Jun 18
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is set to adopt new technology to aid its fight against tax evasion, it has been reported.
This could encourage a number of small business owners to seek assistance with their bookkeeping from a specialist tax accountancy service.
HMRC has announced that the innovative new tools will be able to find out information about specified people and companies.
The apps are also able to uncover any anomalies between elements such as bank interest, property income and lifestyle indicators.
A spokesman from HMRC told the Guardian newspaper that the department will search services like Google and eBay to identify traders.
“For example, it will see if Mr Smith’s sale of mobile phones is a trade.
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Tags: Adopt New, Evasion, Tax Evasion
Jun 17
Climbing oil prices have led to higher airfares this summer. But not all passengers pay the same rate, says Scott Mayerowitz, airlines reporter for The Associated Press.
For a recent story, Mayerowitz and his colleague Samantha Bomkamp visited the airport and asked passengers what they had paid for their flight. “We found some incredible differences out there,” he says.
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For instance, fares for a New York to Fort Lauderdale trip “ranged from $169 to $360,” he says.
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Tags: Airfares, Airfares Vary
Jun 13
LITTLE ROCK – The chief spokeswoman for Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin has resigned to pursue other opportunities.
A spokesman for the office says Alice Stewart, deputy secretary of state for public affairs, submitted her resignation on Monday. Spokesman Alex Reed says Stewart resigned to seek other opportunities.
Stewart, who was a spokesman for Mike Huckabee when he was governor and during his 2008 presidential bid, is the latest high-profile departure from Martin’s office.
In April, former executive assistant Teresa Belew resigned over concerns that Martin’s office wasn’t following the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
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Tags: Alice Stewart, Arkansas Secretary, Office
Jun 12
If you missed last weeks #SmallBizRollCall, catch it here. Todays #SmallBizRollCall features my co-host, IBN member Lela Barker of Bella Lucce in Columbia, South Carolina, where she makes globally inspired beauty products. In our recorded show, beginning at 1:58, Lela shares a bit about her inspiration and why she started the company.
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Tags: Bella Lucce, Lela Barker, Lucce