Corporation Tax Payments Increase Deferred.

Corporation Tax Payments Increase Deferred. Proposal to increase Corporation Tax in 2017, applicable to corporations generating profits exceeding £20m annually has now been deferred to 1st April 2019. Great news for multinational businesses! Consider your tax strategy and plan ahead. Contact us for further assistance.

Input Vat Recovery

Vatable businesses are entitled to recover input, however the rules governing input Vat Recovery can become difficult in the absence a definition of what it means for a supply to be for the purpose of a  business. To help you in determining if Input Vat is recoverable find below the general conditions that need to… Read more…

Government Boost Digital Tax Roll Out

          £71m in extra funding to improve the service HMRC provides to tax payers. Seven day a week service by 2017 that will boast extended hours and Sunday opening on online services and tax and tax credit phone lines. Improve existing telephone services & slash call waiting times by recruiting an… Read more…

Parking fines ruled not deductible

A tribunal has ruled that security firm G4S cannot reduce its profits for tax purposes by deducting parking fines. The company, G4S Cash Solutions, tried to reduce their corporation tax bill by approximately £580,000 but the first-tier tribunal has ruled in HMRC’s favour in rejecting the claim for the deduction of the fines. The company… Read more…

Credit ratings under threat from unaudited accounts

Under changes introduced by the Government in January, companies can now legally opt out of auditing their accounts if they fall below the £10.2 million statutory threshold, but they may risk their credit ratings by doing so. Ratings agency Graydons recently told Accountancy Age that firms which opt out are lacking an important form of… Read more…

Personal Service Companies in the Public Sector

The rules on using Personal Service Companies (PSCs) in the public sector are set to undergo a radical overhaul in 2017. The responsibility for deciding whether the intermediaries legislation applies will move from the person working through their own company to the public sector organisation. The Treasury has increasingly viewed PSCs as a tax avoidance… Read more…

Changes to Employment Allowance

Significant changes to Employment Allowance that were first announced by the Chancellor in his 2015 Budget came into effect at the start of the new financial year on 6 April. While the maximum reduction to employers’ Class 1 National Insurance Contributions has increased from £2,000 a year to £3,000 a year, directors who are the… Read more…

New rules on Entrepreneurs’ Relief

The Chancellor announced new rules on Entrepreneurs’ Relief in this year’s Budget, lessening some of the challenging restrictions he introduced last year. However, this year’s changes look set to lead to problems of their own. Entrepreneurs’ Relief was firmly in the Chancellor’s sights last year as he faced political pressure to take action on tax… Read more…

UK’s small businesses ignoring minor expense claims

A new report has found that UK freelancers, sole traders and micro-businesses could potentially be failing to claim millions of pounds worth of tax relief from unclaimed expenses they deem too small or time-consuming. Research conducted by FreeAgent, a cloud accounting software provider, has revealed that around a quarter of a billion pounds worth of expenses… Read more…