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CK Newsletter
2016
Spring

This year's nominated charity is the Alzheimer's Society. To raise funds staff wore something Christmassy for charity with varying results! CK made a donation of over £400 to the Alzheimer's Society. Many thanks to all who took part.

Exam results

Congratulations to Nick Wright who has passed his final exams to become a Chartered Tax Advisor!

New Recruit

We welcome Laura Haywood to the payroll department. Laura joins CK from her previous role as a payroll manager for a firm of accountants in Cradley Heath.

Spring

Are you tracking your website statistics?

Reviewing is an essential part of day-to-day business management.

Attention director-shareholders - profit extraction issues

A key advantage of trading as a company is that the owners, who are generally both shareholders and directors.

Changes in reporting benefits

There are a number of welcome changes being made to the taxation of benefits on employees and directors with effect from 6 April 2016.

Charities - ensuring tax exemptions are available

There can be generous tax relief for charities but only if the charity is correctly set up and run.

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Marriage allowance - guide your employees in the right direction

The Marriage Allowance lets certain individuals transfer 10% of their personal allowance to their spouse or civil partner.

New tax dangers when buying residential property

The Chancellor announced in his Autumn Statement in November 2015 that he would be introducing new rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on purchases of buy to let properties or second homes.

Personal Tax Accounts

In December 2015, HMRC launched the Personal Tax Account (PTA).

Property income and interest relief

The surprise announcement in the Summer Budget 2015 restricting income tax relief for interest costs incurred by landlords of residential properties became law in November 2015.