October 10, 2017 0 Comments

  The P11d benefits on company vans are generally much lower than company cars and where private use of the van is merely incidental to its business use by the employee, then there

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

August 7, 2017 0 Comments

  The Government has responded to pressure from accountants and other interested parties and announced the delay of Making Tax Digital for Business to 2020 at the earliest. Quarterly VAT reporting using the

July 3, 2017 0 Comments

One business or two for VAT? A recent VAT Tribunal had to decide whether two hairdressing businesses should be treated as a single business for the purposes of VAT registration. The distinction was

June 5, 2017 0 Comments

  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

May 5, 2017 0 Comments

    The new VAT flat rate of 16.5% started to apply from 1 April 2017 for “limited cost traders”. A "limited cost trader" is one using the VAT flat rate scheme but

March 18, 2017 0 Comments

    As mentioned earlier, the VAT registration limit increases by £2,000 to £85,000 from 1 April 2017. At the same time the de-registration limit increases to £83,000.  

March 18, 2017 0 Comments

  The Government is committed to the "Making Tax Digital" (MTD) project which is scheduled to start in April 2018 with the first quarterly updates being submitted by the self-employed and property landlords

January 4, 2017 0 Comments

  As covered in the Autumn Statement newsletter a new VAT flat rate of 16.5% applies from 1 April 2017 for “limited cost traders”. This is being introduced as HMRC believe that the

October 31, 2016 0 Comments

  In 2015/16, over £100 billion was raised through VAT, making it the when for the Treasury.  As such, the United Kingdom is extremely unlikely to abolish VAT after we leave. That said,