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This week we round up the issues in the Queen's Speech affecting freelancers, including the NIC changes, which include measures to tackle NIC avoidance; and a new Bill to clamp down on immigration abuses.
Shout99's Political News section: Queen's Speech
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The latest list of tax defaulters has an underlying message that HM Revenue and Customs is prepared to chase tax offenders with huge fines and penalties.
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Shout99 is pleased to welcome a new expert to our panel with Chris Caunce from insurance brokers, Caunce O'Hara.
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HM Revenue and Customs has published its second 'name and shame' list of tax defaulters, which includes a recruitment agency and an umbrella provider for lower-paid workers.
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More than half of accountancy and finance contractors are working in the public sector according to a recent survey.
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The number of businesses that have requested a National Insurance Contribution holiday plummeted to a new low of 400 in December 2012, down 44 per cent from the 710 applications made in the same month the year before.
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New legislation will bring further reforms to Britain’s immigration system but in a way which ensures that the country still 'attracts people who will contribute and deter those who will not.'
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While a new National Insurance Contributions Bill was promoted as cutting the cost of recruiting new employees, the flip side to its content is a tightening up of loopholes which allow NI as well as tax avoidance.
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The theme of the Queen’s Speech has reinforced the idea that the Government's first priority remains strengthening Britain's economy and that new measures would help those who work hard to achieve and unleash their potential.
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Today The Queen's Speech is expected to highlight Immigration. Obviously this is a reaction by the Government to UKIP's arrival on the scene.
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