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This is relevant to all clients who have a payroll. Even if we do not process your payroll, we suggest you check this point with your payroll software provider.   When we run the April 2020 [...]

Background The Government is bringing in a scheme for help with payments to employees who are furloughed as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak. Furloughed means, sent home with no work. For [...]

Self-employment income support scheme This is meant to cover people whose main income is self-employment, including partners in partnerships. The Government has promised that, if you appear to [...]

The government have announced a business rates holiday for business ratepayers in the hotel, tourism and leisure businesses.   Business ratepayers in all business sectors who qualify for [...]

The current health situation 14 days of Statutory Sick Pay per employee to be met by the Government in full. Business properties with rateable value less than £51,000 will pay no Business Rates. [...]

During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated in his Inauguration Speech in 1933, “the only thing you have to fear is fear itself”.   Fear The official response to a [...]

As you will know, for some time it has been the case that if you are doing work for somebody through your Limited Company, and the terms and conditions of the work are such that it would be [...]

At present, capital gains tax is payable on 31 January following the end of the tax year in which the gain takes place. This rule is about to change for residential properties.   As from 6 [...]

As I write these words, I have just heard that we are going to have a General Election on 12th December 2019.  I was listening to the Today Programme on Radio 4 in which someone from the CBI, and [...]

  I am taking a quick break from my series of postings on cars and companies for a word on overseas tax. We have a number of French speaking clients.  I have taken calls from a few of them [...]