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Big tax changes for small businesses

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 | Posted by: Francesca Lagerberg
Categories: Business advice | Tags: tax, income tax, budget, NIC, Office for Tax Simplification, OTS, National Insurance, allowances, policy, IR35, contractors, integration, intermediaries, small business review, merging income tax and NIC, SME

Small business taxation is facing major reform with the potential merging of income tax and national insurance contributions, new approaches to taxing very small, unincorporated businesses, and a review of IR35 rules, says Francesca Lagerberg, Head of Tax at Grant Thornton.

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Budget effects on the economy, tax and the public sector

Monday, June 28, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Economy, Tax | Tags: media, property, capital gains tax, technology, CGT, VAT, reaction, George Osborne, Budget, public sector, construction, IR35, local government, capital investment, bank levy, Budget2010

Pain today, profit tomorrow? That seemed to be the overall aim of George Osborne’s first Budget. But find out what Grant Thornton’s experts really thought as we round up the partners’ responses on Budget changes and how they affect the construction, technology, property, media and other sectors…

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