Latest Tax articles

Steps towards simpler taxation?

Niki Dixon is head of technology at Grant Thornton

This year’s Budget outlined some encouraging changes to business taxation

10 May 2011

Osborne plans tax revamp to fuel growth

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne poses for photographs outside 11 Downing Street on the day that he will deliver his budget. Photo - Press Association

Chancellor to cut corporation tax and consider merger of NI and income tax

23 Mar 2011

HMRC loses final VAT appeal against trader

gavelandscales

Mobile phone trader Brayfal Limited is set to get its withheld VAT repaid along with court costs after six-year legal battle

11 Mar 2011

Floodgates set to open in HMRC VAT conflict

In the Studio with CRN: HMRC vs traders

FSB warns SMBs over HMRC consultation

Organisation claims the 'Business Records Checks' consultation could result in fines of £600m in four years

28 Feb 2011

Insolvencies continue downward trend but debt time bomb looms

Business failures fall 20 per cent in Q3 but trade body R3 warns of sharp increase next year

05 Nov 2010

Trader lambasts 'bungling' HMRC

Welsh firm Boston Computer Group hits out at litany of alleged mistakes after four-year VAT legal wrangle

10 Sep 2010

In the Studio with CRN: HMRC vs traders

CRN discusses the real cost of HMRC's Extended Verification policy on the mobile phone and components industry

09 Aug 2010

Upbeat insolvency stats are "tip of debt iceberg"

UK plc urged to brace for business failure hike when tax breaks are removed and interest rates rise

06 Aug 2010

CGT break boosts channel

Industry welcomes tax breaks in last week’s budget, but VAT hike causes some alarm

28 Jun 2010

Osborne vows to beat deficit with huge cuts and VAT hike

Chancellor pledges to eradicate UK deficit within five years as budget details £30bn spending cuts

22 Jun 2010

HMRC slams tax allegations

Tax body will not be targeting 'blameless' businesses it claims

18 Jun 2010

Lord Sugar speaks out over proposed CGT rise

Former Amstrad boss claims rise would have "devastating impact" on entrepreneurs who set up firms to be floated or sold

18 Jun 2010

Traders footing £25m VAT bill after landmark appeal fails

Three mobile firms out of pocket as pivotal hearing warns firms that "choose to ignore" links to fraud

14 May 2010

Double-dip recession could destroy one in four small firms

Research finds 28 per cent of UK small businesses believe economic trouble would drive them to the wall

26 Mar 2010

Cautious Budget gets channel thumbs-down

Onlookers underwhelmed by Chancellor's lending, tax and public spending plans

24 Mar 2010

PBR inflicts National Insurance pain

Pre-Budget report increases SME loans pot but bashes UK businesses with surprise employment tax hike

09 Dec 2009

IT firms under VAT threat

Tech companies urged to move fast as EC directive targets holding companies

04 Dec 2009

EC VAT plans to bash UK tech firms

Auditor Grant Thornton warns that removing holding companies' right to join VAT groups will give tech firms a tax bombshell

30 Nov 2009

Taxing times with VAT fraud cases

Three more VAT fraud cases come to court in a demonstration of the continuing battle that is MTIC legislation

20 Nov 2009

An interview with the VAT man

A solicitor’s viewpoint for resellers that find their tax situation under scrutiny

03 Jul 2009

UK facing 12 per cent Budget deficit

Budget reveals public borrowing will hit £175bn this year as total government debt will rise to almost 80 per cent of GDP by 2014

22 Apr 2009

FPB unveils Budget wish list

Industry body suggests priorities for small business survival ahead of Budget

18 Mar 2009

Azlan IBT makes virtual reality

Distributor bolsters newly launched business team with addition of virtual service model

11 Feb 2009

Azlan forms International Business Team

Distributor unveils unit focused on helping VARs and vendors with international orders

03 Feb 2009

The trouble with tax cuts

We will all end up paying off the government's debt, says Sara Yirrell

27 Nov 2008

CRN Partner Connect 2012

CRN Partner Connect logo

CRN's premier networking event is back on 17 May at the Ricoh Arena

Date: Thu 17 May 2012

CRN Fight Night 2012

One of the fights from CRN Fight Night 2010

Channel fighters preparing to square up once more on 24 May

Date: Thu 24 May 2012

Sign up for our range of FREE newsletters:

Submit your email address and we'll send a link to a personal newsletter control panel

fragment image

The mobile enterprise: Secure the data, not the device

The proliferation of endpoint devices within the enterprise has highlighted the shortcomings of one of the traditional approaches to data security

fragment image

Measuring the ROI of Google Apps

This Forrester report compares the costs and benefits of legacy email and productivity software with Google Apps


Dave the dealer blog

Dave the dealer

Clocking off

Dave discovers that rozzers are seemingly living in the technology dark ages

View from the channel

Views from the Channel

Departing CEO has done Dixons a service

Mark Needham, founder of distributor Widget, argues that John Browett leaves for Apple with Dixons in better shape than when he arrived