UHY Ross Brooke Chartered Accountants

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Is your business attracting new talent?

Recruiting new employees is tough just now, so be different! For example, some employers are now offering “Wellbeing leave” in addition to the usual holiday package. If you want to recruit more you have to get serious about the process and be on it 24/7, 365! There are a number

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2024 Graduate accounts and audit roles Oxfordshire

Begin your accountancy career with a Top 20 firm of Chartered Accountants. UHY Ross Brooke are ambitious people just like you. If your aspiration is to be an exceptional accountant and business adviser, we invite you to apply to our Abingdon Team ICAEW 2024/5 graduate training programme. We will invest

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Payrolling Benefits in Kind

HMRC are encouraging more employers to payroll employee benefits in kind rather than declaring benefits on the end of year P11D. They have included guidance on registering to use the scheme in their latest employer bulletin. If employers haven’t already done so they should register online now or before 5

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Directors may be liable for overclaimed CJRS grants

Where HMRC believe a company (including LLPs) is insolvent or about to become insolvent, and overclaimed CJRS grants owed will not be paid, they may give a notice making an individual (or individuals) jointly and severally liable for the relevant tax liabilities. This means that all individuals given a notice

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Paying too much tax?

The costs of keeping the country running through Covid were huge and inflation is expected to add to the country’s debt. The Office for Budget Responsibility has indicated that the treasury will need to find £45bn in interest, before even thinking about paying off the debt itself. As taxpayers we

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Don’t be fooled

As 31 January self-assessment payment deadline approaches taxpayers need to be especially aware that scammers see this as a profitable time of year. Last year HMRC received over a million reports about suspicious contact from HMRC, and the true number may be much higher as many cases go unreported. These

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Managing home workers’ health and safety

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) home working guidance is for anyone who employs home workers, including those who split their time between their workplace and home (sometimes called hybrid working) The guidance has been redesigned and expanded to provide more detail on straightforward actions to manage home workers’ health

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Remember to declare COVID-19 grants on your tax return

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding Self-Assessment tax payers to declare any COVID-19 grant payments on their 2020 to 2021 tax return. These grants are taxable, and you should declare them on your 2020 to 2021 tax return before the deadline on 31 January 2022. The Self Employed Income

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Statutory Sick Pay Rebate scheme (SSPRS)

The government is reintroducing the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme (SSPRS). This will be a temporary scheme to support employers facing heightened levels of sickness absence due to COVID-19. The SSPRS will refund small and medium-sized employers’ COVID-related SSP costs for up to two weeks per employee. To qualify for

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