Simon Sweetman
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3rd May 2012
Sweetman: More shocks on civil servant contractors
Personal services companies in the civil service were the lead item on last night’s ‘Newsnight’, 13 years after the notorious IR35 press...
Business tax
14th Sep 2011
A matter of class
When it comes to taxation issues and tax reform, the arguments always comes back to politics and ideology, says Simon Sweetman. We have to...
Personal tax
16th May 2011
The plumber who came in from the cold
I hope you all haven’t forgotten your plumbers (which for the purpose of this exercise includes gas fitters and heating engineers, though...
HMRC & policy
3rd Mar 2011
It’s IR35 once more
It is no secret that one of the most intractable problems that the OTS is wrestling with is the question of IR35 (although at the start it...
HMRC & policy
17th Feb 2011
From the Office of Tax Complication
Even comparatively mild adjustments to tax thresholds can produce unintended consequences, writes Simon Sweetman. For 2011/12 the 40% tax...
HMRC & policy
4th Feb 2011
The PAYE farce: Simon Sweetman's verdict
Last week's PAC report held few surprises for Simon Sweetman, but this one might have a final twist in the plot. The Public Accounts...
Tech pulse
21st Jan 2011
Call this simplicity?
Let us return to the subject of simplification, so dear to all our hearts. HMRC has now produced a handy list to explain when its new...
Business tax
10th Jan 2011
Keep those records coming
HMRC is planning a programme of Business Record Checks into the records kept by SMEs and has issued a consultation document. It is possible...
HMRC & policy
5th Nov 2010
Let's help MPs ask HMRC the right questions
With MPs pursuring an inquiry into HMRC's workings, Simon Sweetman launches his own performance review. The Treasury subcommittee has...
HMRC & policy