News: June 2011 Calling all restaurant owners HMRC has announced the use of specialist teams to focus on particular trades and areas in the near future. The first such task-force will target those

News: June 2011 The taxman has seen the light at last Two useful developments have occurred on the tax admin front. Firstly, HMRC intend to scan incoming post. This will be introduced in

News: May 2011 Windows 8 - already? According to Microsoft, more than 7 copies of Windows 7 have sold per second since its launch in October 2009. Unsurprisingly, given the popularity of the

News: May 2011 CGT entrepreneurs' relief This is available for qualifying business disposals and gets ever more attractive. The relief is in the form of a reduction in the CGT rate to 10%

News: May 2011 Groupon - could it benefit your business? For those of you who are unfamiliar with Groupon, the company partners with local businesses to send a daily coupon e-mail shot to

News: May 2011 Pension scheme annual allowance charge If you are a member of a final salary pension scheme, the increase in your pension accrual on a year by year basis can result

News: May 2011 Customers are becoming more value-conscious Consumers of everything from retail products to business services are becoming more and more value-conscious as a result of the economic downturn. This has put

News: May 2011 HMRC business record checks We mentioned this new initiative in the April edition of Tax E-News, but since then HMRC have scored another own goal by starting these checks earlier

News: May 2011 Outsourcing In the current economic climate, many small and medium sized businesses face the same challenge - they want to expand, but their current level of turnover means that they

News: May 2011 Short life assets When claiming capital allowances on plant and machinery purchased in excess of the annual investment allowance limit, if the asset(s) concerned only have a short life they