Revenue forced to extend tax deadline
The Inland Revenue has been forced to extend its deadline to people who tried to file their tax returns electronically after its website failed to cope with the deluge of...
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Management/Policy/Technology/Finance
February 2005
Management
· Efficiency savings
Michael Barber, of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, argued that if "everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough...
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Trail of dotcom debit runs into dead end
In October 2003, my Tesco credit card statement showed a debit of £284 by Hotels.com. At the time, I was planning a New Year trip to Australia and Thailand and ass...
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Fifa may pay dearly for early release of tickets
The first tickets for next summer's World Cup in Germany go on sale on Tuesday, but there are big concerns over payment methods and the strategy adopted by Fifa, which ma...
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Out in the cold when the heating packs up
If you ran an insurance business but didn't have to pay the claims made by a big proportion of your customers, you'd be pretty happy with life. In December British Gas wa...
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Tax credit shambles under fire
The Inland Revenue should consider overhauling the tax credit system because it pushes thousands of low income families into hardship, the chairman of a powerful parliame...
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City trading realises Musampa
Manchester City concluded a hectic day of transfer activity by finalising a six-month loan deal for Kiki Musampa, Atlético Madrid's left-winger, subject to a medical...
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Suppliers take Jarvis to court
Contractors have lost patience with cash-strapped Jarvis and started a series of high court actions against the private finance initiative group as it tries to tie up a l...
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Over the hill - and overpaying
One of the lesser known side-effects of getting older in the UK is that your tax affairs become unnecessarily complicated and you stand a greater chance of paying too muc...
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Why nerd mentality won't get you out of a bad crash
Nothing concentrates the mind, said Dr Johnson, like the prospect of being hanged in the morning. Well, yes. But a computer crash comes a pretty close second.
A week ago...
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Accounting & Auditing 
