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Welcome to the blogosphere, HMRC!
It was announced at the end of 2013 that the HM Revenue & Customs had launched a blog in order to improve the way it works with tax agents,...
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Taxman unveils RTI penalty plans
Real time reporting of payroll data starts in full next April and tough penalties were threatened for employers who don’t comply. What’s the...
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Woodlands, is it a sound investment?
Profits from trees - We have searched the Internet and it’s not too difficult to find reports of investments in woodlands producing annual returns...
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Owner-employee contracts: the tax
From April 2013 companies will be able to offer owner-employee contracts. These will trade employee rights for tax breaks. But what’s in it for your...
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Maintaining Positive Cash Flow in Your Business
In today’s economy, difficulties with cash flow are quite frequent as customers take longer to pay their bills and banks tighten credit facilities....
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Tax avoidance… not just important to maintain, good for the country!
Clearly that’s a pretty unfashionable statement at a time when we are daily being inundated with media headlines about the evils of big corporate...
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Could you be at risk by trading through a limited company?
Growing numbers of workers risk being caught in anti tax avoidance legislation as they are being misled into using limited companies to get work, say...
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Do you have a capital gains tax bill and want to cancel it?
If your answer to this question is “yes” then read on… The introduction of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) from April 2012, a...
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HMR&C want you to save tax. Is that possible?
Last Wednesday I hosted an interesting event at the Eight Club near Bank Station. The interesting part of the evening was trying to locate the club...
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At Last an Alternative to Banks
I read a very interesting article in the FT over the weekend about the popularity of angel investors. The timing of this is suspicious especially this...
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Tax-acino - Sweet n’low taxes
This week we have had the latest in a long line of high profile tax-related news stories. In the latest “shocking” revelations, it seems that...
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Tax enquiries - to insure or not to insure? That is the question.
As I approach my 40th birthday I have found myself taking stock. And I have been reminded that most of us - and I am as guilty as the next man - have...
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Inspiring A Generation
I can hardly let the month pass without trying to come up with an Olympic angle for this blog. So with only semi-sincere apologies to the London 2012...
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Crackdown on crackdowns
14 June is the deadline for the latest in a long line of HMRC “crackdowns” on those who “don’t pay their fair share” when the so-called...
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Child Benefit - Who benefits?
Maybe this makes me a little sad but I can confirm that George Osborne’s 2012 budget was actually the 25th I have sat through since I joined the...
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