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Chancellors economic statement for pubs and restaurants

Helpful Guide to the Summer Economic Statement – What’s New

The Chancellor has introduced a series of measures focused in some key areas that havebeen hard hit due to Covid-19.In what the Chancellor referred to as ‘Phase 2’ of the Government’s response, Rishi Sunakannounced a number of measures of support including: A Job Retention Bonus; A Kickstart Jobs Scheme; Trainee

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Employment Related Securities (ERS) Returns

Employment Related Securities (ERS) Returns – Are You Ready?

The annual cycle for submitting Employment Related Security (ERS) Returns closes on 6 July 2020. The report, to be filed electronically with HMRC, should detail: – The acquisition by officer or employees of securities (including shares); or Of an interest in securities or a securities option available to an officer

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Vinnie

Man’s Best friend

This year, Take Your Dog to Work Day falls on 21 June. Over recent years I have noticed more and more employers allowing staff to bring their dogs to work on this and in some cases many other days too. Of course many of us working from home will have

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Can i claim a Local Authority Discretionary Grant

Job Retention Scheme and Furloughing – Where are we now?

The government has announced a number of changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – more commonly referred to as ‘furlough’. These changes start to take effect from 1 July. According to government published figures, as at 24 May, the scheme had been used by 1 million employers to protect

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EOT advisor

Employee Ownership Trusts. What are they and why would you use one?

EOT Explained EOT Guide Case Study   Get in touch If you would like to find out more about Employee Ownership Trusts, please get in touch today with your nearest office. Newbury: tel 01635 555666 or email newbury@uhy-rossbrooke.com Swindon: tel 01793 610008 or email swindon@uhy-rossbrooke.com Hungerford: tel 01488 682546 or

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share option and loan note transactions

Corporate employer tax reporting of share, option and loan note transactions by 6 July 2020 Note: as at 4 May 2020 no HMRC announcement of any Covid-deferral of the filing deadline

UK tax resident companies have an annual obligation to e-report to HMRC all awards of shares, share options and loan notes (in fact any “securities”) to employees and directors.  There are very few exceptions. HMRC are known to closely examine the completeness of the e-report against the company claim for

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Treasury to consider helping SMEs that pay dividends

We’re delighted that the Treasury is urgently looking at ways to help business owners who pay themselves via dividend income, according to their own Twitter account this morning where they say they are ‘looking at proposals’. At the moment these smaller businesses, often one-person limited companies, feel as though they

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