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Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Monday 24 November 2008 at 15:50:00 Debt-to-GDP ratio to climb Ratio of debt to GDP to climb from 41% in 2009-2010 before peaking at 57% in 2012-2013, says Darling

Judith Tydd, Accountancy Age, Monday 24 November 2008 at 16:03:00 The Chancellor of the Exchequor Alistair Darling has confirmed exemptions on foreign dividends would come into effect from 2009. He made the announcement as part of today's pre-Budget report, and...

Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Monday 24 November 2008 at 16:03:00 Tax easing for SMEs HMRC will ease off on SMEs by letting them ease off on payment terms for as long as required, says chancellor Darling., aplpying to all taxes:

Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Monday 24 November 2008 at 16:01:00 Higher rate tax to climb from 2010 higher rate of income tax to rise to 45% for those earning over £150,000, says Darling.

Judith Tydd, Accountancy Age, Monday 24 November 2008 at 15:57:00 Chancellor Alistair Darling has confirmed the standard rate of VAT is to be cut from 17.5% to 15% The cut is effective from 1 December 2008 and will last for

Gavin Hinks, Accountancy Age, Monday 24 November 2008 at 15:53:00 Borrowing will fall in 2010 Borrowing to be £118bn by 2009, £105 by 2010, £87bn by 2011, £70bn in 2012 and £54bn in 2013.

Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Monday 24 November 2008 at 16:06:00 Loans increase for SMEs £1bn boost for temporary Small Business Finance Scheme, says Darling in today's pre-Budget report.

Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Monday 24 November 2008 at 15:54:00 Capital spending brought forward £3bn in capital spending brought forward from 2011 to 2010.

Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Monday 24 November 2008 at 15:52:00 Gershon efficiency targets beaten Government beats Gershon efficency savings target by £5bn, hitting £26.5bn in central government efficiency drive.

But Richard Baxter, head of indirect taxes at Alvarez & Marsal Taxand, said: 'The fiscal stimulus but it remains to be seen how it will flow through to consumers in the short and medium term.'

Increases of 0.5% in employers and employees contributions were announced along with changes to tax allowances for those earning above £100,000 and £140,000.

The government is spending £20bn to stimulate the economy, it would have been good to see some of that money stimulate environmentally friendly behaviour such as reducing VAT further on environmentally friendly products, or taxes that would influence changes in

Increases of 0.5% in employers and employees contributions were announced along with changes to tax allowances for those earning above £100,000 and £140,000.

However, a top rate of 45% on earnings of more than £150,000 would still be below the top rate of key competitors such as Germany (45% on €250,000) and the US, where top rate of up to 45% starts at

However, Steve Johnson, Woolworths' chief executive, did not attend the planned meeting with Naghshineh because he was in emergency talks with the banks as the problems at Woolworths escalates.

According to the defence motion, during the trial, prosecutors elicited testimony from a witness accusing the men of concealing information from KPMG and its tax department to obtain KPMG approval for BLIPS, a type of tax shelter.

The US government claimed, Lichtig promoted a scheme called PAT (Pension Asset Transfer), which helped customers improperly avoid income tax on untaxed assets held in their IRAs through transactions with sham businesses, self-employed retirement accounts and understatements of the value

I do enough phone camera comparisons of my own here without really needing to link to other people's, but Clinton Jeff's incredibly detailed head to head here between the Nokia N96 and N82 is worthy of mention. It seems that

The Apple vs Mac clones battle rages on - but will it change Apple's mind about licensing Mac OS X? Not a chance, says Seb Janacek.