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Finance Bill 2012 tax updates and what they mean

Tuesday, December 06, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Economy, Tax | Tags: business, tax, finance, Francesca Lagerberg, UK, budget, analysis, legislation, tax policy, Finance Bill, Finance Bill 2012, draft, Legislation Day

More than 1100 pages make up the draft legislation for the next Finance Bill, which was published today. Here are some of the highlights for UK large corporates, small businesses and individuals from our Budget team at Grant Thornton.

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R&D tax credits webcast: join the discussion

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Business advice, Tax, Technology sector | Tags: innovation, business, tax, research, Francesca Lagerberg, report, technology, advice, relief, analysis, incentives, consultation, webinar, R&D, review, development, Dyson, Samantha Vanags

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Find out about the upcoming changes to Research and Development (R&D) tax credits in our FREE webcast taking place tomorrow, Wednesday 27 July at 3pm BST. Read on for details and how to register.

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SupercalifragilisticiXBRLidocious!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories: Business advice, Tax | Tags: Francesca Lagerberg, IFRS for SMEs, iXBRL, red tape, inline extensible business reporting language, in-line extensible business reporting language, burden on business

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Why new Tax Professionals Forum is good for business

Monday, July 26, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Tax | Tags: Francesca Lagerberg, tax policy, consultation, Tax Manifesto, tax reform, David Gauke, Forum for Tax Professionals, UK, business

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It’s great to see that Francesca Lagerberg has been appointed to the coalition Government’s newly launched Forum for Tax Professionals – not just because she’s our own Head of Tax, but because, ahead of the election, we were lobbying for just such a committee to give tax experts and businesses a voice on UK tax policy.

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Webinar: put your Budget questions to the experts

Thursday, June 17, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Economy, Tax | Tags: Francesca Lagerberg, advice, analysis, George Osborne, Budget, webinar, Stephen Gifford, Clive Fathers, Rebecca Pritchard, Emergency Budget

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We’re inviting you to a special live and interactive Budget webinar on Thursday 24 June at 4pm to find out what the new Government’s first Budget means for you.

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Sign our e-petition − don’t leave UK tax policy just to the politicians

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Economy, Tax | Tags: business, Francesca Lagerberg, government, tax policy, tax manifesto, Monetary Policy Committee, petition, e-petition, thinktank

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We need your help. As part of our

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Highlights (or lowlights) from today’s Pre-Budget Report - more questions than answers?

Wednesday, December 09, 2009 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories: Tax | Tags: Francesca Lagerberg, NIC, PBR, Pre-Budget Report, National Insurance Contribution, Banks Bonuses

“Today we are going to cover some of the highlights or the lowlights from the Pre-Budget Report. There really was a lot of absence of real detail in this Pre-Budget Report. We were expecting some interesting announcements, some clarity and actually what we got were a lot more questions than answers” - Francesca Lagerberg

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