Tax Diary April/May 2018

Apr 09, 2018

1 April 2018 - Due date for corporation tax due for the year ended 30 June 2017.

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

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2m workers to receive a pay rise from 1 April 2018

Apr 05, 2018

And no, this is no April fool…

Over 2 million people will get a pay rise from 1 April 2018 thanks to an above-inflation rise in the National Living Wage (NLW).

The National Living Wage…

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HMRC deals with online VAT abuse

Apr 03, 2018

Fulfilment houses are being drawn into government endeavours to deal with the loss of revenue by the activities of traders based outside the EU. From 1 April 2019, approved fulfilment businesses will…

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Why investing in professional advice makes good sense

Mar 28, 2018

The UK tax code, the laws that govern how much tax we pay, is one of the largest in the developed global economies. Unless you have a reasonable grasp of the multitude of tax rules and regulations,…

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Why ticking the Gift Aid box is important

Mar 27, 2018

HMRC have asserted that charities are missing out on up to £600m a year of funding due to donations not being confirmed under the Gift Aid rules.

They said:

The research, published…

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What to make of Philip Hammonds announcements last week

Mar 22, 2018

Firstly, the Chancellor’s announcement to Parliament last week was not a budget speech. There were no tax changes announced, in fact, the only change that was announced was to bring forward the expected…

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Ken Dodd has the last laugh

Mar 21, 2018

According to recent press commentary, Ken Dodd married his long-time partner, Anne Jones, just two days before he died. With an estate estimated to be £7m, the executors were facing an Inheritance Tax…

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Making Tax Digital - a reminder for VAT registered traders

Mar 20, 2018

From April 2019, certain self-employed businesses will be required to file VAT returns direct to their online personal tax accounts with HMRC. Eventually, all income and allowances will be kept in the…

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GDPR, 75 days to go

Mar 19, 2018

A reminder that the General Data Protection Regulation is due to become law 25 May 2018. At the time of writing this blog, that’s 75 days to become compliant.

Why should you take the…

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