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Facebook Co-Founder Renounces US Citizenship

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 11.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Eduardo Saverin, Taxes, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, Singapore, Tax, Brazil, Initial Public Offering, UK News

Eduardo Saverin, one of the four multi-billionaire founders of Facebook, has renounced his US citizenship in a move that could save him millions of do...

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Why the Public Sector are Right to Strike

Tiernan Douieb | Posted 11.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, Prison Officers Association, Red Cross, France, Police, Pensions, Tiernan Douieb, The-Samaritans, Panorama, Social Workers, Public Sector, Fire Brigades Union, Conservatives, Private Sector, Care Homes, Bbc News, Unions, Comedy, Nhs, Castlebeck, UK Politics News
Tiernan Douieb

The public sector, in my opinion is the most important of all the job areas in the UK, for they are the people employed to maintain some sense of order and safety amongst all us everyday loons who fart about on a daily basis landing ourselves in all sorts of mishaps.

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Top Rate Taxpayers Up but Thousands 'Plunge' Into Poverty

PA | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

Read More: Taxes, Usdaw, UK Government, Budget 2012, Hmrc, UK News, The Treasury, Tax, Budget, UK News

More than four million people will pay the highest rates of tax during this financial year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures have shown. The R...

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Mr Chancellor, Hands Off Our Charitable Donations...

Theodora Clarke | Posted 15.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, Charitable Giving, Budget, Charitable Donations, Treasury, Philanthropy, Big Society, UK Impact, George Osborne, UK Politics News
Theodora Clarke

Charities cannot exist without the support of philanthropists and their generous donations. To penalise charities at a time when many cultural organisations are facing cutbacks and a funding squeeze in tough economic times is madness.

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It's Petrol Panic Time!

Ronnie Joice | Posted 30.03.2012 | UK Comedy

Read More: Taxes, Fuel, Strikes, Conservatives, David Cameron, Petrol, British Petroleum, Petrol Prices, Prime Minister David Cameron, Ronnie Joice, UK Comedy News
Ronnie Joice

I am now foreseeing our country is reduced to a circus of protesters and panic buyers, who would happily march on to Downing Street, Buckingham Palace and KFC until their opposed "madness" was brought to a swift resolution.

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Osborne Predicted To Cut Taxes

PA | Posted 21.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, Budget 2012, The Economy, UK Taxes, UK Business, UK News, George Osborne, UK Politics News

George Osborne is predicted to hail an overall cut in taxes when he delivers his third Budget later. The chancellor is expected to say that lower g...

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Is The UK Suffering From Nationwide Stockholm Syndrome?

Tiernan Douieb | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, Toll Roads, NHS Reforms, Minimum Wage, Workfare, Conservatives, Privatisation, Labour Party, The Guardian, David Cameron, Stockholm Syndrome, Icm, 50p Tax Rate, Liberal Democrats, UK Politics News
Tiernan Douieb

On Wednesday Osborne is set to announce cutting the 50p tax rate, allowing those who earn most to pay less tax in a move that once again proves he either suffers from dyspraxia or is unwittingly elitist.

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Osborne Ready To Axe 50p Tax Rate In Budget

Posted 17.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, UK Government, UK Budget 2012, Budget 2012, UK News, Tax Rates, Tax, 2012 Budget, Budget, The Budget, 50p Tax Rate, Poll, Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, UK Politics News

George Osborne is putting the finishing touches to his Budget amid claims he is prepared to cut the 50p top rate of tax. Downing Street insisted th...

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Budget 2012: The Case for Tax Equality

Tim Leunig | Posted 05.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, Pensions, Budget 2012, Centreforum, Economy, George Osborne, UK Politics News
Tim Leunig

Given that the tax allowance is going up, the government should revisit the additional tax allowance given to pensioners.

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The Nuclear Family Has Exploded, So Get With the Times

James Lancaster | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, Family Planning, Sex, David Cameron, Prime Minister David Cameron, Defense of Marriage Act, Modern Family, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Family, UK Politics News
James Lancaster

It would be naïve to dismiss marriage as no longer important but in terms of raising a child, some of the most intelligent, successful and emotionally stable people I know don't come from what Daily Mail readers would deem a conventional unit - some may be all the better for it.

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HMRC Tax Projects Failed To Deliver 'Any Additional Benefits'

PA | Posted 01.03.2012 | UK

Read More: Taxes, Her Majesty's Revenues and Customs, National Audit Office, Tax, HM Treasury, Hmrc, UK Treasury, Government Finance, UK News

A public spending watchdog has found two projects costing £98 million that were set up to boost tax collection rates failed to help rake in any extra...

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Are the Lib Dems Giving Up More Than the Tories in Government?

Louise Phillips | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, Nick Clegg, Tories, Lib Dems, Coalition Government, David Cameron, Liberal Democrats, UK Politics News
Louise Phillips

Are the Lib Dems giving up too much to be in power? Are the Tories being forced to give up too much to keep the coalition together? Is Cameron secretly happy that he can temper the right wing of his party by using the excuse that the Liberals won't stand for it?

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The Cost of Cigarettes is Killing Me

Ellie Slee | Posted 01.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Taxes, Fat Tax, Tobacco Tax, Cigarettes, Smoking, Tobacco, Obesity, Cigarette Tax, Giving Up Smoking, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News
Ellie Slee

All smokers know that they trade a slice of life for a couple of minutes' pleasure. We don't need to have constant mockery thrown into the bargain. Because that's what a £7.04 20 pack is. A massive piss take.

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Harry Redknapp: I've Always Paid Too Much Tax Rather Than Not Enough

PA | Posted 01.02.2012 | UK

Read More: Taxes, UK News, Football, Redknapp, Harry Redknapp, Tax Evasion, Bungs, News, Offshore, Football Bungs, UK News

Harry Redknapp denied taking offshore bungs as he entered the witness box today, telling Southwark Crown Court: "I have always paid my taxes, I've alw...

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No Fines For Late Tax Returns

PA | Posted 27.03.2012 | UK

Read More: Taxes, UK Tax, Trade Unions, Her Majestys Revenue and Customs, Privatisation, Tax Returns, UK Trade Unions, Taxpayers, UK News

People who miss next week's tax self-assessment deadline will not be fined because of a strike by tax office staff. HM Revenue and Customs said it ...

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A Gamble Worth Taking?

Phil Shanks | Posted 24.03.2012 | UK

Read More: Taxes, Gambling, Leverage, Tax, Financial Speculation Tax, UK Business, Financial Services, Banking, Tax Return, UK News
Phil Shanks

It was with a nod of approval from Moira Stuart (or so I imagined) that I last night filed my tax returns. Over the past few weeks I have been bloggin...

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Cable: Mansion Tax Is Still On The Agenda

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 22.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK News, Vince Cable, Social Mobility, Taxes, UK Economy, Mansion Tax, Liberal Democracts, UK Politics News

Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable has insisted his proposed "mansion tax" is "very much on the agenda". He said the tax would ensure ri...

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It's Time Once Again for Self-Assessment Forms

Marcus Moore | Posted 18.02.2012 | UK

Read More: Procrastination, Accountants, Taxes, Income Tax, Self-Assessment, Tax, UK News
Marcus Moore

Post-apocalyptic science fiction novels have one thing in common: the survivors are never seen sitting around a bleak, wasteland campfire using the st...

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Climate Change - the Melchett Doctrine

Nick Silver | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, Durban Climate Conference, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, UK Politics News
Nick Silver

In a scene in the BBC comedy series set in the WW1 trenches, Blackadder Goes Forth, Captain Blackadder enquires as to the wisdom of the British Army's tactics - why "go over the top" for the 16th time, when it had been a disastrous failure the last 15 times?

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Treasury Passes Up Chance to Make Britain's Tax System Fairer

Luke Pollard | Posted 05.02.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, Luke Pollard, Abta, Air Passenger Duty, George Osborne, Flying, UK Politics News
Luke Pollard

So next time you buy a flight ticket and wonder why it is more expensive, we can all be clear - it is because Mr Osborne chose not to reform Air Passenger Duty and make the tax on flying fairer. This was his opportunity to show he was listening to the concerns of holidaymakers and business travellers. He failed comprehensively to do so. It is very disappointing.

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Autumn Statement At A Glance: Fuel Duty Rises Scrapped, Small Business Boosted

Huffington Post UK | Peter Guest | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK

Read More: Taxes, Autumn Statement, Infrastructure, UK News, UK Economy, UK Politics, UK Business, George Osborne, UK News

George Osborne has announced that fuel duty rises will be postponed and major investments will be made in small business lending, infrastructure and r...

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Public Finances: It's A Bitter Pill - But What Does It Look Like?

Mark Fletcher-Brown | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK

Read More: Taxes, European Debt Crisis, Deficit, Democracy, Public Financing, Public Service, UK News
Mark Fletcher-Brown

Like most people who listen to Today every morning, who read the Guardian, who love Robert Peston and who subscribe to The Economist, I have a reasonable feel for the problems with world debt.

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Fair Taxes According to a Four-Year-Old

April Salchert | Posted 14.01.2012 | UK

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Taxes, U.S. Economy, Bbc, Children, Economy, Preschool, Economic Crisis, United States Economy, UK News
April Salchert

I currently work at an international nursery/preschool here in Stockholm. I'm doing this to help fund my studies towards a Master's Degree in English ...

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Income Tax And National Insurance Could Be Merged

Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK

Read More: Taxes, Hmrc, UK Business, UK Tax, National Insurance, UK Politics, UK News

Income tax and national insurance could be combined under a set of new government proposals aimed at making the UK's tax system more simple and more t...

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Can we Hate the Tories Once More?

Scott Hill | Posted 19.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Taxes, The Sun, Unemployment, Conservatives, The Independent, Labour Party, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, The Daily Mail, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, UK Politics News
Scott Hill

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown was right to bring up the question over trust in the Conservative Party, and far from being "out of touch", actually ignited a worthwhile debate. How can we trust them when so much of what they have said and done has gone against pre-election pledges and so-called guarantees?

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