http://www.shout99.com/contractors/index.pl?section=66 Shout99.com en Copyright © Shout99.com 2013-05-23T09:13+01:00 susie@shout99.com susie@shout99.com hourly 2000-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 http://www.shout99.com/contractors/images/rsslogo.jpg http://www.shout99.com/contractors/ http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=26277 The controversial dividend tax, also known as IR591, continued to attract attention in the House of Commons during the remaining stages of Finance Bill, when the LibDems tabled an amendment to reduce the 19 per cent tax level to five per cent. 2004-07-13T08:15+01:00 Susie Hughes http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=24913 The Budget tax increase on small company profits has hit the formation of new UK companies by 18 per cent according to figures published by Companies House. Accountants Wilkins Kennedy says the figures prove that since the Budget fewer new businesses are forming as companies, and less sole traders and partnerships are deciding to convert into companies. 2004-05-25T09:50+01:00 Susie Hughes http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=24686 The Government dismissed small business concerns about the controversial new dividend tax, IR591, during Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) questions in the House of Commons recently. 2004-05-10T11:03+01:00 Susie Hughes http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=23500 Simon Sweetman, a member of Shout99's 'Ask An Expert' forum and Vice Chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses' taxation unit outlines his view of what is known so far on the new 'tax on dividends'. 2004-03-26T09:04+00:00 Susie Hughes http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=23442 The Inland Revenue has produced a 20 'Question and Answer' briefing on the new dividend tax on small businesses and freelancers. 2004-03-24T13:52+00:00 Susie Hughes http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=23194 The waiting and speculation about the form IR591 would take came to an end at 1pm today when Chancellor Gordon Brown outlined in his Budget statement the substance of what to date has only been speculation and how he intends to ensure that small businesses and freelancers 'pay the right amount of tax'. 2004-03-17T13:11+00:00 Susie Hughes http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=23026 The threatened tax blow to freelance contractors in the Budget (March 17, 2004) could restrict the mobility of labour and lead to a serious shortage of skilled experts, according to the JSA Group which manages the financial affairs of over 4,500 contractors in the UK and overseas. 2004-03-11T08:30+00:00 Susie Hughes http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=22901 The Labour Small Business Forum, which is a network of Labour Party members who work for themselves, has written to the Chancellor ahead of the budget calling for basic tests of ‘certainty, fairness and clarity’ to be applied to any new rules. 2004-03-09T09:07+00:00 Philip Ross http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=22911 It has come to Qdos’s attention that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been presented with five suggestions for the future taxation of dividends from small incorporated businesses, following his announcement in paragraph 5.91 of the Pre-Budget Report in December 2003. 2004-03-07T13:56+00:00 Qdos Consulting http://www.shout99.com/contractors/showarticle.pl?id=22766 Liberal Democrat MP Brian Cotter has put forward another Early Day Motion (EDM) on the Government's Budget proposal, IR591, and the potential adverse impact it will have on freelancers and small businesses. A similar EDM was recently put forward by Conservative Mark Prisk MP. 2004-02-27T10:08+00:00 Susie Hughes