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Pub is the Hub 2022 – Community Grants

Posted 06/05/2022 Grants of up to £3,000 are available to enable rural pub owners, licensees, and local communities to work together to help support and sustain local services in Wales, Scotland and England. Pub is the Hub’s Community Services Fund will assist projects which support the needs of local communities by using pubs to offer…Read More

HMRC guidance on electronic payment of tips

Posted 04/05/2022 HMRC has updated its guidance on tax treatment of tips, gratuities, service charges and troncs to include details on how to handle electronic payments. The payment of tips is commonplace for employees in the catering and service industries. As the pandemic has accelerated a move away from payment in cash, there has also…Read More

Employee travel and subsistence

Posted 03/05/2022 With employees’ and directors’ P11d’s for 2021/22 due by 6 July 2022 it is timely to remind employers of the rules for travel and subsistence, particularly as HMRC have recently issued some updated guidance and useful examples of their interpretation of the law. Tax relief for employee travel costs is available provided the…Read More

Do You or Your Partner Earn over £50,000 & Receive Child Benefit?

Posted 28/04/2022 If you or your partner earned over £50,000 and received Child Benefit, you should consider the ‘High Income Child Benefit Charge.’ The charge applies if you have an individual income over £50,000 and either: you or your partner get Child Benefit someone else gets Child Benefit for a child living with you and…Read More

Hospitality VAT rate returns to 20%

Posted 01/04/2022 The reduced rate VAT for hospitality venues ends today with the VAT rate increasing from 12.5% back to the original 20% The VAT reduction was introduced for businesses trading in the hospitality sector in July 2020 with the rate originally dropped to 5%, increasing to 12.5% in October 2021. The reduction in VAT…Read More

Help to Grow: Digital scheme

Posted 29/03/2022 ‘Help to Grow: Digital’ is a UK-wide scheme to help small and medium-sized businesses adopt digital technologies that are proven to increase productivity. The scheme offers: free, impartial advice and guidance about what digital technology is best suited to your business and how it can boost your business’ performance  targeted financial support, if your business…Read More

HMRC gives Self-Assessment taxpayers more time to ease COVID-19 pressures

Posted 10/01/2022 Late filing and late payment penalties are to be waived for one month for Self-Assessment taxpayers. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is waiving late filing and late payment penalties for Self-Assessment taxpayers for one month – giving them extra time, if they need it, to complete their 2020 to 2021 tax return and…Read More

Extension of Making Tax Digital for VAT

Posted 30/11/2021 Currently VAT registered businesses with a turnover above the VAT registration threshold of £85,000 need to keep their records digitally & provide their VAT return information to HMRC through Making Tax Digital (MTD) compatible software. However, from the first VAT period starting on or after 1 April 2022, any businesses that are VAT…Read More

Agents Gain Access to Clients PAYE data

Posted 24/11/2021 Tax agents have been given access to their clients’ PAYE accounts in order to view their clients payments and liability figures in real time. To be able to view the information, the agent must be enrolled for PAYE online and either: HMRC has received an FBI2 and a 64-8 authorisation form; or The agent has…Read More

Report CJRS Furlough grants and overpayments on Corporation Tax Return CT600

Posted 23/11/2021 The latest version of the CT600 Corporation Tax Return updated on 15 November 2021 requires companies to report CJRS furlough payments received and the amounts that the company was entitled to during the period in boxes 471 and 472. Where any overpayments have already been disclosed to HMRC that amount should be reported…Read More

Self-Employment Income Support Scheme – Return to Your Claim

Posted 08/11/2021 A Section has been added with links to guidance for the fifth grant and previous grants. A link to guidance on how to pay back a grant has also been added. You can use the online service to check the status of your payment, update your details, see how much you were paid…Read More

Working in Europe?

Posted 26/10/2021 As travel returns to a more normal environment, the UK government has started a campaign to remind business travellers of the rules for travel to an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein. As well as the actions all travellers need to take, there are extra actions if you are travelling for business. Business travel includes…Read More

What do we expect from the Budget?

Posted 25/10/2021 More tax rises on Wednesday? Over the last year we have learnt that corporation tax will increase in 2023 and that there will be a 1.25% rise in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) from April 2022 paid by employers, employees, self-employed and for those with share dividend income.  Personal allowances have been frozen at…Read More

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