Possible changes to tax rules for companies

Aug 02, 2017

There is a government department, the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS), that has been charged with investigating ways that the UK’s tax rules can be changed to make them easier to understand and…

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Rangers tax scheme kicked into touch

Aug 02, 2017

There has been a long running tax case rumbling through the lower courts on the use of a device called an Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) by Glasgow Rangers Plc. HMRC have considered the use of the EBT…

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Director minimum salary levels 2017-18

Aug 02, 2017

Many director shareholders take a minimum salary and any balance of remuneration as dividends. This tends to reduce National Insurance Contributions, and in some case Income Tax.

The planning…

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Making Tax Digital E common sense prevails

Aug 02, 2017

Making Tax Digital (MTD) is the government’s latest attempt to fully digitise the process of collecting data from taxpayers so they can speed up the process of calculating how much tax you owe.

Until…

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Tax Diary August/September 2017

Aug 02, 2017

1 August 2017 - Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 October 2016.

19 August 2017 - PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 August 2017. (If you pay your tax electronically…

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Tax credits renewals deadline 31 July 2017

Aug 01, 2017

The deadline to renew a claim for tax credits is 31 July 2017. This time last year, HMRC announced that over 400,000 claimants had still not filed their renewals, and as a direct result, had their payments…

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Reminders for landlords

Jul 27, 2017

Making Tax Digital

Until a recent announcement, landlords were going to be drawn into the requirement to upload quarterly details about their property businesses to HMRC under…

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Excessive credit card charges to be axed

Jul 25, 2017

The government is unveiling new rules that will mean card-charging in Britain - where people can be charged 20% extra for purchases like a flight just for paying with a credit card - will come to an…

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Finance Bill No2 2017

Jul 20, 2017

To accommodate the May 2017 election, the government rolled-over items in the Mach 2017 budget for consideration later this year.

HMRC have now confirmed that these “in abeyance” items from…

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