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Northern Ireland parties set out tax stalls

By Hamant Verma on 5 December 2019

The political parties in Northern Ireland have published their respective manifestos ahead of next week’s UK General Election 2019. Tax relevant passages are summarised below.

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Tax Wars: Is the UK next in line for Trump‘s tariffs?

By Contributor on 5 December 2019

The news that the Trump administration is threatening France with 100 per cent duties on certain goods and services following France’s introduction of a Digital Services Tax (DST) has given rise to a great deal of comment, much of it around the timing of the announcement and the politics behind the move. 

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2019 General Election tax tracker

By Chris Young on 4 December 2019

As we enter the final run-up to polling day, we have pulled together a helpful spreadsheet to enable you to compare the tax policies of the main parties contesting the General Election in Scotland, England and Wales.

The 2019 CIOT/ATT tax tracker allows you to see proposals from the Conservatives, Labour, SNP, Liberal Democrats, Greens, Brexit Party and Plaid Cymru.

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Plaid demand extra tax powers for Wales as Brexit Party vows to axe Inheritance Tax

By Chris Young on 29 November 2019

This week also saw Plaid Cymru and the Brexit Party set out their pledges to voters, with extra powers for Wales and the scrapping of Inheritance Tax their respective headline tax measures.

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SNP promises tax ‘fairness’ as Scotland’s parties launch their manifestos

By Chris Young on 29 November 2019

Scotland’s political parties have been setting out how their approaches to tax and dropping hints on what we may see at the next Scottish Parliament elections in 18 months’ time.

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Planned UK Digital Services Tax fails to convince panel at CIOT/IFS debate

By Hamant Verma on 27 November 2019

There was not much love for the government’s Digital Services Tax (DST) at the latest CIOT/Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) debate.

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Conservatives promise national insurance tax cuts but not corporation tax

By Hamant Verma on 26 November 2019

The Conservative Party have published their general election manifesto, promising not to raise the rates of income tax, National Insurance or VAT in the next Parliament.

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Labour set out 35 point plan to ‘end scourge of tax avoidance and evasion’

By George Crozier on 25 November 2019

The Labour Party has published its ‘Fair Tax Programme’, promising to raise more than £6 billion a year with measures including an Offshore Property Company Levy, scrapping non-dom status and trebling the number of audits carried out by HMRC.

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Conservative tax policy update

By George Crozier on 22 November 2019

The Conservatives have not yet published their election manifesto. There are rumours it will be published on Sunday. But the party has revealed a number of elements of its tax plans this week.

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Labour set out radical changes to taxation of capital gains, dividends and multinationals

By CIOT External Relations Team on 21 November 2019

The Labour Party have published their general election manifesto, which includes plans for higher corporation tax, income tax increases for those earning more than £80,000 and taxing capital gains and dividends at income tax rates with a single allowance.

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