Additional support for Carillion subcontractors

Feb 13, 2018

A further package of support for the businesses and workers affected by Carillion’s liquidation was announced Saturday 3 February, by Business Secretary Greg Clark.

Through delivery partners…

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Text message scammers scuppered by HMRC

Feb 12, 2018

HMRC has stopped thousands of taxpayers from receiving scam text messages, with 90 percent of the most convincing texts now halted before they reach their phones.

The milestone comes during…

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Getting ready for Making Tax Digital

Feb 05, 2018

As our regular readers of our newsletter will be aware, the government has back-tracked on their original proposal to digitise taxpayers’ affairs.

The original plan, to have most self-employed…

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Biker club wins VAT case

Feb 05, 2018

Many clubs offer members a range of services for their membership fee. For example, membership may include a members’ magazine. Ordinarily, a magazine subscription should be zero rated for VAT purposes,…

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Unexpected VAT charge for UK importers

Feb 05, 2018

With no agreement on tariffs, the UK will be treated as any other non-EU trading nation post Brexit. Consequently, UK importers would be required to make an up-front VAT payment in addition to any customs…

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What is in a name

Feb 05, 2018

A company, Casio Services Ltd (CSL), had been registered with Companies House since June 2016, and after that confirmation by Companies House the directors would no doubt have felt that they could trade…

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Tax Diary February/March 2018

Feb 05, 2018

1 February 2018 - Due date for corporation tax payable for the year ended 30 April 2017.

19 February 2018 - PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 February 2018. (If you pay your tax…

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Young people with great business ideas apply here

Jan 31, 2018

The Princes Trust and Innovate UK have formed a partnership to support young people with business ideas that could become a reality. The nuts and bolts of the scheme are set out below.

Ideas…

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Reasonable excuse for late filing of tax returns

Jan 30, 2018

According to an announcement made on the gov.uk website last week, more than three million self-assessment tax returns had not been filed with just a week to go before the 31 January deadline. That’s…

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