New steps to help businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak

March 18, 2020

On17 March, the chancellor announced bold new measures intended to help any business that is seeing, or anticipating, financial disruption […]

Increase in state pension matched by increasing costs

December 15, 2017

State pensions will rise by 3% next April, but it’s not all strictly good news. And what about the latest […]

The Bitcoin and cryptocurrency tax conundrum

December 8, 2017

At the start of the year, one Bitcoin was worth just under $1,000, but the price has since peeked at […]

Simple assessment – ending the tax return?

December 1, 2017

Around 11 million people currently have to complete a tax return every year to provide HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) […]

Almost but not quite – near miss on inflation helps boost interest rate

November 24, 2017

September inflation was just low enough to spare Mark Carney writing to the Chancellor. And helped spur the first interest […]

Auto-enrolment moves to the next stage in April

November 17, 2017

From next April employers and employees will find their auto-enrolment contributions rising. Are you ready for the changes?

Is your VAT return coming under scrutiny?

November 10, 2017

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) collected an extra £3.4 billion from small and medium-sized businesses through inquiries into the under-payment […]

Who’s in significant control of companies?

November 3, 2017

It is now simple for anyone to find out who really owns and controls a private company, even when shares […]

SMEs failing to grasp importance of new data rules

October 31, 2017

New research now shows that less than one in ten SME owners in the UK fully understands what GDPR actually […]

Pension auto-enrolment update

October 27, 2017

The pension auto-enrolment thresholds for 2017/18 have increased in line with national insurance contributions, although the auto-enrolment level itself is […]