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Portugal Proposes Terabyte Tax To Pay Copyright Holders
Portugal is planning a tax of up to €0.5 per Gigabyte, to pay copyright owners
HMRC ‘Investigating’ Amazon Over Corporation Tax
Amazon paid no corporation tax on its £3.3 billion UK sales in 2011
Oracle: Cabinet Office Deal to Save Taxpayers £75m
Oracle aims to break government silos in reduced data contract with Cabinet Office
HMRC Halves IT Spending In Two Years
The CIO at the tax department says savings have been achieved through costs and consolidation, not through cuts
Raspberry Pi Goes Into Production
Britain's Raspberry Pi ARM-based microcomputer, designed for education, is rolling off the production lines -- in China
HMRC Nets £126m Savings From Online Filing
The tax office has done well with its online filing roll-out but faces challenges on customer services
Government Keeps Simpler Green CRC Tax
The CRC green tax remains, but adjustments have been made, and there is still room for consultation
HMRC To Use ‘Web Robots’ To Hunt Down Tax Cheats
Tax cheats beware: HM Revenue & Customs is planning to use web bots to crack down on tax evasion
Birmingham Council Throws Data Warehouse At Fraudsters
Birmingham City Council has used data matching technology to catch £6.8m of false tax discounts
Union Leader Calls For Email Tax To Pay Off Deficit
Bob Crow of the RMT Union has called on the government to tax emails to pay off the public deficit
Carbon Taxes Will Drive Outsourcing
The CRC might disappear, but the UK's energy crisis means you'll have to tune your data centre's power, or else get shot of it, says Peter Judge
Tax Filing Deadline Fuels Phishing Fears
Taxpayers under pressure to file online before Monday's deadline may fall prey to scams
UK CRC Energy Scheme Becomes A ‘Stealth Tax’
Instead of recycling money raised by the CRC energy efficiency scheme, the government is using it to reduce the deficit
NetSuite OneWorld 2010 Integrates Google Apps
NetSuite has released its OneWorld Enterprise Resource Management Package with a streamlined user interface and Google Apps integration
HMRC Computer System Reveals Tax Discrepancies
Almost 1.5 million workers are to be hit with demands to pay more tax, after HMRC's new computer system did some recalculations
Government Toys With UK Games Makers
Despite cutting a tax break to the games industry, the government is funding the cradle of Grand Theft Auto
With No Broadband Tax, How Will We Wire Up Britain?
Blocking the broadband tax might give the Conservatives a late political goal, but now there is no mechanism to pay for rural coverage, says Peter Judge
UK Tech Companies Request Tax Breaks
A group of British tech companies are calling on the government to encourage the growth of the IT industry through tax breaks