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Annual Investment Allowances 12/May/2020
Annual Investment Allowances

From January 2019, businesses considering investing more than £200,000 in plant and machinery may benefit from a change to the capital allowances rules, which should allow them to obtain tax […]

Laid off? Brush up your skills online 12/May/2020
Laid off? Brush up your skills online

The present lock-down has created a raft of employed persons described as furloughed.

One of the criteria that employers and employees are required to abide by to benefit from the

Why pay your bills early 12/May/2020
Why pay your bills early?

If your suppliers offer you goods or services on credit, this will have a beneficial impact on your cashflow. You will have had the benefit of using the goods or services supplied,

Making tax-free payment to employees working from home 11/May/2020
Making tax-free payment to employees working from home

As a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many workers have been forced to work from home. While working from home saves the costs of commuting to the workplace and […]

Cars and vans – What’s new for 2020/21 09/May/2020
Cars and vans – What’s new for 2020/21

There are a number of changes that apply from the start of the 2020/21 tax year that relate to the taxation of company cars and vans. New way of measuring […]

Business rate 08/May/2020
Covid-19: Business rate help for smaller businesses

As the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic evolves, various measures have been announced to help businesses struggling to cope with the impact of the virus. The measures include help […]

Time for flexi-time 06/May/2020
Time for flexi-time?

The present lock-down has had a varied effect on UK businesses.

Obviously, firms that operate in hospitality, tourism and retail – where in the main, the no-contact

Time to plan covid19 06/May/2020
Time to plan

Up to the lock-down, most business owners were fully engaged in running their businesses and chasing new sales opportunities. The opportunity to take time out to consider

Directors paid annually – furlough update 06/May/2020
Directors paid annually – Furlough Update

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme allows employers to claim cash grants of up to 80% of wages (capped at £2,500) for furloughed workers.

In the most recent update to

Lifetime ISA rules changed 06/May/2020
Lifetime ISA rules changed

The Lifetime ISA allows those aged between 18 and 40 to save for a new home or for their retirement. Under the scheme, the government provides a 25% bonus on yearly savings of up

Self-employed Income Support Scheme 06/May/2020
Making a claim under the Self-employed Income Support Scheme

As we have written previously, if you are self-employed and qualify for the Self-employment Income Support Scheme you will receive a cash grant from HMRC based on 80% of profits,

Zero rate of VAT 06/May/2020
Zero rate of VAT | VAT scrapped on e-publications

It was announced as part of the Spring Budget measures that the zero rate of VAT would apply to all e-books from 1 December 2020. The date of this change has now been brought

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