The decision to call a snap General election on 8th June caught many of us by surprise. The various political parties have been rushing out their manifestos making all sorts of promises
There has been much lobbying from the small business sector to reduce business rates. The Chancellor stated that 600,000 small businesses currently benefit from small business rates relief. He also announced
Another way of delaying the start of Making Tax Digital (MTD) would be to change the year end of your business. The legislation in the latest Finance Bill specifies that MTD will
Tax Planning for the New Tax Year 5th April 2017 Your guide to year-end tax planning and beyond Action required before 5 April 2017 While some of us like to keep our options open
If you are running a business and making up accounts to 5 April, consider buying plant and machinery to take advantage of the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) of £200,000. The AIA
The new flexible loss relief rules coming into effect from 1 April 2017, will make the purchase of a loss-making company attractive. For many years there has been anti-avoidance to block the
Where credit card sales have been omitted from business takings, HMRC are encouraging taxpayers to come forward and make a disclosure of the income that has been omitted to avoid incurring interest
Another important announcement in the March Budget was the proposed relaxation in the rules for setting off a company's losses against the profits of future periods. These proposed changes that will allow
Five post-Brexit actions for London SMEs Brexit vote already impacting local business decisions -- Lack of political leadership a key concern of SMEs after Brexit vote -- A survey of over 800 London
Where a sole trader, partnership or LLP has established a significant value for the goodwill of their business it was possible up until 3 December 2014 to transfer that goodwill to a
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