Turkey dinner and tax returns

Jan 03, 2019

Completing your tax return may not have been top of your priorities on Christmas Day, but that didn’t stop 2,616 taxpayers from filing their Self-Assessment returns on 25 December 2018.

For…

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Proposals for consumer protections when companies collapse

Jan 02, 2019

The government is to consider new laws to protect consumers who have prepaid for products when a business becomes insolvent.

• Government to consider new laws to protect consumers who have prepaid…

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Time for a tax-free seasonal bash?

Dec 20, 2018

Time to let your hair down? Enjoy a festive moment or two with your business colleagues and staff? If you are careful with your budgeting, you can enjoy the event without increasing your tax or National…

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Merry Christmas

Dec 18, 2018

From a business perspective there is not much to be merry about this year especially if you need some clarity regarding our impending exit from the EU.

Never-the-less, business owners would…

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Brexit may be in limbo, but Making Tax Digital is not

Dec 17, 2018

As we have highlighted in many posts to this blog, from 1 April 2019, ALL VAT registered businesses with turnover above the £85,000 VAT registration threshold will have to submit their VAT returns from…

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A possible, unwelcome increase in service charges

Dec 11, 2018

From 1 November 2018, owners of properties on estates or sites that are obliged to pay service charges to a management company - for example, for the maintenance of common areas, gardens, or the employment…

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What is an OpRA?

Dec 06, 2018

OpRA is the acronym for an optional remuneration arrangement. Before April 2018, these were termed “salary sacrifice” arrangements. Essentially, both are benefits in kind (BiK) offered to employees…

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Disqualified from acting as a director

Dec 06, 2018

When a director has been found guilty of mismanagement verging on fraud, one of the remedies that the courts can impose is disqualification as a director. But what does this actually mean?

A…

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Tax free perks at Christmas time

Dec 06, 2018

This article is our usual reminder of the tax breaks available if you are organising a Christmas party for your staff.

Many businesses take time out to provide their employees with a work based…

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