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It is crucial to stay on top of key tax dates to keep your financial affairs in order. Here’s a friendly reminder of the important tax deadlines this year.
Discover the suggested reimbursement rates for employees’ private mileage using their company car.
Now is the perfect time to review your finances and make sure you’re making the most of available tax reliefs and allowances.
It is that time of year again for staff parties and annual functions, so it is important to make sure you record it properly.
New enhanced loss relief rules may result in extra tax refunds: In the March Budget it was announced that the normal one year carry back for trading losses would be extended to three years.
If you move goods between the UK and countries in the EU, you need to follow new customs and tax rules. Your business will be affected by the new rules if you:
In the Budget on 3rd March the Chancellor announced a new 130% tax relief for expenditure on new plant and machinery incurred between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2023. It turns out that this new tax relief is only available to limited companies and the latest Finance Bill reveals a nasty sting in the tail when the equipment is sold, as the clawback on disposal is potentially at the same 130% rate.
The Supreme Court has ruled that drivers for the ride hailing App Uber are workers not self-employed individuals and hence are entitled to holiday pay, pension rights and the right to be paid the national minimum wage.
The “off-payroll” working rules that apply to certain workers supplying their services to clients via their own personal service companies start from 6 April 2021.
In order to continue to support businesses and jobs in the hospitality sector, the reduced 5% VAT rate will continue to apply to supplies of food and non-alcoholic drinks from restaurants, pubs, bars, cafés and similar premises across the UK until 30 September 2021.
An employer may provide subsidised or free meals for its staff tax-free. Employer subsidised meals must be:
– Available to all staff.
– Made available either at a canteen or on the employer’s premises.
Get ready for the new off-payroll working rules:
This time last year businesses were preparing for important changes to the rules where workers supply their services via their own personal service companies. The start date was then deferred from 6 April 2020 to 6 April 2021.
European property owners face higher tax bills. Now that the UK has finally left the EU some taxpayers will start to see additional tax costs.
Possible changes to capital taxes: The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) have been asked by the Treasury to review both Inheritance Tax (IHT) and Capital Gains Tax (CGT) recently which again suggests there could be changes to those taxes that may require pre-emptive planning action.
Is pension tax relief under the spotlight? One area where the Chancellor could raise a substantial amount of tax would be to restrict higher rate tax relief on pension contributions.
Top tips for driving your Business Development (BD) efforts this year. BD is often misunderstood. Some might say that it’s all about relationships, another will say it’s all about sales and others will talk about marketing. They are all right, in a way. BD is the creation of long-term value for a firm, through effective management of customers, markets and relationships.
Self Assessment customers will not receive a penalty if they file by 28.02.21. HMRC is encouraging anyone who has not yet filed their tax
Providing training for your team when they are working remotely can be challenging. Delivering a training session to a room full of people can be difficult enough. Engaging with your audience remotely presents a whole new challenge.
Now could be the time to review your will. Top of the to do list for many individuals is to make or update their will. Many think this is something to leave until later in life but it is important to get things in place once property is acquired or when children come along.
The Chancellor recently announced that the temporary increase in the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) for expenditure on plant and machinery has been extended to 31 December 2021.
At this time of year we think about New Year’s resolutions and pension planning could be a great way. It is also a good time to start planning your tax affairs before the end of the tax year on 5th April.
Many people don’t realise that higher-rate taxpayers can get an additional benefit from their charitable donations. Find out how in this post.
Are you thinking about rewarding your employees with a Christmas gift this year? Certain gifts to staff at Christmas are tax-free if structured correctly.
An employee’s reference pay will depend upon whether or not they were on the payroll and subject to an RTI submission for 2019/20 on or before 19 March 2020. Where that is the case their reference pay will be that used under previous furlough claims.
The government will provide a voucher up to £5,000 that covers up to two-thirds of the cost of energy efficiency and low carbon heat improvements to your home. See which improvements are included in the scheme below.