All Tax articles – Page 10
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NewsMinister: sugary drinks tax 'a blunt instrument'
A Government minister has given further indication that the Coalition is unlikely to introduce a tax on sugary drinks, describing such a move as a “blunt instrument” for dealing with obesity
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NewsBBPA: beer duty freeze would create 2,400 jobs
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has restated its call for a freeze in beer duty, saying that the move would create 2,400 additional jobs in the first year alone at a cost of just £4m to the Government
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Business rates 'could be scrapped'
The Government could scrap business rates and replace them with a tax on sales to address the imbalance between sums paid by traditional and online retailers, according to The Telegraph
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NewsTuppen, Caring and Johnson attack Labour's 50p tax rate
Enterprise Inns founder Ted Tuppen, serial sector investor Luke Johnson and restaurant investor Richard Caring are among the 24 senior UK business people to sign a letter attacking Labour’s pledge to raise the top rate of tax to 50p
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OpinionWhen Martin met Griffiths
JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin and Andrew Griffiths MP, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group, met recently to discuss their differing opinions of the VAT campaign over a pint or two. Martin discusses how they got on and looks at what’s next for the campaign
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NewsHMRC targets pubs for unpaid VAT on gaming machines
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is to pursue pub operators and licensees to recover money previously paid out in respect of overpaid VAT
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McDonald’s denies tax avoidance claims
McDonald’s has moved to rebut claims that it was avoiding hundreds of millions of euros in taxes every year in France through an unlawful scam
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Tax campaigner call for end to duty escalator
The new chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance has urged Chancellor George Osborne to scrap the alcohol-duty escalator, which he said is causing damage to pubs
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Minister rules out pub rates changes
Community pubs minister Brandon Lewis has told M&C Report’s sister title the Publican’s Morning Advertiser that the Government has no plans to change the current way of working out the business rates of pub premises
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NewsVAT Club ‘back on track’, says Borel
Jacques Borel’s VAT Club has obtained 24 lobbying appointments with MPs and had responses from a further 55, according to the veteran campaigner
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NewsBBPA urges MPs to back beer duty freeze
British Beer & Pub Association chief executive Bridget Simmonds has written to MPs urging them to support a Parliamentary motion calling for a freeze in beer duty in the Budget on 20 March
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Pre-tax losses widen for A to Z Restaurants
A to Z Restaurants, the trading name of the four-strong London Fine Dining Group, saw pre-tax losses widen from £874,000 to £1.1m in the year to 31 March 2013
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Taxpayers 'subsidising unfair practices of pubcos'
Taxpayers will subsidise the “unfair” practices of tenanted pub companies to the tune of c£33m - or potentially more than £100m - per year unless the Government presses ahead with plans to reform the tenanted model, a political think tank has told the Government
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Gamestec joins VAT campaign
Gamestec, the UK’s largest gaming and amusement machine operator, has joined the campaign to reduce VAT for the sector to 5%
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Inc Group founder Dowling 'arrested in tax probe'
Frank Dowling, founder of the London-based pub and restaurant company Inc Group, has reportedly been arrested on charges related to tax fraud
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NewsFulham Shore reports H1 pre-tax loss
Fulham Shore, the restaurant venture from ex-Clapham House Group chairman David Page, has reported a pre-tax loss of £74,399 in the six months to 29 September and said it continues to seek investment opportunities in the sector
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BBPA returns to pre-tax profit
The British Beer & Pub Association returned to pre-tax profit in the year to 30 September, a period described by chief executive Brigid Simmonds as “very successful” for the trade body
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NewsThree in four pubs to benefit from rate cut
M&C Report outlines reaction from industry figures and other experts to the announcements in the Autumn Statement
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NewsRate relief promised for vacant high street premises
The Government is to halve the business rates for businesses that operate vacant high street premises for two years under a system called re-occupation relief, Chancellor George Osborne announced in his Autumn Statement today
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Call for pub rates burden to be eased
Readers of Publican’s Morning Advertiser, M&C Report’ssister title, are demanding that the Government takes action to reduce the burden of business rates on their pubs, and simplify the system