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NIC-income tax merger: cutting red tape or hiding tax rises?

Monday, August 01, 2011 | Posted by: Dave Jennings
Categories: Business, Employer, Personal | Tags: income tax, Dave Jennings, NIC, tax avoidance, consultation, National Insurance, Office for Tax Simplification, OTS, National Insurance Contributions, Tax Investigations, PAYE, Real Time Information, merger, pensioners

Integrating income tax and National Insurance will reduce the administrative burden on employers and stem the number of mistakes made in administering PAYE, says HM Revenue & Customs. Under a new ‘call for evidence’, you have until September 2011 to agree or disagree. Is this genuine red tape-cutting or a tax-raising agenda?

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Seven predictions for where the emergency Budget will hit your wealth

Friday, June 11, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Protecting your wealth | Tags: HNWIs, property, capital gains tax, CGT, IHT, pensions, NIC, budget, tax avoidance, planning, domicile, private residence relief, PPR, residence, NICs, National Insurance Contributions

How are your revenues, assets and tax planning likely to be affected in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget on 22 June? We look at seven areas that will affect high net worth individuals…

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Five things the Government could do to keep Britain working

Monday, February 08, 2010 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories: Business, Employer, Protecting your wealth | Tags: economy, Richard Jameson, government, tax policy, relocation, Tax Manifesto, NICs, labour, National Insurance Contributions, flexible, manifesto, personal tax allowance, working, jobs

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Flexible working, targeted National Insurance holidays, tax breaks for new workers or the long-term unemployed… with 1% going on National Insurance Contributions, we need to stimulate the jobs market to keep workers off state benefits. Here’s some free advice for the next government…

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