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: Last Updated: 09 November 2022

No online services this Friday Dear [NAME], We were not going to do another news update before the Pre-budget report, but suddenly there is a lot of news that we all do need to know, on a need-to-know basis of course... Kind regards Nichola Nichola Ross Martin FCA Tax Director www.rossmartin.co.uk Your online Virtual Tax Partner: practical support for advisers and their clients
Tax news summary: Too busy to read all those journals, magazines and websites? Allow us to save you time: we scan them all for interesting SME news and summarise the results. Just for you: No online services for three days HMRC is closing down its online computer services on Friday 20 November 2009...More Compulsory PAYE filing for this year's returns Did you realise that most employers are required to file their 2009-10 Employer Annual Returns online?..More Equitable liability stays The tax bodies are celebrating the retention of an essential safeguard for taxpayers...More Childcare vouchers U-turn Caving into pressure from MPs the Government has decided not to scrap childcare vouchers, after all...More R & D claims can now include some overheads HMRC confirms a change of interpretation on certain indirect activities...More It's a tax jungle Businesses cannot be left to themselves in the “tax jungle” according to Dave Hartnett, HMRC’s Permanent Secretary...More HMRC's Charter launched HMRC's Charter (also known as the Taxpayers' Charter) was launched on Wednesday 11 November...More
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