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Darling calls unprecedented meeting with City

AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age 20 May 2008

The Chancellor has called an unprecedented meeting with the City’s most influencial lobby over tax issue

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Alistair Darling has called an unprecedented meeting with the City’s most influential lobby group tomorrow, hoping to repair relations frayed by the latest government tax proposals.

The Chancellor has agreed to appear before the Association of British Insurers (ABI) at its board meeting – the first time a British chancellor has been forced to address an ABI board gathering, highlighting the pressure HM Treasury has been under from business, The Times reports.

The ABI board, comprising some of the most senior figures in British fund management and the insurance industry, is eager to talk to Darling about the tax rights of British-based companies.

Stephen Haddrill, ABI director-general, told The Times the association would be asking Treasury to ensure UK companies were not taxed on their overseas profits. ‘We want to talk about how people can bring their genuine offshore earnings back into the UK without being taxed again,’ he said.

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