Financial secretary David Gauke has written to the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) amplifying the announcements in the 2016 Budget about the OTS.
The government is consulting until 15 June 2016 on devising a prescribed set of categories for contributions companies could make to grassroots sports which would qualify for corporation tax deductions. The broad outline proposed is that, to be eligible, contributions would need to:
The EU’s ‘overreach’ on state aid has rankled the US tax authority, as Michael Lebovitz (White & Case) reports.
Corporation tax on VAT repayments
Pete Miller (The Miller Partnership) answers a query on whether entrepreneurs’ relief will be available when an industrial design company is sold in the future.
The total value of corporation tax payments in arrears has hit £1.59bn this year, up from £1.52bn at the same point a year ago, despite an improving economic climate, said finance provider LDF.
HMRC has revised its interpretation of the residence articles in 16 double taxation agreements, taking the view that a tie-breaker clause should be used to decide a company’s residence. Previously, HMRC regarded dual-resident companies as outside the scope of the treaties.
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