David Cameron made the following statement to the members of the Open Government Partnership annual summit last week. “We need to know who really owns and controls our companies. Not just who owns them legally, but who really benefits financially from their existence. This summer at the G8 we committed to do just that – […]
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Cast your mind back when Members of Parliament were accused of “flipping” properties to avoid Capital Gains Tax on the sale of a second property? Theoretically, it should be possible to buy a second home, live in it for a short period, and as long as certain procedures are followed, have the last three years […]
Planning to sell your business is not a process for the faint hearted. You have likely spent many years building your business and the last thing you want to face is losing a large proportion of the sales proceeds to tax or worse, being unable to enforce payment of what is due to you because […]
UK residents, whose Swiss banking arrangements have been disclosed to HMRC under the UK/Swiss tax agreement, have started to receive follow up letters from HMRC. Earlier this year account holders were given a choice: To pay over a fixed percentage of their account balance to compensate for tax previously unpaid. Or, to authorise their Swiss […]
A new tax campaign was launched by HMRC on 7 October 2013. The campaign targets: physiotherapists, occupational therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, chiropodists and podiatrists; homeopaths, dieticians, nutritional therapists, reflexologists, acupuncturists, psychologists, speech, language and art therapists, and other health professionals are also covered. Health professionals have until 31 December 2013 to advise HMRC that they would […]
1 November 2013 – Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 January 2013. 19 November 2013 – PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 November 2013. (If you pay your tax electronically the due date is 22 November 2013.) 19 November 2013 – Filing deadline for the CIS300 monthly […]
Wednesday 4th December 2013: Autumn Statement It has been announced that George Osborne will be presenting his Autumn Statement to Parliament at 12.30pm, Wednesday 4th December. The Statement usually sets the tone of future changes to our tax legislation, particularly, those to be included in the Finance Bill 2014. Tuesday 10th December 2013: Draft clauses […]
Dare we hope? In the third quarter of 2013 the UK’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.8%. Don’t be dismayed by the small percentage. The key is it’s a positive number and the best growth indicator published since 2010. Hidden within this increase are some pleasant surprises: • A 2.5% surge in construction activity, bolstered […]
If you managed to acquire Post Office shares at 330p per share you will have been presently surprised by the opening price on the London Stock Exchange. At 8am on the first day of trading the shares stood at 430p rising to 450p in the first few minutes. At the end of the first days’ […]
The Chancellor announced the creation of a NICs Employment Allowance in the 2013 Budget. This is planned to start on 6 April 2014 and moved a step closer to becoming law with the First Reading of the Bill on 14 October 2013. HMRC have published the following background information about the scheme: “In the March […]