UHY Ross Brooke Chartered Accountants

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Budget 2015 – Brave New World

As avid fans of online computing, we were pleased to hear in Budget 2015 of the Chancellor’s plans to move reporting for tax purposes into the digital era with the ultimate aim of removing the requirement to submit the annual tax return. For those that believe that this means that

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GUEST BLOG – Choosing the right solicitor for you

There are many reasons why people need solicitors. You may be selling your business, putting together a major new contract or moving location. It might form part of your tax planning strategy or just getting your business in order. In the worst case, you may be involved in a dispute,

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Xero – The future is here now

Being Xero Accountants for some time, we are well placed to explain the transformation that Xero has brought to the world of accountancy packages for businesses. Being an online system and because everything is held in the Cloud, the traditional historical based reporting and ‘after the event’ relationship with the

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Beware of unofficial emails from HMRC

As 31 July approaches scammers will take the opportunity to increase the number of fraudulent emails and imitation HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) websites in order to obtain individuals’ bank information on the pretext of a tax demand or a claim that a tax refund is due. Our repeated advice

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HMRC targets horsebox owners

In another attempt to clampdown on perceived tax evasion we are warning horsebox owners that they may be set to be the subject of an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) investigation. HMRC apparently suspects that some farmers and rural business owners are buying horseboxes through their company and either falsely claiming the

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Businesses need to be on the look-out for new challenges in 2015

 Businesses should keep a sharp eye out in the New Year for any economic changes that could adversely affect their trading positions. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has released new figures showing that retail sales volumes rose by 6.4 per cent in 2014; the highest year-on-year increase since May

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Why you could be paying £000’s too much in tax

Owners of commercial properties, whether used in their own business or let to tenants could be sat on a tax goldmine and not even be aware of it. What tax relief? Experts estimate that property owners in the UK could be missing out on tax relief worth billions of pounds

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HMRC Offer Solicitors Tax Amnesty

HMRC now hold an enormous amount of data and powerful digital intelligence systems to identify people who have failed to pay the right amount of tax. From 8 December 2014 to 9 June 2015 anyone working within the legal profession as a solicitor has the opportunity to inform HMRC about

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