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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
HM Treasury issued, just before Christmas, a long-awaited response to an Independent Review (“the Review”) of the Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge, with a withdrawal from its previous hard line of application. The Review, commissioned by the Chancellor and undertaken by Sir Amyas Morse, runs to a published Report of no
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
In under 6 months the Government’s first phase of digital taxation for businesses “ Making Tax Digital for VAT ” goes live, yet there still appears to be very little knowledge of what the rules are, who they apply to or when they start. The new rules will apply for
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
We are delighted to announce that the Chartered Accountancy practices of Ross Brooke and Michael Robins have merged in a deal that will see Ross Brooke become the pre-eminent firm of accountants in Hungerford. Alan Gibson, Director of Ross Brooke said “The merger is a continuation of Ross Brooke’s commitment
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
New data shows that businesses in the UK have already been fined more than £65 million since April last year for failure to submit their accounts on time. The figures released by Companies House show that between April and December 2015 more than 140,000 penalties were issued to businesses. In
In this update we go back to basics and look at how HMRC chooses individuals and businesses for enquiry once it has received the finalised returns. Tax gap by type of tax: The current tax gap is estimated to stand at just shy of £34bn: Income Tax, National Insurance Contributions
Businesses need to be aware of a new European court ruling which has clarified that travelling time to and from work could itself be classed as work. In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Justice has said that time spent to and from first and last appointments by workers