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Inheritance tax enquiries surge to six-year high after HMRC clampdown

Economics

Tax authority probes into households’ inheritance tax returns have surged to a six-year high, after a government-led crackdown on avoidance and non-compliance. HMRC opened a total of 4,940 formal inheritance tax enquiries over the last financial year, according to new data obtained by chartered accountants Price Bailey, an 18 per cent increase on the previous […]
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh steps into market spotlight with debut interest rate decision

Markets

Opinion

Here’s how a levy on assets could work, just don’t call it a wealth tax

Opinion

Debate around wealth taxes have become a meme, far too ideological and not technocratic enough. But there is a way to raise a levy on assets without distorting the economy, says Tim Sarson Last week I was scanning the list of topics I’d written about for City AM in the last two years and there […]
Andy Burnham will crumble like a biscuit he can’t even name

Opinion

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Sport

Exclusive: O2 Arena bosses pitch to host another Formula 1 launch event

Sport Business

O2 Arena bosses have pitched to host another Formula 1 launch event if the motor racing series decides to repeat its popular pre-season showpiece. To celebrate its 75th season, Formula 1 staged a sell-out event at the 20,000-capacity O2 in Greenwich, with all teams showing off their cars alongside music from the likes of Machine Gun […]
Exclusive: London in talks to host return of sumo at Royal Albert Hall

Sport Business

The Punter

Play Riffa and Mar to leave Scandinavia out in gold

Sport

ROYAL Ascot rises to a crescendo on Thursday with the centrepiece of the five days being the Group One Gold Cup (4.15pm). This is the ultimate test for stayers, run over a punishing two-and-a-half miles of Ascot, where only the toughest horses rise to the top. Trawlerman has already proven he has all the attributes […]
Legacy can crack exotic Code in the Ribblesdale

Sport
O’Brien’s King George runners Cannes trouble the judge

Sport

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