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Are you making the most of your accounts data?

Many of us have taken the step from manual to digital accounting systems. But are you making the most of features provided? Without a doubt, accounts software offers a wealth of reports many of which will likely be of limited use to businesses, however, many will be of use. There...
8 months 3 weeks ago

Make hay while higher rate relief is available

For many years Chancellors have threatened to reduce the Income Tax relief that can be claimed for payments into a private pension scheme. There have been reductions in the amount of contributions that can be made and the size of the pension fund that can be accumulated, but thus...
8 months 3 weeks ago

Tax Diary November/December 2020

1 November 2020 - Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 January 2020. 19 November 2020 - PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 November 2020. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 November 2020.) 19 November 2020 - Filing deadline for the...
8 months 3 weeks ago

How much of your estate will be taxed?

The present rate of Inheritance Tax (IHT) that is payable by your executors on your taxable estate is 40%. The good news is that you can reduce the impact of this tax, which effectively reduces the amount of your hard-won assets that is received by your beneficiaries. For example...
8 months 3 weeks ago

Students warned to avoid tax scams

Readers with children at university should pass on this message as students starting university this year are being warned by HMRC that they could be targeted by a fresh wave of tax scams. As new students start the academic year, they can be particularly vulnerable to cybercrime....
8 months 3 weeks ago

Cash back at all shops

Brits will be able to get cashback from shops without needing to buy anything under new proposals to protect the UK’s cash system announced 15 October 2020. Under the government proposals, cashback without a purchase could be widely available from retailers of all sizes in local...
8 months 3 weeks ago

Tax return reminder

HMRC have recently published a press release entitled “Just 100 days left for Self -Assessment”. Before readers make the obvious connection, that this heralds the end of tax returns in the UK, it is purely a reminder that 2019-20 Self-Assessment returns need to be filed by 31...
8 months 3 weeks ago

The Job Support Scheme options - open and closed

The revised Job Support Scheme (JSS) announced in the last few days comes in two varieties: Open and Closed. JSS Open Businesses in Tier 2 areas, that suffer the restrictions to sociability rules, never-the-less are not required to close. This is an insidious outcome for these...
8 months 4 weeks ago

Export Growth Plan to help businesses

A package of measures to help businesses in England build back better following the pandemic was recently announced by the Government. The Department for International Trade’s (DIT) Export Growth Plan provides additional financial support and expertise, some of which is targeted...
9 months 4 days ago

Planning a new business?

If you are starting to give serious consideration to setting up your own business one of the issues you will need to consider is the type of business structure that best fits your planned business activity. How risky is your business? All business activity involves a certain degree...
9 months 1 week ago

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