Description
This comprehensive and popular annual textbook, now in its 24th edition, provides students of UK taxation with a thorough knowledge of: Income tax; Corporation tax; Capital gains tax; Inheritance tax; Value added tax. The book provides numerous illustrative examples of the practical operation of statute and case law and provides a wide variety of end-of-chapter questions for self learning. The book is aimed at students studying for both University degree programmes incorporating courses in UK taxation and also students studying tax courses for professional qualifications in accounting, banking, management and taxation. Past exam questions, with solutions, are provided in the text from the ACCA, CIMA and CIOT examinations. It is also suitable for others needing to learn more of the detail of the UK tax system such as those in self employment or SMEs looking to reduce their tax bills. In this new edition - This edition has been updated for all those provisions of the Finance Act 2005 that relate to the tax year 2005/6. In particular, it incorporates all the personal tax rates, allowances and reliefs, together with changes for self employed businesses, employment tax rule changes, planned new pension scheme arrangements and VAT changes. It also includes the impacts of the latest Tax Law Rewrite act - the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005.
