Allison Plager

Allison is deputy editor of Taxation. She is an award-winning journalist on pensions.

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ALLISON PLAGER reports the final journey of the Finance Bill through the House of Commons.

ALLISON PLAGER reports aspects of the 2008 Pre-Budget Report

Once again, HMRC have been let down by their systems. ALLISON PLAGER reports

ALLISON PLAGER finds out what landing a Taxation Award has meant to recent winners

CranioSacral Therapy is a technique that is now becoming popular and originated in osteopathy. It comprises the manipulation of cranial bones and what is described as a 'whole body approach'.

JOHN NEWTH and ALLISON PLAGER summarise some recent VAT tribunal cases

Complaints poured in about tax credits to the Parliamentary Ombudsman. ALLISON PLAGER reports

ALLISON PLAGER makes a foray into the Adjudicator's recently published 2001 annual report.

COMPLAINANTS ARE HAVING to wait less time to have their complaints investigated, announced Dame Barbara Mills in her 2001 annual report. She was very pleased to report that in the year to 31 March 2001, the average throughput time to investigate complaints was around 24 weeks, and that for the year to 31 March 2002, this was expected to reduce to 20 weeks.

The foreign earnings deduction considered in Carstairs v Sykes; the taxpayer's claim to relief on a gain arising from a sale of business premises was not allowed in Purves v Harrison; date of registration and 'best judgment' assessments considered in Henderson and another (trading as Tony's Fish and Chip Shop) v Commissioner

Submitting self assessment returns online has not been as easy as it has in past years. ALLISON PLAGER finds out more

ALLISON PLAGER reports the final sittings of the Finance Bill debates

Taxpayers should remember the Adjudicator if they find that complaining to HMRC gets them nowhere, says ALLISON PLAGER

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