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What was all the fuss about?

Last year, the 23 May 2018 to be precise, the UK adapted the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). The deadline created a rush of publicity and activity as businesses across the UK pored over their data processing systems, making changes to accommodate the new rules. After the...
6 months 6 days ago

Happy days

In what amounts to a single-issue mini-budget the Treasury posted a welcome announcement for the manufacturers and consumers of alcoholic products last week. They said: The Chancellor announces that alcohol duties are frozen From today, (1 February 2019) taxes on beer, cider and...
6 months 1 week ago

How to cope with recession

Recession literally means “the act of going back, of receding…” Economic pundits have hijacked the word to mean “a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced…”. It is usually heralded by a fall in Gross Domestic Product (GDP)....
6 months 1 week ago

What are your tax planning options for 2018-19?

Options for adopting 99% of tax planning opportunities for 2018-19 ends on 5 April 2019, just a couple of months away. This applies equally to individuals and all businesses with an accounting year end close to, but prior to 5 April 2019. More importantly, this planning option...
6 months 2 weeks ago

Are you ready for the VAT filing changes?

A reminder that from 1 April 2019, VAT registered traders with turnover in excess of the current VAT registration limit, £85,000, will need to file returns after 1 April 2019 linked to HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) systems. Accounts software providers have been working at some...
6 months 2 weeks ago

Tax Diary February/March 2019

1 February 2019 - Due date for Corporation Tax payable for the year ended 30 April 2018. 19 February 2019 - PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 February 2019. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 February 2019) 19 February 2019 - Filing deadline for the...
6 months 2 weeks ago

What can you give away before the end of the tax year?

You can give away £3,000 worth of gifts each tax year (6 April to 5 April) without them being added to the value of your estate. This is known as your ‘annual exemption’. You can carry any unused annual exemption forward to the next year - but only for one year. Each tax year, you...
6 months 2 weeks ago

What is the government doing to prepare us for Brexit?

According to a recent announcement on the GOV.UK website, preparations include:
6 months 2 weeks ago

Government fiddles over Brexit

Leaving aside the fact that there were no violins available, it’s interesting to seek a comparison between the supposed musical antics of Nero in AD64 as Rome burned and our government, preoccupied with important political matters as British industry slips ever closer to the cliff...
6 months 2 weeks ago

Are your contractors disguised employees

What is a disguised employee? Very definitely, it is not an individual holding a clock card in fancy dress. It is contractor, usually in the guise of a limited company, that is undertaking work as if an employee, but more importantly, is being paid as a business contractor: this...
6 months 3 weeks ago

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