Tax gap narrows

Oct 27, 2015

The tax gap for 2013-14 was 6.4% of tax due, continuing a long-term downward trend.

The tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax due and the amount collected, has fallen…

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HMRC chases down tax fraudsters

Oct 23, 2015

HMRC recently announced that they have brought in an additional £109m in tax revenue in the last six months by pursuing claims against taxpayers who have not declared all their income for tax purposes.…

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Directors responsibilities

Oct 21, 2015

We are often asked to explain the role a director is required to undertake for an incorporated business. It is wise to take this question seriously as these responsibilities are written into company…

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HMRC multi-year funding for voluntary sector

Oct 15, 2015

HMRC are inviting bids from interested charities and will allocate a guaranteed £1.5m per year over the next 3 years to the voluntary and community sector (VCS) to support taxpayers who need extra…

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Early bird filing

Oct 13, 2015

Why would you want to file your tax return early?

The end of this month, for example, is the deadline for filing a paper version of the 2014-15 self assessment tax returns, and if you file…

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Creditors have their day in court

Oct 09, 2015

In a recent insolvency investigation Richard Price and Timothy Porter, both directors of Recruit Investments Limited, which headed up a group of businesses specialising in labour recruitment, have…

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Safeguarding your business ideas

Oct 06, 2015

You will have automatic copyright protection for writing and literary works, art, photography, films, TV, music, web content and sound recordings

‘Design right’ automatically protects your…

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Warning about cyber threat to UK businesses

Oct 01, 2015

UK businesses were recently warned about the growing risk of cyber attacks as Minister for the Digital Economy, Ed Vaizey, urged businesses across the country to protect themselves by taking up the…

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Salary v dividends conundrum

Oct 01, 2015

In the last two editions of this newsletter we have outlined the impact of the changes to the taxation of dividends that will commence 6 April 2016.

This month we want to continue to look…

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