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- How to Avoid Common Payroll Mistakes: A Practical Guide
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- A Simple Guide to Corporation Tax: What Businesses Need to Know
- Understanding Tax on Bonuses: What You Need to Know
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- Choosing the right Business Structure
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- Understanding the Importance of Accounting Taxes
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- A New Chapter of Transition and Growth at Blue Spire
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- April Employment Law Update – Understanding the changes
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- Our 2024 Spring Budget Report
- Advantages of being a sole trader
- Self-Employed guide to efficient record-keeping
- Changing Accountants? It’s Easier Than You Think…
- Our Blue Spire Core Values
- Why Your Business Needs Management Accounts
- Time to Pay Arrangements: Your Lifeline for Self-Assessment Tax Filing
- A Clear Guide to Payments on Account
- Who Needs to File a Self-Assessment Tax Return in the UK?
- Ways you can support your employees through the cost-of-living crisis
- Why Xero is our preferred choice of Bookkeeping software
- Kickstarting 2024 with confidence as a small business owner
- Tax-efficient ways to spread festive cheer at your workplace
- 2023 Autumn Statement – Blue Spire’s full summary
- Autumn Statement 2023 – Blue Spire’s summary of key points
- Paying yourself as a Limited Company Director
- What are Dividends?
- Emilie Raymond-Wells -Business Services Assistant
- Time to Pay Arrangement
- What will the 2023 Autumn Statement bring?
- Insolvencies on track for worst year since 2009
- SMEs involved in banking disputes have ‘nowhere to turn’
- Tax on Charitable Donations
- Hybrid and remote working here to stay
- UK economy grew in August, official data shows
- UK set for biggest tax rise in at least 50 years
- HMRC tax error sees thousands overcharged on student loans
- 5 tips for Independent Businesses
- UK economy ‘grew faster since start of Covid pandemic than originally thought’
- HOST Coffee Roaster
- Interest rates held at 5.25%
- Government slow to recover over £1 billion Covid grant fraud
- HMRC’s Self-assessment helpline back open
- FSB makes Christmas wish list for UK tourism, hospitality and retail
- Reminder to register for self-assessment by 5 October 2023
- Over a third of households across England will pay higher energy bills this winter
- Deadline for extending Child Benefit claims for teenagers is 31 August
- UK importers feeling geopolitical pressures
- National Insurance Contributions in 2023/24
- Tax down on pints but up on wines and spirits in Alcohol Duty overhaul
- More than £50 million in overpaid pensions tax repaid by HMRC
- UK inflation rate falls to 7.9%
- Older workers who retired at start of Covid much poorer
- HMRC increases late payment interest rate to 7.5%
- CMA scheme will force retailers to publish live fuel prices
- Proudly Independent, Proudly Chichester
- More than 200 companies named and shamed for minimum wage breaches
- HMRC closes self-assessment helpline for three months
- HMRC extends deadline for voluntary NICs to April 2025
- Nearly £9 billion in old banknotes and coins not cashed in, says Bank of England
- Women ‘more than twice as likely’ to miss out on workplace pensions auto-enrolment
- HMRC increases late payment interest rate to 7%
- Tax-Free Childcare helps 650,000 families save on their childcare costs
- 6 Reasons to submit your tax return early
- Number of early self-assessment filers doubles in 5 years
- HMRC seeks views on changes to Construction Industry Scheme
- Home working for the Self-Employed
- Energy suppliers urged to renegotiate fixed contracts for small businesses
- 77% of financial scams originating on social media
- No sign of employers hiring difficulties easing
- 47% of workers have had a late or incorrect wage on pay day
- HMRC urges companies that file VAT returns annually to use compatible software
- Rising childcare costs ‘keeping parents from returning to work’
- Gifting money and Inheritance Tax
- Demand for banknotes at lowest level in 20 years
- Interest rates expected to fall to pre-COVID levels
- Understanding changes to the Charity Annual Return for 2023
- State pension age rise will not be brought forward
- 3 key things Limited Company Directors need to think about before the new tax year
- Employment Law Seminar
- US tops list for UK small businesses to trade with outside Europe
- Treasury estimates MTD for ITSA deferral will cost over £1.75 billion
- Wage stagnation leaving workers £11,000 worse off per year
- Budget boosts employment but living standards falling
- Our 2023 Spring Budget Report
- 2023 Spring Budget summary of key points
- HMRC fails to tackle £2.3 billion furlough fraud
- Chancellor to use Budget to get people ‘back to work’
- South Coast Home Care
- International Women’s Day – celebrating the women at Blue Spire
- The Pensions Regulator increases focus on climate and ESG reporting
- Katie’s top ten tax tips
- Ofgem announces energy price cap as bills set to rise
- Firms stick to four-day working week after trial ends
- FSB urges government to ‘change course’ on decision to slash R&D tax support
- ‘Arithmetic intricacies’ of Investment Allowance could catch firms out, ATT warns
- HMRC urges eligible couples to claim Marriage Allowance
- More than three million still to file self assessment returns
- Tax receipts total £553 billion, HMRC data reveals
- Key tax changes to be aware of from 1 April
- Large cost-of-living gap between rich and poor households persists
- Changes to Corporation Tax from 1 April
- BCC warns SME exporters ‘under tightening pressure’
- Inflation passed its peak, but cost-of-living crisis continues, says CBI
- CDC’s Enabling Grant Scheme – applications open
- Pensioners outnumber young people for filing self assessment tax returns
- Key accounting dates for small businesses to remember in 2023
- Economic indicators have ‘stabilised at concerningly low levels’, BCC finds
- Energy bill support for firms to be reduced from April
- 6 Reasons why you need an Accountant for your Limited Company
- FSB calls for clarity on support with energy bill costs for small firms post-March
- Food price inflation hit record high in December
- Small firms ‘facing challenges when applying for financing’, FSB finds
- Tax non-compliance during pandemic cost UK £9 billion
- 2023 Financial New Year’s resolutions
- HMRC urges taxpayers to get self assessment wrapped up early
- What’s next for Making Tax Digital?
- Government extends mortgage guarantee scheme
- Chancellor announces Spring Budget date
- MTD for ITSA delayed until 2026
- MTD for ITSA should be delayed, say tax advisers
- Bank of England raises base interest rate to 3.5%
- Mortgage payments to surge, says Bank of England
- Self Assessment for Company Directors
- Plymouth and South Devon freeport gets go ahead
- UK house prices see biggest fall for two years
- CBI survey reveals continued deterioration in business confidence
- FSB urges government to ensure energy suppliers don’t inflate prices
- Tax threshold freeze equivalent to 3.5% tax hike
- Study finds one in four small businesses plan to close if energy bill support ends
- NAO reveals Digital Services Tax has raised £358 million
- OECD warns UK on course for biggest economic downturn
- Think tank suggests UK workers are ‘living through a two-decade wage stagnation’
- UK in a ‘new era of higher taxation’, IFS warns
- Autumn Statement – Full summary
- CBI praises Chancellor for ‘delivering stability’ in Autumn Statement
- Autumn Statement – key points
- Tax burden rises following Autumn Statement
- Households paying £94 extra on energy bills due to regulator’s failure
- Pia Homer – Receptionist/Administrator
- Autumn Statement – FSB calls for Chancellor to announce ‘clear set of measures to boost prosperity’
- Economists question ‘hole’ in public finances
- International Accountants Day
- BCC outlines UK economy support measures in manifesto
- Survey reveals drop in business optimism
- Energy bill support vouchers worth £400 going unclaimed
- Gender Investment Gap causing women to miss out on £599 billion
- Direct debits for PAYE
- Self assessment clock ticks down to under 100 days
- Self-assessment countdown now on
- New PM must restore confidence in the UK economy
- FCA warns that eight million are struggling to keep up with bills
- Inflation returns to 40-year high
- Mini Budget Reversal
- New Chancellor set to deliver statement on Medium-Term Fiscal Plan
- Businesses need ‘reassurance from fiscal statement’ after fall in GDP
- IFS warns ‘big and painful’ spending cuts needed to stabilise UK economy
- Business Structures – Which to use when setting up a new business?
- Chancellor to publish Medium-Term Fiscal Plan on 31 October
- BCC survey finds steep decline in business confidence
- Mini Budget (Revised)
- HMRC reminds young people to claim CTFs
- BCC finds SMEs ‘struggling to manage digital services’
- VAT businesses must be ready for Making Tax Digital filing by November
- Mini Budget 2022 – IR35 reforms scrapped
- IMF criticises government over tax cutting plans
- Pension regulator warns employers over automatic enrolment duties
- Real Living Wage rises by 10% to £10.90 an hour
- Mini Budget – September 2022
- Mini Budget 2022 – summary of key points
- Think tank warns tax cuts ‘likely to push borrowing and debt to unsustainable levels’
- Energy Bill Relief Scheme – what do business owners need to know?
- Government caps business energy bills
- Wealthier households ‘set to receive twice as much cost-of-living support’
- UK inflation falls slightly to 9.9% but remains close to 40-year high
- Official data reveals UK economy grew by 0.2% in July
- HMRC makes cost-of-living payments totalling £375 million
- Direct debits for PAYE from 19 September
- Guy Kremer Salon
- New PM must act as UK economy set for recession this year
- CIOT outlines three strategies for improving UK tax system
- HMRC releases more details on Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
- Child Benefit claims for 16 to 19-year-olds must be updated this month
- Ofgem raises energy price cap by 80%
- Treasury Committee warns government against ‘flying blind’ with Emergency Budget
- TUC urges government to raise NMW ‘immediately’
- Experts warn inflation could hit 18% in 2023
- Tax-Free Childcare to ease parental costs as kids return to school
- Report finds decline in the use of cash is easing
- Energy firms call for windfall tax to be scrapped by 2025
- Data reveals inflation hit 10.1% in the 12 months to July
- Student loan interest rates slashed for second time amid cost-of-living crisis
- Rising energy prices ‘greatest test for SMEs’
- HMRC takes record £14 billion in capital gains tax
- Prime Minister must act now on cost of living, warns CBI
- Xero launches new app – Xero Go
- Nicola Berwick – Office Administrator
- Government launches new fraud squad
- Basis Period Reform – explaining the changes
- HMRC sends Marriage Allowance reminder
- Private sector activity at a standstill, warns CBI
- Recovery Loan Scheme to be relaunched
- IMF warns UK is set for slowest rate of growth of G7 countries
- New ICAEW CPD policy set to take effect from November 2023
- IMF warns UK is set for slowest rate of growth of G7 countries
- 8 Small Business Challenges an Accountant Can Help You With
- R&D tax credit criteria set to be subject to greater scrutiny
- Insurer warns of rise in fraudulent claims amid cost-of-living crisis
- UK consumers supporting small businesses despite rising prices
- Inflation hits fresh 40-year high of 9.4%
- Xero – our 6 most FAQs
- Recruitment reform required to combat staff shortages
- UK economic growth better than expected in May
- TUC urges employers to ensure employees are protected from sun during heatwave
- IoD calls for extension of capital allowances super-deduction
- Dividends – paying tax on dividends 2022/23
- More women have been underpaid state pension than previously thought
- Pandemic-born businesses could add £20.4 billion to UK economy
- National Insurance threshold rises to £12,750
- First Plastic Packaging Tax returns due this month
- Changing accountant – when is the right time?
- Millions hit with three-hour broadband outages during last year
- BCC warns of ‘perfect storm’ of increasing costs
- HMRC urges families to make use of Tax-Free Childcare scheme
- Ombudsman calls for swift action for victims of ‘authorised scams’
- FSB urges government to learn regulatory lessons from COVID pandemic
- Paper £20 and £50 notes to be withdrawn from circulation by end of September
- UK outlines plans to tighten ‘buy now pay later’ rules
- Inflation hits 40-year high of 9.1% amid cost-of-living crisis
- Manufacturers call for support package
- MTD for ITSA pilot extended
- Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 13-year high of 1.25%
- IoD launches new inquiry into corporate governance arrangements and framework
- Are Sole Director decisions valid under Model Articles?
- COVID-19 emergency loan schemes may have saved 500,000 businesses
- CBI downgrades forecast and warns of recession
- What does the future have in store for cash?
- HMRC criticised over IR35 implementation
- UK companies trial four-day working week with same pay
- NICs increase has immediate impact on businesses
- Tax credits customers warned about scammers posing as HMRC
- Geoff Frost – Director
- Lending to SMEs hits all-time low
- Chancellor announces windfall tax on energy firms
- More than 500,000 families used Tax-Free Childcare in past year
- Energy price cap set to rise to £2,800 in October
- Government ‘refuses to rule out windfall tax’ on oil and gas companies
- Ofgem proposals aim to avoid price shocks on energy bills
- CBI chief calls for cost-of-living help for people on lower incomes
- HMRC issues £14 million in penalties for minimum wage offences
- Inflation hits 40-year high of 9%
- Charity warns lowest income households will wait longest for council tax rebate
- Almost 66,500 filed self-assessment returns on 6 April
- Pension regulator running spot checks on UK employers
- Inflation takes its toll as UK economy contracts in March
- New law to protect access to cash announced in Queen’s Speech
- Understanding the Penalty system for MTD for VAT
- Shoppers slow spending as consumer confidence dips
- Bank of England warns UK economy to shrink as interest rates rise
- Number of firms in critical financial distress rises sharply
- Drop online passwords to foil hackers
- Changing accountant – top things to consider
- Gemma Crick – Payroll Manager
- Government borrowing more than halves, data reveals
- Tax rates card 2022-23
- Which? warns it is ‘now or never’ to halt UK’s ‘cash crisis’
- Benefits of Outsourcing your bookkeeping
- Half of small businesses do not expect to grow in 2022
- HMRC starts chasing up SEISS overpayments
- Energy bosses call for price cap to be scrapped to prevent ‘horrific’ winter
- Export growth is ‘stagnant’
- Running a Limited Company
- New HMRC one-stop online shop provides taxpayers with tax relief information
- Business groups comment on latest inflation figures
- HMRC names tax avoidance scheme promoters for first time
- Research suggests hybrid working saves businesses significant amounts of money
- Lisa Carter – Tax Manager
- Government pledges major increase in electric car chargers by 2030
- UK government unveils energy strategy
- Report warns ‘millions would struggle’ in cashless society
- Making Tax Digital for VAT – what you need to do
- Living costs – Households on lowest incomes face most significant rise
- Personal Taxes – 7 Ways to Legitimately Pay Less
- Plastic Packaging Tax comes into force from 1 April
- 2022 Spring Budget key points
- 2022 Spring Budget Full Summary
- Other Matters – VAT, Vehicle Excise Duty and Landfill Tax.
- Capital Gains taxes
- Employment taxes
- Business Tax
- Personal Tax
- 2022 Spring Statement – what to expect
- Why Payroll Services Are a Cost-Effective Option for Your Small Business
- MTD for VAT brings in an extra £195 million in tax
- The cost-of-living crisis
- Bank of England raises interest rates
- HMRC warns taxpayers not to share personal details online
- How to set up as a sole trader/self-employed?
- Spring Statement 2022 – Chancellor must make huge judgment call
- Student loan repayments to start at £25,000
- Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022 – Katie Wilson, Director
- FSB calls for relief for small employers in Spring Statement
- Driving Miss Daisy Bersted
- HMRC collects £30.8 billion through tax investigation
- SSP Rebate Scheme set to close in March
- Join our team – Accounts Assistant
- Self-assessment – over a million take advantage of extra time to file
- Manufacturers call for delay to National Insurance Contributions increase
- Charlotte Pryce – Audit and Accounts Senior
- Spring Statement is the time to act, says CBI
- CBI calls for lateral flow testing to continue
- Hybrid working the new norm, survey finds
- Two freeports planned for Scotland
- Help to Buy scheme pays out £674 million to house buyers
- 8 Small Business Challenges an Accountant Can Help You With
- Make super deduction permanent to boost investment
- HMRC’s Time to Pay has almost 100,000 taxpayers signed up
- Real wages fall as pay lags behind inflation
- HMRC reminds married couples to utilise Marriage Allowance
- Off-payroll rule compliance an issue for HMRC
- HMRC raises late payment interest rate to 3%
- Businesses encouraged to apply for remaining COVID-19 grants
- Soaring wage and energy costs force 3/4 of UK businesses to raise prices
- SDLT ‘needs to be reformed’, study suggests
- Benefits of outsourcing your payroll
- FSB urges government to reconsider National Insurance Contributions hike
- MPs call for road pricing to replace motoring taxes
- Impossible to shield shoppers from rising costs
- Ben Friend – Business Services Manager
- Government must protect businesses from rising energy costs
- Government unveils ‘Levelling Up’ strategy
- Over two million still to file self-assessment tax returns
- UK-EU trade – BCC calls for ‘urgent action’ to improve
- Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme 2022
- Small business growth aspirations ‘at pre-pandemic level’
- Four million still to file tax return ahead of deadline
- Are you ready for the self-assessment deadline?
- Scam HMRC call reports drop by 97%
- Help to Grow scheme gives discounts on accounting software
- 82% of business owners suffered from poor mental health in pandemic
- £4.3 billion in Covid payments lost to fraudulent claims
- UK inflation rises at fastest pace for 30 years
- COVID-19 support grants must be included on company tax returns
- More than one million will be dragged into higher rate tax bracket
- Level up plans leave more than 1/2 of SMEs confused
- Over £1 billion now recovered by HMRC’s fraud squad
- Businesses facing ‘unprecedented cost pressures’ in 2022
- Your financial New Year’s resolutions for 2022
- HMRC gives self-assessment taxpayers more time to ease COVID-19 pressures
- Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant 2022
- Almost 3,000 file self-assessments on Christmas Day
- Don’t forget to file your self-assessment tax return
- Banks join forces to help protect cash services
- Chancellor announces £1 billion fund for businesses
- Welsh government delivers Budget
- Government must act to restore confidence
- Self-assessment taxpayers must declare COVID-19 grants on tax returns
- Xero – our 6 most frequently asked questions
- Bank of England raises interest rates to 0.25%
- HMRC’s Time to Pay plan raises £46 million
- Bank of England issues cryptocurrency warning
- Climate Change Committee calls for higher tax on household gas
- FCA to introduce new consumer duty
- New Covid restrictions are a ‘setback for businesses’
- CBI lowers economic growth forecasts as economy faces headwinds
- Gender pay gap has seen ‘barely any change’ over past 25 years
- Rising inflation could push family spend up £1,700 a year
- FCA urges banks to free ‘mortgage prisoners’
- Government responds to OTS report on Capital Gains Tax
- TAM Day details set out by Government
- Services sector continues to recover despite rising costs
- Guide to completing your self-assessment tax return
- 1/3 of UK manufacturers struggling with debt and rising costs
- House sales drop dramatically after stamp duty holiday ends
- DSAR requests ‘costing businesses thousands each year’
- PM announces electric vehicle revolution in 2022
- Taxpayers warned over refund companies
- Customs Declarations from EU changing on 1 January
- End of furlough – jobs recovery continues
- 3 day wait for Statutory Sick Pay to return next year
- HMRC issues warning on self-assessment scams
- Real Living Wage increases as cost of living rises
- UK economy recovery slowed by supply problems
- Emissions – only 1/3 of businesses taking action to reduce
- Time running out for HMRC customers with Post Office card accounts
- Celebrating International Accountants Day
- Cryptocurrency tax gap triples
- New law introduced to help protect pension savers from scammers from 30 November
- HMRC’s tax take falls of almost £30 billion
- Bank of England hints interest rates could rise in 2022
- Household incomes not set to return to pre-COVID levels until 2023
- Small firms plans for going green are impacted by costs
- Payment period on residential Capital Gains Tax is doubled
- Changes to the National Living Wage (NLW) from April 2022
- Tax rises could see millions worse off in 2022
- HM Treasury received five million malicious emails over the past 3 years
- Fuel duty and alcohol duty changes
- Autumn Budget 2021
- 2021 Autumn Budget – the political reaction
- 2021 Autumn Budget – the economic picture
- 2021 Autumn Budget – the business reaction
- CBI urges government not to introduce business tax rises
- ‘Bank of mum and dad’ financing half of first-time purchases
- Activity for manufacturers remains firm, but supply pressure mounts
- FSB study shows small businesses losing £25 billion per year to tax admin
- Gas boilers replaced by grants for heat pumps worth £5,000
- Pensions experts say a minimum of £10,900 a year needed to retire
- Freeport customs special procedure applications open
- Alan Novitzki – Client Relationship Manager
- Over 40 trade associations back statement to help unlock green investment
- Deadline for 2020/21 self-assessment tax returns fast approaching
- Budget and Spending Review 2021 concern there is ‘little room for manoeuvre’
- ICAEW calls for Autumn Budget 2021 to ‘accelerate work to build modern tax system’
- NIC increase – three in ten firms to employ fewer people
- Business groups warn that fragile economy is on shaky ground
- IoD urges government to introduce tax super-deduction for investment in retraining
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax delayed until April 2024
- FSB warns tax rises ‘threaten recovery from pandemic’
- Chancellor commits £500 million to extend job support schemes
- Working Tax Credit customers must report changes to working hours
- Off-payroll rules the forgotten factor driving the HGV crisis, says IPSE
- Chancellor warned of redundancies as furlough scheme ends
- New emergency fraud hotline launched
- What will the 2021 Autumn Budget have in store?
- £800 million Reinsurance Scheme opens for live events
- Government announces plans to make requesting flexible working a day one right
- Sole traders and self-assessment
- I can’t repay my Bounce Back Loan – what options are available for company directors?
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax self-assessment delayed until April 2024
- Business tax rises – IoD urges government to reduce
- Winter’s Moon
- British Business Bank provided £81.5 billion of COVID-19 support
- CBI survey finds 3/4 of firms worried about labour shortages
- CDC’s Enabling Grant Scheme applications open 22 September
- COVID-19 sick pay rebate scheme to end on 30 September
- National Insurance contributions increase from April 2022
- OTS says changing date of tax year-end to 31 December would be beneficial
- NICs increase could be the result of unemployment rising by 50,000
- Capital Allowances – what is the “super-deduction” tax break and how does it work?
- Inflation sees sharpest increase since 2012
- Higher taxes and lower business investment ‘not a plan for economic growth, warns CBI
- Thousands of teenagers missing out on Child Trust Fund cash
- The importance credit control has on cash flow
- 1.6 million still on furlough in July
- Chancellor to deliver Autumn 2021 Budget and Spending Review
- Business groups warn over planned national insurance contribution increases of 1.25%
- Business Plans – why are they important?
- Tax-Free Childcare can ease the cost of the return to school, says HMRC
- Drop proposed basis period reform, urges ICAEW
- Bognor Regis Town Football Club
- UK business confidence at 4 year high
- Contactless limit to increase to £100 from 15 October
- Accounting records – what to keep?
- HMRC urges taxpayers to stay alert to digital scams
- UK’s economic recovery slows as staff shortages take their toll
- VAT – Bad Debt Relief
- CIOT warns over Stamp Duty Land Tax refund claims
- HMRC outlines changes to late payment penalty regime
- Deadline looms for parents to update Child Benefit for 16-year-olds
- Redundancy – making sure you follow the correct procedures
- Study reveals 83% of businesses not aware of Plastic Packaging Tax
- NMW – HMRC publishes list of top 10 excuses given for not paying
- Blue Spire Group joins Handpicked Accountants network
- Wage rises could result in price spikes, employers warn
- IoD warns staff shortages ‘could undermine recovery’
- P11D’s and Benefits in kind explained
- Two-fifths of freelancers lost over 40% of turnover during pandemic
- UK partners and sole traders face bigger tax bills in 2022
- Almost 1.8 million couples claiming marriage allowance
- Benefits of outsourcing your payroll
- Only 11% of businesses are measuring their carbon footprint
- Employers ‘named and shamed’ for paying less than minimum wage
- BCC calls for government to extend skills training
- CBI survey reveals bumper growth in private sector activity
- Covid-19 pandemic – Empty shop numbers continue to rise
- Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from 1 August, 2021
- Fifth SEISS Grant open for claims
- Data reveals nearly 2 million workers remain on furlough scheme (CJRS)
- ICAEW urges HMRC to scrap exemptions to simplify VAT rules
- Public trust in charities reaches highest level since 2014
- SMEs ‘keen to invest in growth but struggle to find financial backing’, says survey
- We may be accountants, but we are certainly not boring
- Government announces simplified tax reporting for self-employed and small firms by 2023
- FSB urges for better access to government support for SMEs
- UK to overhaul funding of research and development
- HMRC launches consultation on basis period reform
- CIOT urges government to make tax system easier to navigate
- ‘Crippling staff shortages’ – CBI calls for solution urgently
- Investment in Workplace skills – over 40% of UK employers planning to increase
- High Street retail sales bounce back in spring 2021
- Client Feature – Rosie Rose, Chichester
- International tax reform backed by 130 countries
- 5th Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant – complete guidance
- How to boost staff morale in the new 2021 style of working
- Average losses from pension scams now over £50,000
- Businesses borrowed £79 billion in COVID-19 support loans
- Roadmap in final stages – questions remain over re-opening 19 July
- Rise in Costs for businesses in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic says latest survey
- 800,000 claim tax relief for working from home
- Furlough scheme starts to wind down
- 13,000 Covid-19 fraud investigations launched
- Staying safe from scams
- CBI warns of ‘perfect storm’ of staff shortages
- Schemes create one-stop shop for VAT
- Flexible rail fares must be just the start
- Cash payments fell by over a third
- UK economy back to pre-covid level by end of 2021
- UK Infrastructure Bank opens for business
- Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) from 1 July, 2021
- Delayed EU import declarations due
- Commercial rent moratorium extended until March 2022
- Tax-Free Childcare now being used by over 280,000 families
- Finance Act 2021 receives early Royal Assent
- Lockdown easing delayed – business groups press for urgent further support
- £1 billion in fraudulent furlough funds to be recovered by HMRC
- Research and Development (R&D) tax relief regime ready for update
- OTS considers the benefit of moving tax year-end from 5 April
- Dissolved companies – Insolvency Service to be given new powers against directors
- G7 announces global tax agreement
- Bounce Back Loan repayments due for many small businesses
- Green jobs – TUC suggests UK ‘lagging behind G7 peers’
- 5th SEISS grant explained
- 5th Self-employment Income Support Scheme grant will be open to claims from late July
- Remote working was most common form of working during pandemic
- Economic growth accelerates in 3 months to May
- Trade credit insurance scheme to close on 30 June
- Optimism across UK services sector has ‘improved significantly’, CBI finds
- Working from home tax relief for your job expenses
- Number of freelancers increases for first time since onset of pandemic
- Finance Bill 2021 outlines amendments to super-deduction
- Plastic bag charge rose from 5p to 10p in England
- HMRC’s VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme to close on 21 June
- NIC reliefs set for Freeports from April 2022
- Penalties for not telling HMRC about coronavirus support scheme overpayments
- Almost 950,000 have already filed 2020/21 self assessment returns
- UK unemployment rate falls to 4.8% in March
- Government confirms start date for Plastic Packaging Tax
- Effectiveness of Office of Tax Simplification set to be reviewed by Treasury
- Data finds HMRC received 91,000 calls to report fraud in first months of pandemic
- Kickstart Scheme grant explained
- UK economy shrank 1.5% in first quarter of 2021, data reveals
- Record level of Apprenticeship Levy funds expired in 2020, research finds
- Next step of roadmap to take effect from 17 May
- UK economy set to grow rapidly once COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed
- Optimism amongst SME manufacturers has risen significantly in 1st quarter
- Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from 1 May
- Businesses planning to adopt hybrid working after easing of COVID restrictions
- CBI calls for more clarity on COVID-19 roadmap
- HMRC sets out penalty regime for SEISS abuse
- UK-EU trade deal ratified – industry groups say more work needed
- Pandemic caused biggest annual employment fall for older workers since 80s
- HMRC records a huge increase in scam attempts in 2020
- IPSE demands clarity on gig economy
- HMRC contacting claimants for fourth self-employment income support scheme grant
- Fourth SEISS grant now open for online applications
- Pension fraud increased to £1.8 million in first quarter of 2021, data reveals
- CBI calls for extension of Kickstart Scheme for as jobs market remains subdued
- Cyber-attacks on the rise for businesses in 2021
- New 95% mortgage scheme launched
- Recent changes to IR35 off-payroll ‘undermine the self-employed’
- Federation of Small Businesses urges government to provide greater support for UK exports
- HMRC contacting claimants for fourth SEISS grant
- Growth of UK economy improved in February despite lockdown
- UK cuts electric vehicle grants by £500
- New claims required for working from home tax relief for 2021/22
- The ‘Restart Grant’ for small businesses
- Business confidence boosted by plans to re-open UK economy on 12 April
- UK economic forecasts upgraded by IMF for 2021 and 2022
- Raft of fiscal changes to come into effect on 6 April
- Government apprenticeship incentive scheme
- National Living wages and National Minimum Wage – Workers set to benefit from increases from 1 April
- Brexit Support grant – ICAEW warns SMEs have ‘limited window’ to apply
- Over £46 billion borrowed through Bounce Back loans
- Taxpayers deadline 1 April for self-assessment
- Business rates relief extended with £1.5 billion fund
- Kirsty Causer – Accounts Semi Senior
- Chancellor responds to OTS report on inheritance tax
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- COVID-19 lockdowns have cost the UK economy £251 billion, says CEBR
- Recovery Loan Scheme
- HMRC to accept bulk appeals for late tax returns filed after 28 February
- Thousands missing out on Tax-Free Childcare bonus
- UK economy shrank by 2.9% in January
- Finding an accountant is a good place to begin when starting a new business
- SME Brexit Support Fund opens for applications
- Extend Kickstart Scheme by six months, urges CBI
- Capital Allowances – what is the new “super-deduction” tax break and how does it work?
- Government publishes details of Finance Bill 2021
- Environmental taxes – CBI calls for overhaul of government policy
- OECD says COVID-19 vaccines and stimulus plans will aid global growth
- Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant extension
- Corporation tax – ICAEW urges HMRC to rethink quarterly reports under MTD
- Female freelancers have faced ‘disproportionate financial struggle’ during Covid-19
- National Minimum Wage and tax thresholds for 2021-2022
- Details of fourth grant for the self-employed to cover February to April 2021
- Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 – Katie Wilson, Director
- COVID fraud taskforce – Government to invest over £100 million
- Chancellor extends Stamp Duty Land Tax cut during 2021 Budget
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- Tax strategy after Covid-19 – Committee calls for Chancellor to outline plans
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- COVID support schemes now supporting 1.6 million UK businesses
- SMEs needing advice on imports and exports can apply for grants, HMRC confirms
- What will the Budget 2021 bring?
- Online service for VAT deferral new payment scheme opened 23 February
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- Late payment penalties for self assessment waived until 1 April
- More Covid-19 support needed to help businesses once lockdown lifts
- Domestic VAT reverse charge comes into effect on 1 March
- SME service for bank complaints goes live
- HMRC clarifies off-payroll rules that come into effect April 6
- Further Covid-19 support needed or over 1/2 a million businesses could collapse
- Clarity needed on taxation of COVID-19 test costs, says ICAEW
- VAT Domestic reverse charge for builders from 1 March
- UK economy shrank by record 10% in 2020
- IoD calls for government to put entrepreneurs at heart of economic recovery in 2021
- Pay deferred VAT due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Borrowers of Bounce Back loans given 6 more months for repayments
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- HMRC’s customer service levels impacted by COVID-19
- June 30 stamp duty deadline of nears – almost a third of house sales fall through
- Covid-19 Vaccination programme set to boost economic recovery
- UK business – COVID-19 lending exceeds £71 billion
- Ben Friend – Business Services Manager
- 1.8 million still to file self assessment returns
- Making the most of Research and Development tax relief (R&D)
- CBI urges government to publish roadmap out of Covid-19 lockdown
- Government announces £1,000 bonus to help businesses take on trainees
- Scottish Budget – Finance Secretary for Scotland outlines spending plans in 2021/22
- More than 900,000 businesses at risk of failing by April, research warns
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- IFS suggests that UK tax system ‘discourages employment and investment’
- No Self Assessment late filing penalty for those who file online by 28 February
- Pensions – a great way to save tax today and be financially secure in the future
- Tracy Bradfield – Accounts Senior
- Ferring Country Centre
- New Government Grant Schemes now open for claims…
- COVID-19 reasonable excuse for self assessment late filing
- How Blue Spire have adapted our systems to effectively help our clients during the 3rd lockdown…
- Taxpayers using Time to Pay to spread cost of tax payments
- Covid 19 support for Chichester businesses
- Monthly deadline approaching for furlough claims
- ICAEW calls for further guidance on CIS changes from 1 April
- HMRC issues tax return deadline scam warning
- Pandemic drives dramatic increase in SME borrowing in 2020
- HMRC reveals 2,700 tax returns submitted on Christmas Day
- Claim for the third grant of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS)
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- More Covid-19 business support is needed
- Rishi Sunak unveils £4.6bn in one-off grants – up to £9,000 per business property
- TUC urges employers to offer furlough to parents affected by Covid-19 school closures
- Your financial New Year’s resolutions for 2021
- HMRC rejects calls to relax 31 January self-assessment deadline
- SEISS scheme – calls for government to extend
- Tier 4 businesses – Government must take another look at support
- Preparing for the end of the Brexit transition period
- Chancellor extends furlough and loan schemes
- Brexit Scheme launched to support firms moving goods on 1 January
- IR35 status check failing to deliver results in a fifth of cases
- Charitable donations – individuals urged to remain vigilant
- BCC finds businesses have ‘insufficient information’ on Brexit changes
- Lenders still supporting thousands with payment deferrals
- Starting a new business? Finding an accountant is a really good place to begin
- Easy guide to completing your self-assessment tax return
- AAT warns of dramatic rise in self-assessment filing
- COVID-19 vaccine rollout – Government must shore up business confidence
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