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Have You Misclaimed Covid 19 Support?

In his budget on the 3rd of March 2021 RIshi Sunak announced the creation of a new Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to look into misclaimed Covid 19 support. The budget documents say: Combatting COVID-19 fraud – The government will invest over £100 million in a Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of 1,265 HMRC staff to combat fraud within

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New IR35 Rules Start This Month

The “off-payroll” IR35 working rules that apply to certain workers supplying their services to clients via their own personal service companies start from 6 April 2021. These rules were already been in place in the public sector but now apply to the private sector as well. Under this new regime end user businesses will be

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Last Minute End Of Year Tax Planning For Individuals

  With only a month to go there is still time to save some tax with some end of year tax planning. Here are some ideas: Use your spouse’s personal allowance If your spouse is a lower rate or non-taxpayer, it’s possible for them to transfer 20% of their unused personal allowance to their spouse

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End Of Year Tax Planning For Limited Companies

When your year end is approaching it’s important to take the opportunity to think about any actions you need to take to manage your tax bill. Many of these actions actually need the transactions to be carried out before the end date and can’t be backdated. Some of these actions have cash flow and balance

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Hospitality 5% VAT Extension Until September

As we mentioned in our budget blog post the 5% VAT rate that was brought in in 2020 is going to be extended. The broad details are: The temporary reduced rate of VAT of 5% will be extended until 30 September 2021 There will be a new rate of 12.5% from 1 October 2021 to

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March 21 UK Budget Update

INTRODUCTION The Chancellor’s second real budget on the 3rd of March made some important business announcements to try and mitigate the effects of the pandemic and also to start rebuilding the nation’s finances for the future. Below we list some of the most important announcements that will affect individuals and small businesses in Scotland. The

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