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2024

HMRC’s new VAT tool

HMRC’s new VAT tool If you are thinking about registering voluntarily for VAT, or hovering around the £90,000 compulsory registration threshold, the new VAT Registration ...
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2024

HMRC construction industry concerns

HMRC construction industry concerns Subcontractor verification is under HMRC’s spotlight. With records showing that some contractors are making incorrect Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) deductions, HMRC ...
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2024

Extra staff for Christmas

Extra staff for Christmas Employers boosting their workforce — even temporarily — need to remember the pensions automatic enrolment rules. Under the rules, every employer ...
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2024

Employers: avoid unwanted attention from HMRC

Employers: avoid unwanted attention from HMRC  The latest tax gap figures show a black hole of more than £3 billion for PAYE. This gap is ...
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2024

Update: pensions automatic enrolment  

Update: pensions automatic enrolment Significant change to the pensions automatic enrolment regime, extending enrolment to younger workers, and removing the lower earnings threshold for qualifying ...
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2024

Travel expenses: flexible and hybrid workers 

Travel expenses: flexible and hybrid workers Travel costs make up a large part of necessary expenditure for many businesses. With the shift to some form ...
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2024

Training costs: HMRC shifts ground

Training costs: HMRC shifts ground Updated HMRC guidance makes interesting reading if you are self-employed and decide to upskill. Is the training tax deductible — ...
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2024

Staff tips: when do new employer duties begin?

Staff tips: when do new employer duties begin? Temporary delay buys more time for preparation. Earlier this year, a new Code of Practice on the fair ...
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2024

Scottish taxpayers

Scottish taxpayers Correctly identifying Scottish taxpayer status matters. With Scottish Income Tax rates and bands steadily diverging from those in the rest of the UK, employers ...
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2024

Reporting benefits in kind 

Reporting benefits in kind Get ready for change. From April 2026, it’s expected that employers will be required to report and pay Income Tax and Class ...
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2024

Plant and machinery allowances

Plant and machinery allowances What records should you keep to keep right side of the rules? HMRC is publicising common areas of error where businesses ...
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2024

It’s your main residence

It’s your main residence But if HMRC asks, can you prove it? It’s an important question when it comes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and ...
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Latest News for Business

Advisory fuel rates for company cars

New company car advisory fuel rates have been published and took effect from 1 June 2024.
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Latest News for Business

Inflation falls after UK moves out of recession

The rate of UK inflation fell to 2.3% in the year to April, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Latest News for Business

300,000 file tax returns in the first week of the tax year

Almost 300,000 self assessment taxpayers filed their return in the first week of the new tax year, HMRC has revealed.
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Latest News for Business

Retirees report £119,000 shortfall in pension savings

UK adults face a significant shortfall in their pension savings at retirement compared to what they wanted to retire on, according to research from Standard ...
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Latest News for Business

Taxpayers spend total of 800 years waiting to speak to HMRC

UK taxpayers spent the equivalent of 800 years on hold to HMRC in 2022/23, according to a report published by the National Audit Office (NAO).
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Latest News for Business

HMRC error means self-employed workers could lose out on state pension

An HMRC error could mean that some low-income, self-employed workers lose out on their entitlement to National Insurance-related benefits like the state pension, warns the ...
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Latest News for Business

Revitalise ‘Brand Britain’, says CBI

Revitalising 'Brand Britain' in its first 100 days in office should be a priority for the party that wins the General Election, says the Confederation ...
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Latest News for Business

Next government will need to build trust between HMRC and self-employed

The next government must take a direct hand in rebuilding trust between HMRC and the self-employed, according to the Association of Independent Professionals and the ...
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2024

What employers need to know

What employers need to know In England, Scotland and Wales, new rules impact the following areas: Holiday pay and entitlement: irregular hours and part-year workers ...
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2024

Trade and customs: commodity codes

Trade and customs: commodity codes A figure of Captain America (think Marvel comic books), the Tin Man, some Norse gods and Grey Worm from ‘Game ...
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2024

National Insurance: where we are now

National Insurance: where we are now Spring Budget 2024 announced further cuts to National Insurance contributions (NICs) taking effect from the start of the tax ...
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2024

Minimum wage

Minimum wage A reminder that minimum wage rates changed on 1 April 2024. The new hourly rates are: £11.44 for workers aged 21 and over ...
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2024

HMRC eyes potentially underdeclared dividend income

HMRC eyes potentially underdeclared dividend income HMRC is using its data analytic powers to contact taxpayers where it thinks there’s a chance that income has ...
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2024

Capital Gains Tax – in the news

Capital Gains Tax – in the news There continue to be significant changes to the already complex Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rules. Capital Gains Tax ...
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2024

Budget Surprises

Budget Surprises If they weren’t exactly rabbits out of the hat, Spring Budget 2024 still sprang its share of surprises. VAT registration limit Having been ...
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2024

Update: pensions automatic enrolment  

Update: pensions automatic enrolment Significant change to the pensions automatic enrolment regime, extending enrolment to younger workers, and removing the lower earnings threshold for qualifying ...
Read More →
2024

Travel expenses: flexible and hybrid workers 

Travel expenses: flexible and hybrid workers Travel costs make up a large part of necessary expenditure for many businesses. With the shift to some form ...
Read More →
2024

Training costs: HMRC shifts ground

Training costs: HMRC shifts ground Updated HMRC guidance makes interesting reading if you are self-employed and decide to upskill. Is the training tax deductible — ...
Read More →
2024

Staff tips: when do new employer duties begin?

Staff tips: when do new employer duties begin? Temporary delay buys more time for preparation. Earlier this year, a new Code of Practice on the fair ...
Read More →
2024

Scottish taxpayers

Scottish taxpayers Correctly identifying Scottish taxpayer status matters. With Scottish Income Tax rates and bands steadily diverging from those in the rest of the UK, employers ...
Read More →
2024

Reporting benefits in kind 

Reporting benefits in kind Get ready for change. From April 2026, it’s expected that employers will be required to report and pay Income Tax and Class ...
Read More →
2024

Plant and machinery allowances

Plant and machinery allowances What records should you keep to keep right side of the rules? HMRC is publicising common areas of error where businesses ...
Read More →
2024

It’s your main residence

It’s your main residence But if HMRC asks, can you prove it? It’s an important question when it comes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and ...
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2024

Tax owing?

Tax owing? HMRC offers Time to Pay (TTP) where a business or individual is struggling to make a tax payment because of genuine financial hardship ...
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2024

Major change for holiday lets

Major change for holiday lets Preferential tax rules for furnished holiday lettings (FHLs) end in April 2025, removing any tax incentive to offer short-term holiday ...
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2024

Jointly-owned property: get it right

Jointly-owned property: get it right A need-to-read case came before the Tax Tribunal recently. The property and the problem This was the story of an ...
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2024

HMRC targets sales of cats and dogs

HMRC targets sales of cats and dogs If you’ve made money from breeding or selling cats, dogs and other animals, HMRC could be on your ...
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2024

HMRC’s new VAT tool

HMRC’s new VAT tool If you are thinking about registering voluntarily for VAT, or hovering around the £90,000 compulsory registration threshold, the new VAT Registration ...
Read More →
2024

HMRC construction industry concerns

HMRC construction industry concerns Subcontractor verification is under HMRC’s spotlight. With records showing that some contractors are making incorrect Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) deductions, HMRC ...
Read More →
2024

Extra staff for Christmas

Extra staff for Christmas Employers boosting their workforce — even temporarily — need to remember the pensions automatic enrolment rules. Under the rules, every employer ...
Read More →
2024

Employers: avoid unwanted attention from HMRC

Employers: avoid unwanted attention from HMRC  The latest tax gap figures show a black hole of more than £3 billion for PAYE. This gap is ...
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2023

CARS, VANS AND BENEFITS IN KIND

CARS, VANS AND BENEFITS IN KIND If it’s a car you provide to your employee, the taxable benefit is higher. If it’s a van, the ...
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2023

A COMMON PAYROLL PROBLEM: AND HOW TO AVOID IT

A COMMON PAYROLL PROBLEM: AND HOW TO AVOID IT Nearly 90% of businesses made payroll mistakes in the last year, research suggests. Errors can easily ...
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2023

CK News

CK News Midlands Air Ambulance Charity We have had a very busy few months, we are proud to have partnered with Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, ...
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2023

VAT: THE OPTION TO TAX EXPLAINED

VAT: THE OPTION TO TAX EXPLAINED The VAT treatment of property can be challenging. Normally, supplies of land and buildings are exempt from VAT. There ...
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2023

SHORT-TERM PROPERTY LET: DOES HMRC NEED TO KNOW?

SHORT-TERM PROPERTY LET: DOES HMRC NEED TO KNOW? Many websites urge property owners to start earning from their home or spare room – but what ...
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2023

PLASTIC PACKAGING TAX UPDATE

PLASTIC PACKAGING TAX UPDATE The Spring Budget 2023 confirmed an increase to the rate of Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) from 1 April 2023. Where packaging ...
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2023

Academy Newsletter

Academy Newsletter Welcome to our new Academy Newsletter. With every school, academy and education trust under pressure, facing constantly changing regulations, it is important to stay on ...
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