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			<title>New Tax Dashboard</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you have recently logged-on to the HMRC online service for PAYE for employers, or corporation tax you will have seen a request to sign-up for the tax dashboard. This is a new facility that will provide a single view of all your business tax ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>How Gift Aid Works</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ There has been a lot of coverage in the press recently about tax relief for charitable donations. ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Employer or Personal Pension Funding?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Who should pay contributions into your pension fund: you or your employer? If you control the company you work for, the most tax efficient solution is almost certainly for the company to pay as your employer. ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Filing Online Difficulties</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Most tax and VAT returns now have to be submitted electronically, so if the return is late, even by a minute, the computer spits out a fine. This also applies to filing accounts and annual returns for companies or LLPs at Companies House. ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>May Question and Answer Section</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Q. I'm thinking of starting a new company. Will it qualify for the NIC exemption? ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>May Key Tax Dates</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ 2 - Last day for car change notifications in the quarter to 5 April - Use P46 Car ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>2012 Budget News and Analysis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne, is an ambitious man; he wants to simplify the UK tax system as well as make it fairer, predictable and supportive of work. Some of those aims are contradictory. Simplification does not necessarily ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>How Much To Pay Yourself?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As the director and shareholder of your own company you can decide how much salary to pay yourself each month, in order to use your personal allowance in the most tax efficient way. As a director of your personal company you do not have to pay ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Travel for Home-Based Business</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you are self-employed your business may well be based at your home address, although you perform the majority of your work at your customers' sites. This can apply to a range of trades from plumbers to computer consultants, and even medical ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>IR35 Proposals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ There has been a certain amount of panic in the contractor community about a statement buried deep in the Budget documents about the reform of IR35. It says: ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>VAT Changes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Government has decided to tidy up some of the areas of VAT law where a different rate of VAT may be charged on very similar goods or services. ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>April Question and Answer Section</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Q. I am about to move abroad, for what I hope will be a permanent relocation. Can I continue to contribute to my tax-free ISAs in the UK? ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>April Key Tax Dates</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ 5 - End of 2011/12 tax year. Last day to use up your annual exemptions for capital gains tax, inheritance tax and ISA's. ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Tax Efficient Investments</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Most allowances for tax efficient investments are fixed for each tax year and cannot be carried over to the next year if not used. If you have money to invest you may want use your allowance for 2011/12, or in some cases wait until 2012/13 when new ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Spreading Household Income</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This is a good time to look forward to 2012/13 and assess who will be earning what in your family. The level of personal allowances (tax free income) have increased significantly over the last two years, and are expected to increase again in 2012/13 ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Working from Home</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you work from home as an employee or director of your own company, or for any other employer, you can claim &pound;3 per week (tax free) to reimburse you for the costs of running your home as your work-base. This claim needs to be made to your ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Capital Exemptions and Losses</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ You can make up to &pound;10,600 of capital gains in 2011/12 and pay no tax on that amount, as it should be covered by your annual capital gains exemption. If you have not used this annual exemption in 2011/12, check whether you can make any ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>March Question and Answer Section</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Q. I've received a &pound;100 fine for not submitting my tax return, but I don't remember receiving a form to complete. All my income is taxed under PAYE, so surely I don't need to complete a tax form, do I? ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>March Key Tax Dates</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ 19/22 - PAYE/NIC and CIS deductions due for the month to 5/3/2012 31 - Last minute tax planning for the 2011/12 tax year. ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Closing Down Your Company</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you are in the process of closing down your company, or are thinking of doing so, you need to know about the change in the tax law from 1 March 2012. If your company contains significant value, you will want to extract the cash and assets in the ... ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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