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From Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
  • Government’s aggregates levy credit scheme in line with state aid rules

    The aggregates levy is an environmental tax on commercially exploited aggregates.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Treasury minister Priti Patel visits nursery to discuss Tax-Free Childcare with parents

    The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury visited a nursery and met parents to highlight the new Tax-Free Childcare scheme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tax adviser’s trust scheme blocked

    A tax avoidance scheme which routed profits of a tax advisory business through employee benefit trusts has been closed by a tribunal.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Avoidance schemes members to make upfront payments

    A list of tax avoidance schemes whose users may be required to make an upfront payment of tax has been published today by HMRC.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bingo duty reduction comes into effect

    Reduction welcomed by the industry, with members of the Bingo Association committing to reinvest the tax saved into clubs across the country.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government consults on simplifying employee benefits in kind and expenses

    Also seeking views on remuneration packages in the 21st century.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Exchequer secretary visits Cambridge to meet local entrepreneurs

    David Gauke visited medical company Horizon Discovery which has benefitted from government schemes backing business.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMRC secures record tax revenues by cracking down on tax dodgers

    The record breaking £23.9 billion tax revenue comes as HMRC publishes ‘HMRC fast facts: Record compliance revenues for the UK.’

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government to take direct action to recover tax and tax credit debts

    Direct Recovery of Debts will see tax debts recovered from those refusing to pay.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • David Gauke's speech to the Lord Mayor's Taxation Forum

    The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury speaks on international tax competitiveness.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Tax avoidance scheme could double brewer’s bill

    A tax avoidance scheme designed to make taxable interest payments disappear has been blocked for the second time by a tax tribunal.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Letters between Exchequer Secretary and OTS: partnerships and employee benefits reviews

    Letters between David Gauke MP and the OTS giving an update on the simplifications reviews.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government seeks views on administration of business rates system

    Discussion paper looking at responsiveness and effectiveness of system launched.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government announces extension for pension decision period

    People who have recently taken a tax-free lump sum from their defined contribution pension will be given 18 months rather than 6 months to decide what they wish to do with the rest of their retirement savings.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Finance Bill 14 brings in new tax changes

    Finance Bill measures help households to work, save and plan, promotes growth, and ensures everyone pays a fair share of tax.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Health workers given one week to pay their tax or face taskforce

    Workers in the health and wellbeing professions who have taxable income that they haven’t revealed have one week to pay the tax they owe, or risk HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) taskforce action.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMRC makes online changes to Employment Related Securities

    Online self-certification and filing processes for employee share schemes are to be launched by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Employment Allowance: one month to go until businesses can claim £2k cashback on jobs

    Treasury minister David Gauke visits tech start-up to mark Employment Allowance milestone.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Second-hand car dealer tax scheme scrapped

    A tribunal has found that a tax avoidance scheme which involved celebrities, fund managers and other high earners claiming that they were second-hand car dealers in their spare time did not work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bristol & West tax avoidance plan loses again

    Bristol & West plc, owned by Bank of Ireland, has lost its second attempt to avoid £27 million of corporation tax by claiming that there was a loophole in the law governing the taxation of derivatives.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government