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''Risk management''
''UK Tax.''
(IR). The UK government department formerly responsible for the assessment and collection of all direct taxes.  
A fixing instrument - or fixing derivative - is one which hedges an exposure to a variable market rate or market price by effectively fixing a hedged market rate for it.
 
Examples include forward contracts, futures contracts, FRAs and swaps. 
 
Contrasted with insurance-type instruments, such as an options.


Now merged with the former Customs & Excise department, within Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC).


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[CPI fixing swap]]
* [[Direct tax]]
* [[Derivative instrument]]
* [[Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs]]
* [[Fixing]]
* [[Tax avoidance]]
* [[Forward contract]]
* [[Tax evasion]]
* [[Forward rate agreement]]
* [[Tax haven]]
* [[Futures contract]]
* [[Tax point]]
* [[Insurance]]
* [[Tax written down value]]
* [[Opportunity loss]]
* [[Taxable person]]
* [[Option]]
* [[Taxable transaction]]
* [[Swap]]
* [[Taxpayer’s Charter]]
 
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[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 10:03, 6 May 2013

UK Tax. (IR). The UK government department formerly responsible for the assessment and collection of all direct taxes.

Now merged with the former Customs & Excise department, within Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC).

See also