07/Apr/2020New-style lettings relief
Lettings relief provides additional relief for tax where a property that has been occupied as a main residence is let out. For disposals prior to 6 April 2020, relief was […]
06/Apr/2020Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED)
The Annual Tax on enveloped Dwelling (ATED) applies in the main to companies that own residential property in the UK. The amount of the tax depends on the value of […]
04/Apr/2020Running a business from home
Small businesses can choose to be taxed on the basis of the cash that passes through their books, rather than undertaking the more complex accounting calculations designed for larger businesses. […]
03/Apr/2020COVID-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 […]
02/Apr/2020Claiming the National Insurance employment allowance for 2020/21
The National Insurance employment allowance is available to eligible employers and can be set against the employer’s secondary Class 1 National Insurance liability. In the 2020 Budget, the Chancellor announced […]
01/Apr/2020Profit Extraction in 2020/21 – What is the Optimal Salary?
A popular tax-efficient profit extraction strategy used by personal and family companies is to take a small salary and extract further profits as dividends. Where this approach is adopted, the […]
01/Apr/2020Tax Diary April/May 2020
1 April 2020 – Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 30 June 2019.
19 April 2020 – PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 April 2020. (If you pay your tax
01/Apr/2020Converting assets into cash in the bank
During and after any period when economic activity is depressed, companies that survive the process are those that manage their cashflow effectively.
A number of businesses will
01/Apr/2020Deferring VAT and tax payments
As part of the government’s response to assist businesses during the COVID-19 crisis is the offer to defer VAT and self-assessment tax and NIC payments.
VAT
HMRC will not
01/Apr/2020Directors – between a rock and a hard place
Directors that have drawn remuneration from their companies as a mix of low salary and higher dividends would seem to be overlooked by the schemes announced in the past two weeks
01/Apr/2020Coronavirus tax payment helpline
The phone number for the COVID-19 helpline launched earlier this month has been changed to 0800 024 1222. Calls to the previously published number will be redirected. The launch of
01/Apr/2020Working Tax Credits increased for one year
As part of the package of measures to tackle the Coronavirus outbreak, the government has announced that the basic element Working Tax Credit payments will be increased from an




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