NEWS ROUND UP - TAXBYTES
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TaxBytes for October to December 2001:
Class 1A NIC exemption planned for employer subsidised buses
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/60081/448
Proceeds of Crime Bill published by the Home Office
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/60967/448
O'Murphy case found not to affect IR35
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/60672/448
Institute responds to corporate debt & FOREX proposals
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/61166/448
IR35 Survey launched by the Institute
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/61319/448
IR35 contractor loses status case before special commissioners
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/62499/448
Accountant gets 12 months imprisonment for cheating the Revenue
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/62163/448
Institute publishes more "quick wins" for forthcoming Budget
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/62009/448
Landmark case outlaws companies from reclaiming VAT on business
expenses paid by staff. VAT rules will have to be changed
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/63050/448
Hardman lecture: use IT to simplify tax system says Whiting
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/63751/448
The Pre-Budget Report published
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/64686/448
Tax allowances & NI rates for 2002-03 published
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/64764/450&h=451&f=452
Revenue using TMA 1970 s16 to gather data on contractors
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/65585/448
Court of Appeal rules that IR35 is legal under European Law
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/67211/448
VAT on digital downloads from February 2002
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/66858/448
ICAEW warning over potential tax payments crisis ahead
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/68330/448
New 40p NIC mileage rate from April 2002
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/item/66408/448