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		<title>Strike action extends filing deadline</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HMRC have confirmed that they will not impose any late filing penalties for people who file their Self Assessment returns on 1 and 2 February.]]></description>
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		<title>Admitting fraud: the contractual disclosure facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers who are not under investigation but want to admit to tax fraud may ask HMRC to consider their suitability for a new contractual disclosure facility (CDF).]]></description>
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		<title>Even HMRC want X-Factor to be No.1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced that the Government will waive VAT on sales of the X-Factor Christmas single.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t give presents, give a donation..</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why not donate to St Christophers Hospice for whom I am running the London Marathon in 2012?]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 2012 Confirmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor has announced that Budget 2012 will take place on Wednesday 21 March.]]></description>
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		<title>Buy your cheap CDs and DVDs while you still can</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed when ordering books, CDs or DVDs online that they have come via the Channel Islands. There is a very good reason for this, they are VAT free and therefore 20% cheaper than if they had come from a UK supplier.]]></description>
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		<title>Advance assurance for R&amp;D relief</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HMRC have set up a ‘voluntary advance assurance’ pilot to help small companies (including start-ups) make their first Research &#038; Development Tax Credits claim. ]]></description>
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		<title>Can I claim back VAT without a receipt?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a common misconception that if you have not retained a valid VAT receipt from your supplier then you cannot reclaim the VAT on the purchase. ]]></description>
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		<title>Change of rules for VAT Flat Rate Scheme users..</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HMRC have stated that all Flat Rate Scheme VAT users can ignore bank interest received for the purposes of calculating the VAT due. ]]></description>
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		<title>Entertaining or not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Shepherd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked to clarify the position on whether coffees bought at meetings with clients constituted business entertaining (not allowable for tax) or subsistence (perfectly allowable for tax).

There are a few basic guidelines, as oppose to rules, that have come together through case law and HMRC interpretation over time.]]></description>
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