Contract consideration

Contract consideration

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 equivalent to employment, H M Revenue and Customs will not allow you to pay...
Tax and the current political situation

Tax and the current political situation

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 a business owner, were being interviewed as to the business climate...
Capital gains on residential properties

Overseas Tax

  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 recently expressing concern at the current arrangements for sharing...
Cars and Companies (Part 1)

Cars and Companies (Part 1)

  I get a lot of questions about the tax and accounting treatment of your car if you operating a Limited Company. Although in theory it ought to be simple, in practice there are probably more complications for this area of tax and accounting than anything else...
Contract consideration

The fallout from Carillion

  There has been quite a bit of comment and speculation over the role of the Auditors in the collapse of Carillion and indeed another recent corporate failures.  What follows below are my views. The “Big Four”, and other Accountancy firms that aspire to be...