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Debt finance is the lifeblood of many companies, and arguably the banking system’s greatest contribution to the continued functioning of UK Plc.

The decision to penalise a business for making an error on its VAT return is supposedly at HMRC’s discretion.

Media coverage of the recent tax changes affecting buy-to-let landlords has talked breathlessly of the Exchequer “declaring war” on the estimated two million people who receive income by investing in British bricks and mortar.

China’s progress over the past few decades has transformed the economic might of hundreds of millions of Chinese households.

Licensing can be a complex process, and misinterpretation or miscalculation can cost businesses alarming sums.In the past, the receipt of royalties was largely confined to authors, screenwriters and musicians, keen to protect their artistic product.

A gradual tightening of the rules on shadow directors has imposed greater transparency and responsibility on those who influence companies but are not appointed directors.

In the midst of several high profile funding disputes, cases of vulnerable individuals being targeted by aggressive cold callers and increasing press criticism of ‘telephone chugging’, charities are subject to greater scrutiny than ever before.

Many small companies choose to place only “abbreviated” accounts on the public record. This option has now been replaced by a new regime which has a broadly similar effect but there are changes in the detail.

UK landlords are facing a series of radical tax changes which are hitting the buy-to-let market.

It’s a safe bet that whoever coined the phrase ‘you learn from your mistakes’ obviously never received a VAT penalty from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

Tax and savings were central to the Chancellor’s Budget speech in March.

The ease of doing business in the UK has played a massive role in attracting large numbers of foreign companies to set up in Britain.

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There is a new requirement which has recently been widely published in which the director of every Company has a new obligation under the Companies Act 2006 (“the Act”) to keep and maintain a new Register called a People of Significant Control Register (“PSC Register”).

Their causes may differ, but both these problems can needlessly cost a charity time and money.