On a cold morning in January a gentleman in his late sixties wearing a grey coat and bowler hat is making his way towards 11 Downing Street. In the clear…
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Ian Spectre has just arrived at No.11 for his weekly briefing meeting with the Chancellor. The only item on his agenda is the loss of revenue that will result from…
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It’s a crisp October morning and Ian Spectre is in Westminster on his way to a meeting with the new Chancellor to give his views on the mini budget. “Edward…
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Ian Spectre was furious. He had just read the loan charge review report prepared by Lord Gordon Moore.
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Ian Spectre has never liked spongers, especially those who get handouts from the state. The state pension has always been a particular bugbear for Spectre. He very much believes that…
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In this Ian Spectre blog we tell the story of the Loan Arranger, a story about the Loan Charge which came into force in April 2019 which sees the Government…
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Ian Spectre was sitting in his new office in the Treasury. The office itself had become vacant following the death of James Fortescue-Simmonds. He started thinking about his favourite book.
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Ian Spectre was reminiscing with James Fortescue-Simmonds over a cup of tea. They talked about how they had introduced Public Sector IR35 and then exempted HMRC to keep costs down. …
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Ian Spectre suffered a bout of pneumonia in October and took an extended break in Spain to recuperate. He is now back in the UK and has just arrived at the…
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Samuel Spectre was born in the UK in 1940 and trained to be a dentist. In 1965 he emigrated to the USA to make his fortune. Shortly after setting up…
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