After the excitement of the Budget and the issue of the Finance Bill, 23rd March was billed as “Tax Day” with the government issuing a raft of consultations and policies. In the end, the day was – correctly – overshadowed by the anniversary of the first Covid-19 lockdown, but as […]
HMRC are now asking certain self-employed people to prove that they are still in business before they can claim the next SEISS grant. This is only for those who have indicated that their business ceased trading in the period from 6 April 2018 to 5 April 2020. A pause in […]
The 2020 Budget increased the scope for many high earners to make a bigger pension contribution in the tax year ending 5 April 2021. The annual allowance income limit was increased to £200,000, significantly reducing the number of people affected by the tapered annual allowance. The availability of a full […]
The portal to allow you to pay VAT deferred due to Covid-19 is now open If you deferred paying any VAT between 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2020 you can now:- pay the deferred VAT in full, on or before 31 March 2021 join the VAT deferral new payment scheme […]
There is a general impression, both in mainstream media and, more importantly, within HMRC, that up to 10% of claims for CJRS may be “inaccurate.” HMRC has announced that it will be enquiring into claims and it anticipates that about 25% of all claims will be looked into. Whilst we […]
With a little glowing light at the end this long tunnel, we want to bring hope and open your eyes to tax advice options that until now you might not have considered for your business. More options than you realise. You’re probably feeling like you’ve exhausted all of the support, […]
Back in July 2015 the then Chancellor, George Osborne, announced a change to the way that tax relief for finance charges, in particular loan and mortgage interest, would be given against residential property rents. Rather than reducing the net profit of the residential property business, any tax due would be […]
Big changes are coming to the way in which VAT is administered to the construction industry. From 1 March 2021 the CIS VAT Domestic Reverse Charge Measure will apply to supplies of construction work. Proposals: When the reverse charge applies the customer must account for the supplier’s output VAT This […]
For tax professionals, the idea of escaping to some Spanish sun in January is a pipe dream, even in non-Covid times, as we grapple with the personal tax return submission deadline. And with Spain on the brain, we are advising clients to be aware of changes to EU tax […]
NHS Pension Members – Don’t forget to declare excesses from your 19/20 pension savings on your January Self Assessment return. If you have exceeded your Annual Allowance for 19/20 and you don’t have sufficient unused annual allowance to carry forward to cover the excess, you must declare this on your […]
