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Payroll! Are You ready for the New Tax Year 2021/22?

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS ONLY RELEVANT IF YOU PROCESS A PAYROLL.IF WE PROCESS YOUR PAYROLL, THE BELOW WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF SO THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU TO DO. As the 2020/21 Tax Year draws to a close, there are important points that need to be taken…

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Fourth Self-Employed Income Support Grant

From our latest e-newsletter: “At the Budget it was confirmed that a fourth Self-Employed Income Support (SEISS) grant will be set at 80% of 3 months’ average trading profits, paid out in a single instalment, capped at £7,500. This grant covers the period February 21 to April 21. The fourth grant…

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Inheritance Tax on Gifts

When a gift is made to another person, the donor of that gift must give up all benefit from the gift for it to be registered as a ‘true’ gift for Inheritance Tax (IHT) purposes. If the donor retains some benefit from the gift, eg. a parent who transfer their…

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New Penalties for Overclaiming

Penalties of up to the full amount claimed will be imposed by HMRC on businesses found to have overclaimed any of the support provided by the Government during the current crisis. Investigations into Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and Eat Out to Help Out claims…

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New VAT Rules for Construction Sector

New VAT rules come into effect on 1st March 2021 that will have an effect on accounting for VAT on transactions in the construction sector. Originally scheduled for October 2019, they have been delayed until this March due yo the lack of industry awareness. The new ‘reverse charge’ system of…

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Roadmap out of Lockdown

On Monday 23rd February, the Government set out its roadmap for the country to come out of Lockdown 3. It was understandably cautious, as none of us want to see further Lockdowns, but it did give us clear targets to aim for and help to plan our own recovery from…

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‘Pay As You Grow’ now available on Bounce-Back Loans

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced further support for businesses that took out Bounce-Back Loans to help them through the COVID-19 Pandemic. Tailor-made repayment schedules, known as ‘Pay As You Grow’ will give borrowers greater flexibility in paying the loans back based on their individual situation. Nearly £45 billion was borrowed…

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Are you ready for the changes to Off-Payroll Working Tax (IR35)?

Off-Payroll Working Tax (IR35) will apply to the Private Sector from April 2021. The off-payroll working rules can apply if a worker provides their services through their own limited company or an intermediary, which will usually be the worker’s own personal service company, but could also be a partnership, personal…

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Enhanced time to pay for Self-Assessment Taxpayers

Self-assessment taxpayers who are due to pay HMRC for their 2019-20 tax return can now access ‘enhanced time to pay’. Although this is potentially available to all self-assessment taxpayers, an automated facility has been set-up on the HMRC website for anyone owing up to £30,000 on their last return. There…

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