September 7, 2017 0 Comments

  Last month we reported that the government had announced the delay of Making Tax Digital for Business (MTDfB) to 2020 at the earliest but that quarterly VAT reporting, using the new system

September 7, 2017 0 Comments

  Many companies are still missing out on valuable tax breaks for expenditure on research and development (R&D).  Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have recently updated their guidance on claiming R&D tax credit relief

August 7, 2017 0 Comments

  A PAYE and NICs avoidance scheme using Employee Benefit Trusts (EBTs) as a means of remunerating directors and staff has been defeated by HMRC in a recent Supreme Court case. Such schemes

July 3, 2017 0 Comments

  In order for an expense to be tax deductible against business profits it must be incurred “wholly and exclusively” for the purposes of the trade. In a recent tax case a hotel

June 26, 2017 0 Comments

  The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is designed for smaller, higher-risk trading companies to raise and build finances by offering tax relief to prospective investors. Such incentives are intended to counterweigh some of

June 5, 2017 0 Comments

  HM Revenue and Customs have acknowledged that their software and some commercial software used by accountants doesn’t always come up with the right amount of tax payable! You may have seen this

March 2, 2017 0 Comments

  Legislation to introduce Making Tax Digital (MTD) will be included in the Finance Bill 2017 and despite many objections that it was too soon, the new system of quarterly reporting will commence

December 5, 2016 0 Comments

  Where additional tax is payable as the result of an HMRC enquiry and it is shown that the additional tax is due to poor accounting records, the maximum penalty that can be

September 12, 2016 0 Comments

  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

July 4, 2016 0 Comments

  It’s that time of year again when the annual return of benefits in kind and expenses paid on behalf of directors and employees needs to be made to HMRC. Unless the employer