Andrew Goodall tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1470580 2009-12-11T09:33:44+00:00 on taxes and more or less related stuff TypePad Climate change sceptics and the precautionary approach tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f12ebcb88340128764542c5970c 2009-12-11T09:33:44+00:00 2009-12-11T20:14:27+00:00 Hugo Rifkind is depressed. Everyone has a reason for thinking they're right, he says. "On climate change, though, I just can't see it." Rifkind says in today's Times: "If Copenhagen collapses, that's a triumph for the layman sceptic, newly armed with their half-understood leaked emails from the University of East... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/12/climate-change-sceptics-and-the-precautionary-approach.html Government has yet to deliver ‘joined-up’ services for bereaved people, says LITRG tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f12ebcb883401287606c812970c 2009-12-03T09:46:09+00:00 2009-12-03T09:46:09+00:00 The government could do “much more” at “low or negligible” cost to help people who are bereaved, according to a new report based on research provided by the advice charity TaxHelp for Older People. The report published by the CIOT’s Low Incomes Tax Reform Group makes 12 recommendations aimed at... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/12/government-has-yet-to-deliver-joinedup-services-for-bereaved-people-says-litrg.html Accountants read tax book in bed, allegedly tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f12ebcb8834012875de341b970c 2009-11-26T09:18:40+00:00 2009-11-26T09:18:40+00:00 Having worked on the annual update of Tolley's Tax Guide I was interested to see The Motley Fool describe the book yesterday as "the accountant's favourite bedtime reading". Now the book may be good, but it's not that good, surely? Wouldn't it be better left at the office to be... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/11/accountants-read-tax-book-in-bed-allegedly.html Tax body welcomes ‘much improved’ charter tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f12ebcb8834012875bbfe62970c 2009-11-20T08:49:40+00:00 2009-11-20T08:50:59+00:00 HMRC's new charter will go a long way towards helping the government realise its commitment to making the tax system "as useable and accessible as possible" for individuals, businesses and other organisations, Stephen Timms, the financial secretary to the Treasury, declared. The Chartered Institute of Taxation's policy director, John Whiting,... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/11/tax-body-welcomes-much-improved-charter.html The cost of corporate tax avoidance tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f12ebcb88340128757a5b8e970c 2009-11-11T12:43:17+00:00 2009-11-11T12:46:28+00:00 Britain's tax havens and offshore financial centres must meet international standards on tax transparency, financial sector regulation and financial crime if they are to continue to hold themselves out as internationally active financial centres, the Foot review concluded. Michael Foot's report for the UK government recommended that nine jurisdictions, including... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/11/the-cost-of-corporate-tax-avoidance.html Advisers urged to defend ‘reputable’ tax planning tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f12ebcb88340120a5ed5925970b 2009-10-16T17:21:39+01:00 2009-10-19T09:19:25+01:00 The possibility of a general anti-avoidance rule needs to be re-examined, one of the UK's leading tax experts has told Tolley's Practical Tax newsletter. John Whiting, tax policy director at the Chartered Institute of Taxation, was responding to a call by Taxation editor Mike Truman for the enactment of principles... Andrew Goodall http://andrewgoodall.typepad.com/andrew/2009/10/advisers-urged-to-defend-reputable-tax-planning.html