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Dividends are a distribution of company profits to shareholders. Historically, they have been taxed as unearned income – no National...

Today, The Chancellor after pressure to ease the cost of living crisis has announced some real changes for the small business and...

Processing payroll in-house can be a time-consuming task and that demand can increase as staff numbers grow. Time spent on payroll...

According to HMRC over 2 million people did not file their tax returns by 31 January. Although HMRC announced an extension to 28...

The clock is ticking and we are looming ever closer to the Tax Return deadline – 31st January 2022. Don’t forget to submit this if you...

Reform of income tax basis period for the self-employed – It’s time to plan Following on from our blog a couple of months ago, HMRC have...

With the Autumn budget in just a couple of days what are we to expect? With the pandemic still causing uncertainty and the end of the...

The government's furlough scheme is now drawing to a close - in line with the lifting of lockdown restrictions and will end completely at...

Having carried out a short, informal consultation with some businesses and tax experts, the Government intends to implement its proposed...

Anyone who works from home usually can claim for increased costs against their tax for the specific period of time they are at home but...

For you, as a property investor, we have outlined some important tax planning considerations. It’s not an exhaustive list as every...

Perhaps the most innovative give-away in the recent budget was “Super-deductions for investment expenditure”. What does this mean?...

Since 15 March 2021, smaller businesses can apply for grants of up to £2,000 to help them adapt to new customs and tax rules when trading...

The government has confirmed its intention that furloughed employees will be paid 80% of their wages for hours not worked under the...

Many businesses across the UK are likely to make losses in the 2020-21 tax year due to the havoc resulting from COVID disruption. Which...

The following Budget summary is split into four sections: COVID-19 related support measures for UK businesses Support for the UK housing...

Scheme open from 23 February 2021, closes 21 June 2021 Businesses that deferred VAT payments last year, some half a million, can join the...

This year’s Budget, to be delivered on Wednesday 3rd March at around 12.30pm, will be one of the most closely watched for years. We will...

Designed to tackle what HMRC calls ‘disguised employment’, IR35 is going to be big news this year following a delay in changes to it from...

In our first IR35 article we referred to an “employment relationship”. We will define this a little further here so you can begin to...