Selling goods to the EU after 31/12/2020 December 18, 2020VAT and UK businesses selling goods to the EU after 31/12/2020 With effect from 1/1/2021 sales of goods from the... Read More
HMRC Awakens… December 1, 2020It has been widely publicised that there was an initial reduction in HMRC compliance activity when the first lockdown commenced... Read More
Reasonable Excuse – Recent Development October 22, 2020The recent case of Belloul v HMRC provides an interesting view on the concept of the definition of “reasonable excuse”... Read More
Transfer of Private Residence – Private Residence Relief October 1, 2020Transfer of Private Residence – Private Residence Relief Finance Act 2020 introduced changes under paragraph 24 regarding the period of... Read More
Adversely affected business by coronavirus September 17, 2020Self-Employment Income Support Scheme What is an Adversely Affected Business? A taxable grant was payable to eligible self-employed individuals (and... Read More
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Update September 9, 2020As part of the phased withdrawal of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), further changes have been introduced as from... Read More
Reasonable Excuse – Recent Development September 8, 2020The recent case of Belloul v HMRC provides an interesting view on the concept of the definition of “reasonable excuse”... Read More
MTD for ALL VAT registered businesses July 27, 2020On 21 July 2020 HMRC updated previously published guidance on MTD to confirm that from 1 April 2022 ALL businesses... Read More
Temporary VAT Rate Change in Hospitality and Tourism July 15, 2020Following the easing of the Covid-19 lockdown for businesses in the hospitality and tourism industries and in an attempt to... Read More
Temporary reduction in the VAT rate July 14, 2020Temporary reduction in the VAT rate for hospitality businesses The Chancellor has today announced further measures to assist with job... Read More
Temporary Changes to SDLT July 9, 2020Yesterday the Chancellor announced a temporary change in the Stamp Duty Land Tax (“SDLT”) thresholds. The changes apply to all... Read More
The End of VAT Deferral June 25, 2020VAT Deferral Scheme Many businesses will have taken advantage of the Governments VAT Deferral scheme which allowed a business to... Read More
Covid-19: Flexible Furlough June 16, 2020Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Late on Friday evening (12 June 2020) HMRC announced more details relating to the changes to... Read More
Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme Update June 3, 2020The Chancellor has announced three changes to the job retention scheme: From 1 July 2020, the scheme will be made... Read More
HMRC, the calm before the storm … June 2, 2020As you would expect there has been a reduction in HMRC activity since the lockdown period commenced back in March. ... Read More
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Update May 20, 2020Deadline announced for May 2020 claims It’s nearly a month since the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened and many... Read More
Coronavirus: Job Retention Scheme Extension May 13, 2020Breaking News: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Extended by 4 Months to end of October 2020 In an announcement on 12... Read More
Employment Allowance Changes May 5, 2020From 6 April 2020 eligibility rules for claiming the Employment Allowance (“EA”) will change. EA should be claimed through the... Read More
COVID19: Self-Employed Income Support Scheme April 27, 2020One of the measures introduced by the Government as support during the COVID-19 pandemic is support for the self-employed. There... Read More
Update: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme April 16, 2020HMRC have announced an intended launch date for the Job Retention Scheme portal of 20 April 2020. So, now whilst... Read More
Update: Coronavirus – Job Retention Scheme April 6, 2020Further to our recent publications, HMRC have now confirmed their positions on both Office Holders and Company Directors and the... Read More
COVID-19 Statutory Self-Employment Pay Scheme March 30, 2020On 26 March 2020, the Chancellor announced the following new measures to help self-employed businesses through the current Coronavirus pandemic.... Read More
Update: Coronavirus – Job Retention Scheme March 27, 2020Whilst there has been no official announcement from HM Treasury on the how the Job Retention Scheme is going to... Read More
Coronavirus update – Deferment of July 2020 Payment on Account March 27, 2020HM Treasury have recently released an update on the option for a taxpayer to defer their second Self-Assessment Payment on... Read More
Updated: UK VAT Deferral March 26, 2020Last week the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that there will be a deferral of VAT due to be paid... Read More
Coronavirus – Job Retention Scheme March 25, 2020On Friday 20 March, the Chancellor announced an intervention to protect the jobs of those facing likely redundancy as a... Read More
Coronavirus: UK VAT Deferral March 24, 2020Last week the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that there will be a deferral of VAT due to be paid... Read More
Late registering for VAT? March 18, 2020The date at which a business is required to be registered from is a matter of legal fact which is... Read More
What is IR35? February 12, 2020IR35 is a set of tax rules which form part of the Finance Act. The original part of legislation came... Read More
The effects of Brexit on VAT January 29, 202011pm on 31 January 2020 will see the UK officially leave the EU and no long be an EU Member... Read More
