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How HMRC assesses profits for sole traders and partnerships who use an accounting date between 6 April and 30 March will change from 6 April 2023. This change will not affect companies. Your accounting date is the last day of the period that you prepare your accounts for. You choose
Ahead of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD ITSA) requirements from April 2024 we’re looking at how to enhance our services to our clients whilst also making their lives easier. By Sarah Hardy We have been using the Dext Prepare software for a little while now but knew
In general terms employees and directors are assessed to tax on the cost of any social functions provided by their employer. There is however an exemption that applies to an annual function or functions (for example, a Christmas party) provided that it is available to employees generally and the cost
Blog by Rhys Madoc CEO, UHY International The changing nature of work, fuelled by advancing technology, globalisation and worldwide lockdowns, means that good project management is more important than ever. As the number of business teams working remotely increases, the ways in which we engage workers and develop our processes
STOP PRESS (Jan 2023): Making Tax Digital for income tax self-assessment (MTD ITSA) has been delayed again – the new timescales are here. The benefits to going digital though, remain. By Sarah Hardy The phased introduction to the service is still on track, beginning with businesses, self-employed individuals, and landlords
Businesses of any size and type must register for Plastic Packaging Tax if they expect to manufacture or import 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging in the next 30 days, or if they have manufactured or imported 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging since 1 April 2022. HMRC have developed
What is the TAAR? The Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rules (TAARs) have been with us for some time. First introduced in Finance Act 2016, it is now found in the Taxation (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005, section 396B, and is designed to prevent the former practice of ‘phoenixing’, whereby a shareholder,
The changes to the basis of assessment of self-employed profits are scheduled to change from 6 April 2024. The new rules mean that profits (and losses) will be assessed based on the amounts arising between 6 April and 5 April instead of the profit/loss of an accounting period ending in
The Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) was introduced on 1 April 2022. If you manufacture or import plastic packaging into the UK, you may need to register for PPT, submit a PPT return and pay any tax due. As the end of the first quarterly accounting period for PPT approaches, HMRC
Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax will apply to sole traders, property landlords and certain other businesses with gross turnover and/or property income over £10,000 a year and will commence in April 2024. The system will then be extended to partners from April 2025 and LLPs and partnerships with