Top tips for filing self-assessment returns

We are sharing this update from ACCA, our professional body, for the interest of clients and contacts. The content is (c) ACCA Ten common elections and claims deadlines for useful tax planning Some of these claims have strict time limits, which should be given due...

ACCA – IHT on pension technical consultation

We are sharing this update from ACCA, our professional body, for the interest of clients and contacts. The content is (c) ACCA Practical examples to demonstrate how the new rules will be applied It was announced in the autumn Budget 2024 that, from 6 April 2027,...

ACCA – Scottish Budget for 2025/26

We are sharing this update from ACCA, our professional body, for the interest of clients and contacts. The content is (c) ACCA The Budget sets out the Scottish government’s proposed spending and tax plans The Scottish Budget 2025/26 was unveiled by the Scottish...

ACCA – Christmas gifts for staff and customers

We are sharing this update from ACCA, our professional body, for the interest of clients and contacts. The content is (c) ACCA The tax, NI and VAT implications of gifts and vouchers Christmas gifts and vouchers for employees and customers can have different tax,...

Christmas and New Year Office Hours 2024

Our office will be closing for Christmas on Friday 20th December 2024 at midday, and reopening on Monday 6th January 2025. If we are preparing company or LLP accounts for you with a 31st March 2024 year end, the filing deadline for these at Companies House will be...

Autumn Budget 2024 – Unpacking Some Extras

With further analysis and commentary, here are some extra thoughts on last months budget. Double Cab Pickups – buried in the small print, was a proposal to treat these as cars rather than vans from next April.  This reverses the reversal of an announcement back...

ACCA – All change for employees expenses claims

We are sharing this update from ACCA, our professional body, for the interest of clients and contacts. The content is (c) ACCA Claiming PAYE expenses? HMRC’s updated guidance on the evidence required  From 14 October 2024, HMRC has introduced new requirements for...

Autumn 2024 Budget – A First Look

It is sometime since a Budget was as hotly anticipated as today’s – the first under a Labour Government in 14 years, and against a backdrop of what is claimed to be a large “black hole” in the nations finances, of £22bn or £40bn depending which report you read....

Scam Letters from Companies House

Recently we had a batch of scam letters arrive at our office for a selection of clients, sent to us as their Registered Office. These letters were purportedly from Companies House and referred to a “Payment Code Number”. At first glance they looked...

Second Class Retirement

This report via Accounting Web and Interactive Investor caught our eye recently: Under pensioned, under-prepared and under pressure: new interactive investor report (Summary via Accounting Web) Second-class retirement: the self-employed experience (full report) Its...
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