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Tax | Treasury's Gauke promoted to chief secretary

Treasury financial secretary David Gauke has been promoted to chief secretary to the Treasury in PM Theresa May's new cabinet as local government and communities minister Greg Clark has been handed the post of secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy replacing Sajid Javid in the newly expanded business department
14 Jul 2016
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Tax | Hammond to replace Osborne as Chancellor in post-Brexit cabinet

Incoming prime minister, Theresa May, has confirmed the appointment of Philip Hammond to replace George Osborne as Chancellor of the Exchequeur, with Brexiteers Boris Johnson named as foreign secretary and David Davies as secretary of state responsible for Brexit negotiations, reports Sara White
14 Jul 2016
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Tax | Supreme Court supports bra supplier’s claim to duty-free status

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Southampton-based bra supplier who held that a mastectomy bra designed to be worn with an artificial breast form should be classed as an orthopaedic appliance and so exempt from import duty, overturning previous legal rulings which agreed with HMRC’s view that 6.5% duty was payable
14 Jul 2016
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Tax | Parliamentary debate on EU referendum re-run

Parliament is set to debate the call for a second referendum on EU membership after an online petition gained more than four million signatories for the move, but the government has made clear that this does not mean there will be a vote to decide whether to re-run last month’s result to leave
13 Jul 2016
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Tax | HMRC complaint handling improving says Adjudicator's Office

Despite making steady improvements in the way taxpayers’ complaints are handled, the Adjudicator’s Office is still receiving around 77 cases per month from taxpayers over benefits and tax credits; an increase of 83% on 2013-14 and 38% on 2014-15 respectively, the adjudicator’s annual report shows.
13 Jul 2016
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