CHRISTMAS IS COMING! – NEW RULES FOR GIFTS TO STAFF From 6 April 2016 new rules were introduced to allow employers to provide their directors and employees with certain “trivial” benefits in kind, tax-free. The new rules are a simplification measure so that certain benefits in kind will not need to be reported to HMRC,
LIQUIDATING A COMPANY – IS IT A CAPITAL GAIN? One of the anti-avoidance measures being introduced by the latest Finance Bill potentially changes the way that certain payments to shareholders will be taxed. This may result in payments following some company liquidations being taxed as dividends instead of capital gains. The Government is concerned
NEW RULES FOR BUY-TO LET LANDLORDS The 2016 Finance Bill sees the introduction of important tax changes for property investors that were originally announced in the 2015 Budget. From 6 April 2016 onwards there are important tax changes affecting the replacement of furnishings for buy to let landlords. 6 April 2017 will see the start
Clients have always been mystified when we contact them to file their Annual Return to Companies House. “But my accounts aren’t due for 6 months” they say! The Annual Return was an Annual Filing that stated the standing data of the Company and was due annually on the anniversary of the incorporation date of the
We often get asked for SA302’s by clients who are applying for mortgages. An SA302 is an HMRC-generated form with a breakdown of income. An example is shown at the bottom of this post. The unfortunate issue is that the mortgage lenders typically insist on this type of income proof and will not accept a
The Flat Rate VAT Scheme (FRS) is a scheme that allows businesses with a turnover of under £150,000 to pay VAT on a fixed percentage of their gross turnover rather than the amount of VAT received less the amount paid out. This is supposed to reduce beaurocracy as the calculation of the VAT return is
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