by Admin 2 | Dec 6, 2018 | HMRC, Tax
‘Tis The Season for Gifts… And Taxes… Christmas Is The Time For Giving If you are thinking about making gifts this Christmas, you should take advantage of the various inheritance tax (IHT) exemptions and reliefs available to you. But you should also bear in mind...
by Admin 2 | Nov 26, 2018 | Tax, Technology
Making Tax Digital – Growing confidence It’s official! If you are a Sole trader or a company with up-to-date VAT affairs, you are now able to join HMRC’s test phase for VAT Making Tax Digital (MTD). While testing of VAT-MTD started last April, until now, it has...
by Admin 2 | Nov 5, 2018 | HMRC, Tax
Autumn Budget 2018: More Money For NHS And An End To Austerity? As previously announced, these were the main themes of the Chancellor Philip Hammond’s third Autumn Budget, but what we were waiting to hear was, where the extra money was going to come from? Had he found...
by Admin 2 | Oct 8, 2018 | HMRC, Tax
Class 2 NICs To Continue For Self-Employed In 2016, the government consulted on a proposed abolition of Class 2 National Insurance contributions (NICs) for the self-employed. If you are self-employed, this flat rate contribution, currently £2.95 a week is payable in...
by Admin 2 | Sep 10, 2018 | Tax
Time’s Up! HMRC is urging you to come forward and declare any foreign income or profits on offshore assets before 30 September, to avoid higher tax penalties. New legislation called ‘Requirement to Correct’ requires you, as a UK taxpayer, to notify HMRC, about...
by Admin 2 | Aug 2, 2018 | HMRC, Making Tax Digital, Tax
Making Tax Digital For VAT Guidance Issued HMRC have now issued their detailed guidance on the digital record keeping and return requirements for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT. VAT Notice 700/22 clarifies that spreadsheets may still be used to keep your business...
