Joomla! site syndication http://www.taxpayerscharter.co.uk Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:57:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.taxpayerscharter.co.uk/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.taxpayerscharter.co.uk Joomla! site syndication http://www.taxpayerscharter.co.uk/content/view/91/28/ When I last wrote about the taxpayers charter, I complained that MPs had been allowed to see the revised draft, but that you and I had not. It was possible, however, from the Finance Bill debate to see what changes had at that point been incorporated into the draft. Analysis - Analysis Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:37:16 +0100 http://www.taxpayerscharter.co.uk/content/view/90/27/ The new draft of the proposed HMRC Charter is 'less than tax professionals hoped, but much better than we feared', according to tax disputes expert Rupert Shiers. News - Latest Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:35:09 +0100 http://www.taxpayerscharter.co.uk/content/view/89/28/ On 23 June, in the Finance Bill Committee, the Conservative Treasury spokesman David Gauke said: ‘I thank ministers for producing a draft charter last week, as it is helpful for the committee to have it in front of us.’ Analysis - Analysis Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:32:50 +0100 http://www.taxpayerscharter.co.uk/content/view/88/28/ Most people tend to practise the ‘golden rule’, even if they do not know it by name. Perhaps the most common expression of the golden rule (irrespective of religious beliefs) is: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you’. It is the ethic of reciprocity, if you prefer. Analysis - Analysis Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:27:40 +0100 http://www.taxpayerscharter.co.uk/content/view/87/28/ Despite the relative brevity of the Chancellor’s speech, the Government still had enough announcements to occupy 93 Budget notes, among the other reams of former trees made available after the speech. (Surely, if the Government really wants to tackle global warming and reduce the cost to the public purse, all that needs to be done is abolish this now twice-yearly Budget/Pre-Budget Report ritual.) Analysis - Analysis Fri, 01 May 2009 13:52:23 +0100