It is possible for wealthier taxpayers to take advantage of the IHT exemption for gifts and payments that are paid as normal expenditure out of income. This is a very flexible exemption from IHT as there are no specific requirements, for example,
From 1 August 2020 onwards, it is intended that the shielding programme will be “paused” in England so clinically extremely vulnerable people will no longer be advised to shield. From an employment perspective, this means that, if they
You may have come across the terms debit and credit and perhaps wondered exactly what do they mean?
Certainly, if you are a bookkeeper or accountant you will or should understand their significance.
The first book on the subject was written by
Literally, the word depreciation means a reduction in the value of an asset over time. It recognises the fact that if you buy assets for your business – cars, plant, computers etc – as time marches on the value of those assets will
Most of us fire-fight on a daily basis. We face distractions from multiple directions and basically have no time to surface from that activity to see what else may require our attention.
Any plans that we had for our day can be dashed by new
1 July 2020 – Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 30 September 2019.
6 July 2020 – Complete and submit forms P11D return of benefits and expenses and P11D(b) return of Class 1A NICs.
19 July 2020 – Pay Class 1A NICs (by the 22 July
The option to defer your VAT payments ends on 30 June 2020. The Coronavirus VAT payment holiday gave businesses the chance to defer the payment of any VAT liabilities between 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2020.
Businesses that took advantage of
The HM Government guidance titled Working safely during COVID-19 in shops and branches has been updated. The updates relate to managing product handling and returns, the test and trace service, safer travel and managing security risks.
The guidance
The VAT Flat Rate scheme is intended to simplify the way a business accounts for VAT and reduce the administration costs of complying with the VAT legislation. There can also be a decent VAT saving for those using the scheme.
The scheme is only open
The assessment of self-employed or partnerships profits is usually relatively straight-forward if the accounting date, to which annual accounts are prepared, falls between 31 March and 5 April. However, overlap profits can arise where a business year