UHY Ross Brooke Chartered Accountants

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Help us to help Children with Cancer

Throughout September the UHY Ross Brooke team will be supporting the ‘Children with Cancer UK’ charity by doing walks, jogs and runs. Our 4 offices will compete with each other to try and raise the most money possible via donations for their walks/runs. Children with Cancer UK is the charity

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Could you be breaching minimum wage legislation too?

On 5 August 2021, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a list of 191 employers who had breached national minimum wage legislation by underpaying their staff. Collectively, the employers failed to pay £2.1 million to over 34,000 workers between 2011 and 2018. The largest underpayment was

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Company Loss Relief Can Be Claimed Early

Where a company makes a trading loss of no more than £200,000 in an accounting period it is now possible to claim relief for that loss even though the corporation tax return CT600 has not been submitted. This will enable the company to carry back the loss to earlier years

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Current Government support for Covid

By Maddy Weeks With government support for the pandemic coming to an end, here is a reminder of support still available for businesses (July 2021). A 5th and final Self-employment income support scheme grant (SEISS). A fifth and final grant will cover May to September, claims can be made from

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What is the new “plastic packaging tax”?

Brython Edwards explains. In a world where we are all increasingly conscious of our own environmental impact, it will come as no surprise to hear the words “plastic packaging tax” looming on the horizon. Originally announced as part of The Budget back in 2018, with a proposed commencement date of

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What is an accountant?

According to a recent survey conducted by the Association of Accounting Technicians, one of the joint bodies responsible for accountancy professional standards in the UK, 75% of SME owners were not aware that the term ‘accountant’ can be used by anyone, irrespective of whether they are qualified or not, and

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Family Investment Companies

We are regularly approached to advise on how families might pass on wealth to subsequent generations. One of the strategies available is the use of gifts, which should never be dismissed. However, concerns often raised around a strategy of making gifts is that outright ownership gives the recipient immediate unfettered

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Sting in the tail

In order to incentivise companies to invest in capital spending in the short term, the Government have announced a 130% super deduction for investment in plant and machinery between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2023 (pro-rated in some cases). With corporation tax rates currently at 19% that will give

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