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Corporation tax cut 'could create 16,000 Welsh jobs'.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; Byline: By MARTIN SHIPTON Western Mail An academic study has estimated that if corporation tax was cut by 10%, more than 16,000 jobs would be created. The study, reported in the latest issue of the Institute of Welsh Affairs' journal Agenda, is based on what happened in Ireland when the corporation
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Firms welcome cut in corporation tax
Yorkshire Post
; ... will also be at its lowest level for more than 30 years, having been as high as 52p in the early 1970s. This was coupled with news that capital allowances for firms are to be "modernised". Dion Windelincx of accountants KPMG in Leeds, said of the corporation ...
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Legal and Finance: Corporation tax warning.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England)
; The UK is in danger of becoming globally uncompetitive if it does not reduce its corporation tax rate for larger companies, currently set at 30 per cent, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. It warned that the recent move by the Isle of Man to reduce its corporation tax
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Who would profit from cut in corporation tax?
Belfast Telegraph
; Given our very low level of unemployment, where would we find the people to match the avalanche of inward investment which would supposedly be unleashed by a 12.5% tax rate? Our existing private industry requires thousands of migrant workers; would thousands more have to be recruited? And how can
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Big incentive from cut in headline rate; CORPORATION TAX.
The Birmingham Post (England)
; The Chancellor unveiled a range of incentives for business yesterday, the most significant of which was a 1p cut in the headline rate of corporation tax to 30p. And he announced a new instalments system for paying it, plus a commitment to abolish advance corporation tax from next April. Business
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SDLP adds voice to callsfor cut in corporation tax
Belfast Telegraph
; The SDLP has added its voice to the growing campaign for a cut in the level of corporation tax in Northern Ireland.The party made its call for the rate of tax on company profits to be harmonised north and south in a new policy document launched yesterday.At present the corporation tax rate in
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Gordon Brown's budget problems worsened last week as it emerged that revenues from corporation tax are likely to be significantly less than predicted over the next few years.
Sunday Business (London, England)
; Gordon Browns budget problems worsened last week as it emerged that revenues from corporation tax are likely to be significantly less than predicted over the next few years. The British chancellor took pound sterling33.8bn (E54bn) into Treasury coffers from corporation tax in 2001; this year,
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Between the lines: As Brown and Paisley talk, are regional corporation tax rates on their way?
The Scotsman
; THE Chancellor of the Exchequer paid a flying visit to Belfast on Monday to consult with the Rev Ian Paisley. Are there no lengths to which Gordon Brown is prepared to go in his quest for Number 10? The interesting thing about this meeting as far as Scotland is concerned is what Brown and Paisley
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Corporation tax cut would be a big incentive to new investors
Belfast Telegraph
; ... of the importance of tax competitiveness that was demonstrated in the first report." Sir Anthony O'Reily, CEO of Independent News & Media, owners of the Belfast Telegraph, who has championed the corporation tax issue, was due to address delegates at Parliament ...
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Varney 'unlikely to favour cutting corporation tax'
Belfast Telegraph
; Mr Smyth, from the University of Ulster, was speaking yesterday at the launch of a pound(s)630m expansion project by the Port of Belfast. He commended Belfast Harbour Commissioners for their investment plans which, he said, caught the moment. The proposal will involve reclaiming 120 acres of land
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