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World Kindness Day Nov 13th 2022

Our colleagues are all lovely people, and to celebrate World Kindness Day, we asked how they help others and volunteer their time. Thank you to all who shared with us, here are some highlights: Phil Kinzett-Evans helps out with the Rotary Club. He is organising the upcoming Santa Fun Run

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Beware of this mobile phone tax trap

It is common for businesses to enter into a contract with a telecoms company to provide mobile phones to the company’s staff. There is no benefit in kind on the provision of the mobile phone as there is a specific provision in Section 319 ITEPA 2003 to exempt such a

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tracey 40 years

40 Years at UHY Ross Brooke

40 years ago: long before we even had computers and we used to do everything manually using ledgers and multi-part carbon paper. Multi-skilled Tracey started as the office junior before moving to accounts, then payroll before settling on a career in tax. Since then, she has become a mentor to

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Public Sector IR35 rules to be extended to Private Sector

Since its introduction IR35 has been fraught with uncertainty and it has never produced the millions of extra tax revenue that the Government predicted. HMRC have very few officers working on IR35 cases and following numerous defeats before the Tax Tribunals the Government have decided that a different approach is

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Headlines from the Spring Statement

This week Chancellor Philip Hammond set out changes to the government’s taxation income and expenditure in his first Spring Statement, many of which will have an impact on the way the UK’s small businesses operate in the future. The main tax theme seemed to be a significant focus on consultation

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Tax planning 5th April

Year end Tax Planning Reminder

It is that time of year again, when we start to think about the things we need to do for the tax year that we haven’t yet done. Save today for tomorrow! Accountants and Financial Advisers alike provide their hints and tips to their clients on how best to maximise

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A great result for our client

I am delighted to report that our tax team, under the guidance of our tax director Phil Kinzett-Evans we have recently produced a great result for our client, saving him many £000’s. The taxpayer client was previously represented by an unqualified individual who held himself out locally to be an

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VAT blow to small businesses

I can recall the introduction of the VAT Flat Rate Scheme in 2002, which was originally fanfared as a simplification measure for small businesses. After such a long time I don’t recall the exact rates but take up was minimal as the rates were set too high and there was

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