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- Budget Summary 2014
- SMEs get Autumn Statement support
- ‘Sensitive’ business names list reduced
- New electronic ‘nudge’ on PAYE
- Self Assessment set for paperless future
- Accountants ‘vital’ to help SMEs grow
- PM urges small firms to make most of support
- Trade drive targets mid-sized businesses
- Changes on way for employee share schemes
- Flexible working guidance launched
- RTI updates issued
- Employers risk tougher health and safety penalties
- Get ready for a range of tax changes this April
- NMW set to rise by 19p an hour
- RTI penalties to be phased in
- Brits set to ‘pay taxman £4.7bn more than needed’
- SSP: change on the way for employers
- £2,000 national insurance saving coming soon
- HMRC highlights benefits of cash basis accounting
- New service aims to ease employment dispute burden
- RTI penalties delayed for smaller firms
- Time to act on auto-enrolment, says regulator
- Taxpayers warned on NIC debts
- New deal to make bank account comparisons easier
- ‘Don’t stick head in sand on RTI’, says tax chief
- Thousands respond to ‘zero hours’ consultation
- Reform business rates, say MPs
- New tax statements on the way
- HMRC targets second incomes
- Property tax net set to catch non-residents
- Speak up on auto-enrolment issues, employers urged
- Late payments ‘remain a worry’
- ‘Top-ups’ plan comes a step closer
- Tax crackdown brings in extra £23bn
- Businesses give verdict on banks
- IP protection stepped up
- Late payments still high on business agenda
- Entrepreneurs urged to check for professional qualifications
- Tax chiefs issue warning over capital allowance claims
- Consultations turn spotlight on benefits in kind
- Digital businesses offered ‘one stop VAT shop’ for EU sales
- Zero hours contracts set for reform
- National minimum wage review under way
- SMEs lack auto-enrolment awareness, say advisers
- Help at hand on PAYE late filing penalties
- Businesses urged to tap into potential of older workers
- HMRC targets schemes with upfront tax payments
- Sick leave reduction service provider named
- Auto-enrolment passes key milestone
- Plan ahead for summer holidays, say experts
- Growth fund support hits new high
- HMRC issues guidance on ‘swaps’ tax
- Help us to close zero hour contract loopholes, says Cable
- New NMW rates coming soon
- Employers cash in with £2,000 NICs saving
- Auto-enrolment hits 4m landmark
- Government steps up action on offshore tax evaders
- Tax summaries on the way
- Digital businesses urged to sign up for new VAT service
- Employers urged to act now on auto-enrolment
- Accounting rules shake-up planned for 11,000 businesses
- Bereavement at work guidance launched
- Latest fuel advisory rates published
- HMRC issues phishing alert
- SMEs to be offered second chance to access finance
- Businesses urged to step up cyber security
- PAYE tax debt repayment limit increased
- Export support soars by 50%
- Staging date awareness still low in smallest firms
- Tax debt recovery safeguards strengthened
- 856,000 claim Employment Allowance
- Tax tribunals backlog hits new high
- Service cuts employment tribunal claims
- Small employers ‘lack confidence on pension issues’
- VAT service for digital businesses open for registration
- Taskforce bid to limit impact of holiday pay ruling
- Autumn Statement 2014
- Tax summaries go online
- Many happy returns on Christmas Day
- Solicitors targeted in new tax crackdown
- HMRC offers new online payment option
- Support scheme creates 60,000 new bosses
- Accelerated payment notices score 99% success rate
- Tax experts back change on digital firms
- R&D regime set for reforms
- All change on business names
- Auto-enrolment reminders on the way
- New financial reporting rules come closer
- Big names back disabled employment drive
- Bid to curb business rate ‘snoopers’
- Budget Statement 2015
- Don’t miss out on Employment Allowance
- Marriage allowance comes a step closer
- NMW set to rise to £6.70
- Charities offered new web service
- ‘Pot follows member’ to start in 2016
- Taxpayers urged to challenge error penalties
- Webb calls for pensions tax relief reform
- Give taxpayers choice on returns, say experts
- Regulator issues new auto-enrolment guide
- Big companies told to publish payment practices
- Business rates review launched
- Consumers ‘concerned over sharing of personal data’
- Experts throw out ‘bizarre’ health and safety excuses
- Parties pledge not to raise VAT
- Single corporation tax rate takes effect
- Businesses sit on cash as AIA ‘deadline’ approaches
- Firms warned to beware fraudsters
- British Business Bank programme set to boost lending
- Tax experts welcome ‘trivial’ delay
- HMRC brings in £513bn tax haul
- SMEs ‘fail to use expert advisers’
- HMRC updates ‘phishing’ guidance
- Surprise summer Budget on way
- Red tape and tax high on government agenda
- Cyber insurance ‘should be norm within 10 years’
- Experts issue warning over investment relief reforms
- Drive targets first time exporters
- HMRC issues guidance on employment intermediary reporting
- Invoice finance freedom on way
- HMRC rings changes on helplines
- Women urged to act on tax savings
- Experts welcome more relaxed PAYE penalty regime
- UK leads way on inward investment
- VAT guidance updated
- Companies House launches new search service
- Summer Budget 2015
- Fears raised over tax debt ‘bank raid’ Bill
- Rents set to rise as Budget hits landlords
- Self assessment warning over dividend changes
- HMRC collects an extra £11.9bn
- New start date for Tax-Free Childcare
- Pension participation hits new high
- Key sectors in red tape spotlight
- Dividend Allowance a ‘back door’ tax rise, say experts
- New tax task force launched
- Views sought on Sunday trading devolution
- Illegal worker rules getting tougher
- Pension top-ups ‘window’ opening soon
- Buy-to-let market faces tough new rules
- Taxpayers get a nudge
- Contractors warned about contested structures
- 'Barriers to justice' for UK firms
- Businesses could face additional costs from EU work ruling
- Fines double for not paying correct statutory wages
- Views sought on new Inheritance Tax Proposals
- Stamp duty tax take rises as house prices increase
- Chartered Institute of Taxation opposed to tax evasion penalty changes
- Top ten countries revealed for chasing tax dodgers
- UK born non-doms will suffer under new rules, according to tax advisers
- New data shows inheritance tax bill increase
- HMRC outlines Benefits in Kind and expenses real time reporting
- Autumn Statement 2015
- Strike-offs are being accelerated by Companies House
- HMRC turns attention to ‘affluent’ taxpayers
- FRC calls for clear year-end reports from smaller firms
- HMRC confirms stance on VAT accounting changes
- Pension savers still in the dark about tax
- Businesses would struggle if interest rates rise
- UK manufacturers concerned as exports decline
- Businesses aren’t prepared for the National Living Wage
- Late payment terms remain miserable for small businesses
- BIKs review means tax exemption
- Getting digital with online Personal Tax Accounts
- Government to raise auto-enrolment upper limit
- UK families facing inheritance tax hits 35-year peak
- Buy-to-let mortgage applications from limited companies more than double as landlords strive to beat tax hikes
- Small firms struggle with workplace pensions
- Excuses, excuses
- Employment Allowance set to rise
- MPs say the UK is not ready for digital tax
- Audit exemption for small companies
- Companies must record PSCs
- What would Brexit mean for UK SMEs?
- Changes to the buy-to-let property market
- Cap on workplace pension contributions sparks concerns
- Are you ready for the upcoming changes to dividends?
- SMEs face lean cashflow months
- Business taxes have pushed the UK to a critical 'tipping point', CBI warns
- Lending to SMEs grows for the first time since the recession
- Budget 2016
- Helping hand in the dark for struggling landlords
- Government seeks out tax-efficient remuneration
- Personal tax regime experiences shake up in the Budget
- 1.7 million self-employed to miss out on National Living Wage
- Study reveals UK SME success
- Holiday pay calculations: changes to be aware of
- Independent watchdog questions quarterly business tax updates
- UK still struggling with productivity
- UK’s small businesses ignoring minor expense claims
- New rules on Entrepreneurs’ Relief
- Changes to Employment Allowance
- Personal Service Companies in the Public Sector
- Credit ratings under threat from unaudited accounts
- Changes to the rules on Directors’ Loans
- Is my email from HMRC really from the Revenue?
- Reliefs on Employee Travel Expenses curtailed
- Tax Evasion Criminal Sanctions
- The taxman’s new tax collecting powers
- SMEs warned to take care when choosing lenders
- 3,000 serious tax evasion investigations conducted by HMRC in a year
- Rent a Room limit increased by £3,250
- Brexit: What is next?
- Changes afoot at Companies House
- Making Tax Digital will require businesses to use “designated software packages”
- Rules changed on Entrepreneurs’ Relief… again
- Student loan repayment arrangement altered by HMRC
- Research indicates low awareness of alternative funding among businesses
- Reminder: Landlord tax relief changes ahead
- Accountants key to business success, say academics
- Are you owed a refund on your Business Rates?
- Total pension savings up on back of Auto-Enrolment
- Spring Budget 2017
- Changes to non-dom rules in the pipeline
- Revenue gets tough on salary sacrifice schemes
- Revenue sets out first plans for Making Tax Digital
- Businesses brush off Brexit fallout
- More than one in five insolvencies the result of late payments
- Small businesses face new punitive penalty regime
- Reminder: Flat-rate expense agreements
- New Worldwide Disclosure Facility launched by HM Revenue & Customs
- More than a third of companies unaware of apprenticeship levy
- HMRC warning on Entrepreneurs’ Relief tax avoidance scheme
- FSB sounds alarm on National Living Wage
- Rapid increase in number of HMRC raids
- Revenue reviews card payments in cash-in-hand crackdown
- Don’t miss the self-assessment deadline
- Businesses reminded of changes to National Minimum Wage
- HMRC to roll out real time PAYE coding adjustments by 2017
- UK tax gap falls to record low as HMRC targets serial offenders
- Accountancy body issues cyber crime warning
- The clock is ticking away on BPRA (Business Premises Renovation Allowance)
- Chancellor urged to reform tax policymaking
- Autumn Statement 2016
- Government moves to curb salary sacrifice
- Goodbye to the Autumn Statement
- Small businesses to see changes to the VAT Flat Rate Scheme
- Making Tax Digital: Update on government plans due in January
- Tax avoidance clampdown aims to raise extra £2bn by 2022
- Reminder: Inheritance Tax nil-rate band on main residence to go up in the new year
- IHT: Don’t forget to transfer any unused nil rate band
- 4.4 million extra people saving into workplace pensions
- UK property taxes are highest in developed world, says OECD
- If you miss the self-assessment deadline, what will your excuse be?
- Economic growth looks set to slow
- Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts hit record levels
- Treasury coffers boosted by around £400m following HMRC crackdown
- Important tax changes for non-doms
- HMRC publishes long-awaited responses to Making Tax Digital consultations
- Small firms to be helped with bank switching
- Small businesses used to plug tax gap
- Do you know the rules on claiming capital allowances on cars?
- Businesses encouraged to cash-in older currency
- Don’t miss out on grandparents’ pension boost
- Finance Bill shrinks in the parliamentary wash-up as PM announces snap election
- New late payment regulations to come into force
- Reminder: Payroll changes ahead
- Business rates are a "ticking time bomb"
- One in five micro-businesses unaware of Making Tax Digital, research shows
- Reporting company car expenses and fuel
- £30K tax-free redundancy payments set to be abolished
- Give your business’ finances a spring clean
- Does Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) apply to you?
- Businesses are more buoyant, says the Bank of England
- Record number of employers underpaying workers
- Making Tax Digital: Cash basis accounting for landlords
- Trivial in name only – do you know the rules on trivial benefits in kind?
- Warning over unexpected late payment notices in relation to now-liquidated companies
- Small businesses see changes to the VAT Flat Rate Scheme
- The Autumn Statement 2017
- New civil penalty notices are now in effect for residential landlords
- A furnished holiday letting won’t just give your customers much needed relief
- P11D dispensations have been dispensed with
- Online VAT fraud and error costing UK dear
- HMRC issuing hefty fines to eBay and Amazon traders who fail to pay tax
- Opposing HMRC penalties on grounds of ‘reasonable excuse’
- HMRC goes “nuclear” in pursuit of unpaid taxes
- Could you benefit from Tax-Free Childcare?
- Can you benefit from capital allowances on your business premises?
- Britain faces ‘a business support black hole’ post-Brexit, according to the FSB
- Receipts rise as Corporation Tax rates fall
- The Big Squeeze – Pay and consumer spending to slow down
- Software that makes you WannaCry – The importance of cyber security
- The Inheritance Tax main residence additional nil-rate band
- Rules on directors’ tax returns are not as clear you might think
- Huge fines for employers stalling workplace pensions
- Five ways to get more enjoyment from your money
- Persons of Significant Control - changes to Companies House Reporting
- I’m a non-resident landlord. Do I have to file a tax return in the UK?
- Scammers take advantage of businesses ignorance on EU VAT rules
- Landlords – unpaid tax should be declared sooner rather than later
- Making Tax Digital delayed by at least a year for the majority of businesses
- Taylor report recommends review of cash-in-hand
- Two fifths of SMEs say investment plans have been negatively affected by Brexit
- Credit and debit card charges to be banned as cashless economy grows
- HMRC given an extra £5.3 million to enforce minimum wage compliance
- Government begins to play its hand at the Brexit negotiation table
- HMRC dynamic coding causes issues for taxpayers
- Taxpayers begin to receive simple assessment requests (PA302)
- HMRC launches new online forum to give small business owners direct tax advice
- Revenue's crackdown on VAT evaders yields £3.4 billion from small and medium firms
- Self-employed workers may miss out on mortgages due to changes in delivery of SA302 forms
- Inaugural Autumn Budget date announced
- The Finance Bill is back and little has changed
- Admin takes up 120 days every year for UK small businesses
- Cricket club stumped by VAT dispute
- All change for the UK’s cash
- Late payments damage the UK economy, research shows
- Students could be entitled to a tax refund as they head back to university
- Dividend Tax changes set to hit small business owners and investors
- Cybersecurity failings are rife amongst UK SMEs
- OECD calls on UK to increase tax on self-employed
- Deadline to comply with new trusts rules extended by two months
- The future of company vehicles
- Britain’s small business economy is expected to grow nearly a fifth by 2025
- Over-50s cutting back on essentials to leave inheritance
- HMRC to implement changes to how it is paid
- Chancellor fails to deliver on Office for Tax Simplification’s VAT simplification recommendations
- Chancellor calls for Inheritance Tax review to make regime "fit for purpose"
- Chasing outstanding debts from an individual or sole trader? The process has changed
- Simple by name, but not necessarily by nature
- Class 2 and 4 NIC merger delayed until 6 April 2019
- Business rates to switch from RPI to CPI, saving SMEs billions of pounds
- SMEs risk losing out on Christmas income totalling £2bn if they don’t accept cards
- Don’t forget the Self-Assessment deadline
- New Year, New Home – Self-employed reminded about changes to SA302
- Auto-enrolment to be expanded to younger workers, as minimum contributions rise
- Recently given your staff a gift?
- Don’t PIN your hopes on paying your tax by credit card
- Points mean penalties in HM Revenue & Customs late filing reforms
- Revenue aims for 100 serious and complex tax crime prosecutions by 2022
- Quarterly digital reporting to HM Revenue & Customs opens to self-employed individuals
- Are you one of the 90 per cent of businesses that are unprepared for GDPR?
- HMRC takes new steps to tackle online VAT fraud
- Are you ready for the latest minimum wage rise?
- Government extends childcare voucher scheme for additional six months
- Spring Statement 2018
- HMRC offers practical support to businesses affected by Carillion’s collapse
- Excuses, excuses: HMRC reveals top late tax return apologies
- Ban on passing credit card fees on to consumers hits small businesses in the pocket
- Millennials set for ‘inheritance boom’… but not until the 2030s
- Remain-supporting former minister strikes optimistic note on post-Brexit economy
- Cash payments plunge as digital payments become the default for many consumers
- Only a third of EIS taken up by companies outside London
- Does Nesquik attract VAT? It depends on the flavour, Revenue says
- SMEs invest three working weeks a year on tax compliance
- Tax-Free Childcare launches for all parents of under-12s
- Late payments in the spotlight after Carillion collapse
- Millions of people have not checked their online tax accounts for errors
- Do you offer an EMI scheme? These are the new rules you need to know about
- Dividend Allowance cut could cost you £1,143. Is it time to restructure?
- Workplace pension contributions more than double
- 1.3 million SMEs hoping to branch out internationally to boost growth
- OTS calls for overhaul of ‘complex’ tax charges and reliefs
- 270,000 late penalty notices cancelled by the Revenue
- Gifts out of income and their benefits to beneficiaries
- Employers attempting to avoid auto-enrolment penalties could have assets seized
- Twice as many workers receiving back pay through National Minimum Wage enforcement
- Government Brexit redeployments to delay Making Tax Digital for Individuals
- Replace Inheritance Tax with ‘lifetime receipts tax’, argues thinktank
- Ministers make an about-turn on tax haven transparency measures
- Vigilance urged as fraudsters fake security measures to access bank accounts
- ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ feels the squeeze
- Building contractors will have to comply with complex new VAT rules
- More than two-fifths of small business owners are still unaware of MTD
- A quarter of dads may be missing out on paternity pay, according to a new report
- Professionals call on Treasury not to lower VAT threshold before MTD and Brexit
- Small businesses say the Government should simplify business rates
- UK’s tax gap continues to fall
- Documents reveal HMRC plans to secretly access bank account information
- Tens of thousands of fake HMRC websites taken down
- HMRC collects more than £30 billion worth of extra tax in last financial year
- MTD for VAT clarified in new communication from HMRC
- More than 100,000 first-time buyers benefit from Stamp Duty Land Tax reforms
- Taxpayers warned of Requirement to Correct as deadline approaches
- Reminder on changes to Corporation Tax notices
- Budget date 2018 announced, with half the usual notice
- Property investments once again hit by new tax rules
- HMRC releases new advisory fuel rates for company car users
- One in ten small businesses are concerned about business failure
- A quick guide to the new penalties for late MTD filing and payments
- Regulator tells banks to stop victim-blaming
- Working 9 to 5? It’s an unusual way to make a living
- Employment claims from contractors brought within IR35 expected after HMRC settlement
- Just eight per cent of business loan applications successful with one high street bank
- Government backed tax-free savings plan to help savers earn 50p on every £1
- HMRC investigates estate valuations as part of IHT campaign
- Micro businesses bear the brunt of late payments
- HMRC finally launches MTD communications plan and simplified guidance
- Workers miss out on £15.6 million in pay through minimum wage breaches
- CIOT reports increase in R40 refund errors
- Autumn Budget 2018
- National Living Wage to rise in April 2019
- Entrepreneurs’ Relief rules to be tightened
- Research reveals Inheritance Tax hotspots across the UK
- R&D Tax Credit system to be reviewed in light of fraudulent claims
- HM Revenue & Customs to review and rework some 2016-17 self-assessment tax returns following error
- Payee names to be required for bank transfers in effort to combat fraud and errors
- Public pilot of Making Tax Digital for VAT opens
- Howard Roth chosen as a Handpicked accountancy firm
- Smaller estates should not have to file Inheritance Tax paperwork, says Office for Tax Simplification
- Big increase in P2P lending
- 180,500 first-time buyers benefit from relief on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT)
- Italian e-invoicing requirements make Making Tax Digital look like a walk in the park
- House of Lords calls for a delay to Making Tax Digital
- UK takes second spot for tax compliance in G20
- Unwrapping Christmas tax gifts
- Automatic Enrolment contributions to increase
- HM Revenue & Customs drops insistence that all company directors must submit tax returns
- Late payers to be flagged up to businesses under new proposals
- Taxpayers treated unfairly by HMRC, says House of Lords report
- Just over half of businesses are prepared for Making Tax Digital
- Entrepreneurs’ Relief changes fail to meet up to the test
- Payroll sector prepares for key changes in 2019/20
- Taxpayers offered online tool to assess their self-assessment requirement
- Tax rates rise twice as fast in the UK than the international average
- An end to the Entrepreneurs' Relief 'dilutions dilemma'?
- Brexit uncertainty sends small business confidence to a seven-year low
- Debt recovery costs small businesses an average of £9,000
- Are you making full use of the generous R&D relief scheme?
- Tribunal finds in favour of Middlesbrough FC in low pay claim
- Make the grandest romantic gesture and reduce your tax bill
- Advisory fuel rates for company car users remain the same
- Delay in issuing Self-Assessment penalty notifications
- Making Tax Digital productivity boost expected to be worth billions to UK SMEs
- National Living Wage
- Spring Statement 2019
- Are you registered for Making Tax Digital yet?
- ITV presenter Lorraine Kelly wins important IR35 appeal
- UK SMEs hit by £17.4 billion cybercrime bill in 2018
- Tax-free HMRC scheme assists families with childcare costs
- Invoice fraud cost UK firms £93 million last year
- Businesses get to grips with new employment costs
- Pass on up to £950,000 tax-free in 2019-20
- Beware the Employer Compliance Check Questionnaire
- Employers must comply with new payslip rules
- Additional year to prepare for Making Tax Digital for taxes other than VAT
- IR35: off-payroll working rules set to change next year
- Registering for Making Tax Digital for VAT takes seven days, warns HM Revenue & Customs
- Government confirms that HMRC will get a higher priority when firms go bust
- MTD for VAT - relaxation on posting supplier statements
- Significant lack of awareness around gifting rules for IHT
- EIS and SEIS tax relief funding passes £2.1 billion
- New code launched to help protect victims of sophisticated banking fraud
- Revenue tests new trigger to increase the accuracy of PAYE codes
- Wealthiest UK families save nearly £700 million a year in Inheritance Tax
- Taxpayers’ bills delayed by payment on account errors
- SMEs unaware of £1 million annual investment allowance
- Businesses encouraged to increase readiness for no-deal Brexit
- Value of UK SMEs reach £3 trillion
- More than 150 chief financial officers and senior finance executives personally fined by HMRC last year
- Remember to pay the annual data protection charge
- Incorporation no longer automatically resets the two year requirement for sole traders
- Government’s draft IR35 legislation contains important changes
- Construction businesses only have weeks left to prepare for the VAT reverse charge
- HMRC outlines changes to Capital Gains Tax treatment on second homes
- Summer childcare costs cooldown with Tax-Free Childcare
- Employment Allowance to be restricted from next year
- Principal Private Residence Relief and Lettings Relief changes due in April 2020
- New figures show that a quarter of estates paying Inheritance Tax (IHT) are investigated by HMRC
- How to tell if an email is fraudulent
- Making a voluntary disclosure to HMRC
- MTD for VAT filing deadline missed by one in ten businesses
- Boots, Asda and Specsavers push back against business rates
- Half of all SMEs make VAT return mistakes
- Tax investigations reap in £13 billion for the treasury
- Government delays introduction of VAT reverse charge!
- Countdown to the 31 January Self-Assessment Tax Return deadline begins
- Entrepreneurs’ Relief changes expected in March Budget
- HMRC trialling self-assessment checks to help local authorities to recover council tax
- Overseas employees potentially face double NICs liability following a no-deal Brexit
- New figures show a sharp increase in Inheritance Tax (IHT) receipts
- Non-VAT-registered businesses need EORI number to trade with EU customers and suppliers post-Brexit
- 25,000 companies receive penalties for the late filing of accounts in just one month
- HM Revenue & Customs has started carrying out PAYE tax investigations remotely
- Wages rise at the fastest rate in a decade
- Renovated homes that have been empty for two years can qualify for a reduced rate of VAT
- Grant scheme opportunities for electric vehicle charging infrastructure at work
- Spanish holiday home owners cautioned over post-Brexit tax impact
- Businesses and contractors offered clarity on IR35
- Pension holders to be refunded £54 million of overpaid tax
- Newly cohabiting parents warned over new tax charge
- Around half of the UK’s SMEs admit to making errors on taxes
- Late payments a huge drain on SMEs
- The end of the help-to-buy ISA – What’s next?
- HMRC urges taxpayers to be vigilant ahead of self-assessment deadline
- Keeping workplace gifts tax-free this Christmas
- Annual R&D spend in the UK reaches £25 billion
- More than 3,000 taxpayers complete self-assessment on Christmas Day
- Should your company pay a data protection fee?
- SMEs now wait 23 days for late payments, new study finds
- Reminder: National Living Wage set to increase from April
- HMRC launches revamped CEST IR35 off-payroll working tool
- New Advisory Fuel Rates
- VAT receipts reach record level of £133 billion
- Budget 2020
- New legislation introduced to protect redundancy pay of furloughed workers
- The Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS)
- VAT zero-rating now applicable to businesses e-publications
- Latest case highlights the dangers of not meeting workplace pension requirements
- When was the last time you checked your NIC record?
- Property tax implications of getting divorced
- Make the most of the Brexit implementation period
- New 30-day Capital Gains Tax deadline set to come into effect
- More than 1.3 million businesses are signed up to Making Tax Digital for VAT as soft landing ends
- Small and medium builders to benefit from £1 billion housebuilding boost
- Don’t forget EORI registration
- VAT charged on the sale of a business
- Bank overdrafts to become more expensive for some under new changes
- Employment Allowance changes come into effect from April
- Latest amendments to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme announced
- Personal loans, credit cards and overdrafts
- Bounce Back Loan scheme is now live – apply today
- “Covid Secure” practical workplace guidance for employers
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) extended until October
- COVID-19 – An assessment of safe working arrangements
- What happens if my employees have to self-isolate following contact tracing?
- HM Revenue & Customs publishes detailed guidance on calculating furlough claims from July onwards
- Further clarification issued on eligibility for second round of Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
- Government delays VAT Reverse Charge
- VAT deferral refund available
- Trade Credit Insurance backed by £10 billion guarantee
- Guidance on exceptional circumstances for higher rate SDLT refunds updated
- Whistleblowers make almost 2,000 allegations of furlough fraud
- Employees returning from parental leave continue to be eligible for furlough scheme
- Managing Cash
- Helpful steps to improve credit control
- Top tips for improving profit
- Are you taking your business online? – Six steps to effective pricing
- Download our Coronavirus support for business timeline
- Government publishes new ‘Covid Secure’ guidance
- Remember to reinstate your VAT direct debit in time for your next payment
- HM Revenue & Customs clarifies repayments of Corporation Tax and anticipated losses
- Employers given 30 days to confess to furlough fraud
- Coronavirus grants to businesses, employers and individuals are taxable
- Guidance published on repaying Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme overpayments
- Key dates for Coronavirus support schemes
- HMRC offers clarity on usual hours calculation for flexible furlough
- Don’t forget to make an SEISS claim by 13 July!
- Summer Economic Update
- Details of ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme confirmed
- Guidance on hospitality and tourism VAT cut published
- Government publishes detailed guidance on SDLT holiday
- HM Revenue & Customs confirms first arrest in connection with furlough fraud
- Reminder: Deferral of second payment on account
- HM Revenue & Customs updates Self-Employment Income Support Scheme guidance
- Coronavirus apprenticeships guidance updated
- Seven tips to get start-ups off the ground
- Government confirms Coronavirus tax concessions in amended Finance Bill
- Future Fund expanded to more businesses
- Research finds lack of knowledge, information and skills are key barriers to Making Tax Digital compliance
- New corporate insolvency rules come into effect
- £84 billion of R&D tax credits unclaimed – Could you be eligible for a share of this funding?
- Tax changes outlined in draft Finance Bill 2020 – 2021
- Government confirms Job Retention Bonus of £1,000
- Upcoming key dates for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Government confirms the next steps for the digitisation of taxation
- Paying for COVID-19: Government begins exploring tax take back
- Government extends childcare funding for families affected by the pandemic
- Green Homes Grant guidance published
- Eat Out to Help Out opens for claims
- Key dates for Coronavirus support schemes
- Key dates for Coronavirus support schemes, tax and Companies House
- IMPORTANT Key Date
- Other news: HM Revenue & Customs issues ‘nudge’ letters to people suspected of having undeclared overseas assets
- Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme expanded to more businesses
- VAT treatment of imported goods up to £135 to change under new rules
- HM Revenue & Customs publishes Job Retention Bonus guidance
- Small business Covid recovery boosted by £20million in new grants
- HM Revenue & Customs sets out Making Tax Digital plans for VAT and Income Tax
- HM Revenue & Customs sets out details of penalties for breaches of furlough and self-employment scheme rules
- Reminder: VAT payment deferral period has ended
- Banks list top 10 Coronavirus scams
- CBILS ends on 30th September 2020
- Government to launch new local lockdown grants
- Change to Companies House bank details
- More than £1 billion in tax reliefs for creative industry
- Advisory Fuel Rates for next quarter come into effect
- Key dates for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- The first Child Trust Funds (CTFs) can now be claimed
- Four in five SMEs are confident over their Coronavirus recovery
- HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) writes to 3,000 employers over furlough claims
- Government to reinforce COVID Secure guidance with new direct legal obligations
- Hospitality industry faces new restrictions to curb second wave
- Event and conference re-openings no longer allowed to go ahead
- Government introduces legal duty to self-isolate, with big penalties for employers that prevent staff from following the rules
- Government reinstates advice to work from home ‘if you can’
- HMRC sends thousands of letters to employers for ‘incorrect’ CJRS claims
- National Lockdown – Extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Business Support Update
- Chancellor announces new Job Support Scheme and package of business support measures
- Download the Government’s guide to the Job Support Scheme
- Government issues new guidance on the Job Retention Bonus
- Chancellor expands Job Support Scheme and grants to businesses facing new COVID-19 restrictions
- HM Revenue & Customs publishes further details of the Job Support Scheme
- Annual Investment Allowance – Time is running out
- Accounting for mobile phone use
- Time to prepare (once again) for the VAT reverse charge
- Is the Government considering a National Living Wage freeze?
- Companies House reforms to combat fraud and assist businesses
- Price of plastic bags in England to double to 10p
- New Coronavirus regulations place self-isolation obligations on employers
- Latest SEISS grants introduce new qualifying conditions
- Businesses may be entitled to insurance pay-out after important judgment
- Government extends further support to businesses affected by COVID-19
- Government extends Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and Government-backed loans
- Government extends furlough scheme and provides a boost to SEISS
- Extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme FAQ
- IFS predicts tax rises of more than £40 billion a year by the middle of the decade
- More than 50,000 people claim working from home tax relief through HM Revenue & Customs online portal
- HMRC called on to simplify the administration of tax reliefs
- A quarter of businesses don’t think they will be ready for post-Brexit Britain
- HMRC warns taxpayers still aren’t ready for Making Tax Digital
- Homebuyers need to start purchases this month to take advantage of Stamp Duty savings
- Daily penalties waived for Self-Assessment late filing
- Furlough scheme update – Publication of claims and employees serving notice
- Spending Review highlights long-term economic impact of Coronavirus pandemic
- Important deadlines approach for the furlough scheme
- Third round of Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) opens on Monday with tighter eligibility criteria
- Companies House to scrap paper reminder letters
- HMRC updates Statutory Residence Test due to COVID-19
- Scammers are targeting Self-Assessment taxpayers, says HMRC
- Eat Out to Help Out compliance checks underway
- Businesses face legal action over unpaid business rates
- HMRC publishes consultation on MTD for Corporation Tax
- HM Revenue & Customs issues Capital Gains Tax reminder
- Virtual Christmas parties eligible for £150 annual function exemption
- Grandparents set to increase gifting following pandemic and families set to inherit more than expected
- Insurance industry to pay out on COVID-19 business interruption claims
- Coronavirus furlough and loan schemes further extended
- Chancellor announces grants worth up to £9,000 for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors
- Are you making full use of the Government’s COVID-19 financial support package?
- HM Revenue & Customs increases the threshold for Self-Assessment online payment plan service to £30,000
- Could the Government be about to launch a new permanent state-backed small business loan scheme?
- VAT – Post-Brexit arrangements
- Independent commission argues against annual wealth tax but advocates a one-off charge
- HMRC issues new warning over lockdown fraudsters
- FSB proposes move to turn Covid emergency debt into shared ownership schemes
- Requests for exemption from publication of furlough claims must be submitted by Monday 25 January
- Only a few days are left to submit applications for the third SEISS grant
- HMRC waives penalties for Self-Assessment returns filed by 28 February – but payment deadline remains
- Calculating Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims for annually paid directors
- COVID-19 Bounce Back Loan repayment period extended
- The VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme
- The VAT Reverse Charge for the Construction Industry Scheme – Are you ready?
- Large and medium-sized businesses need to be ready for IR35
- Basic rate taxpayers could face ‘high income’ child benefit charge
- Don’t forget to claim home working tax relief
- Voluntary and compulsory strike-off processes paused in response to national lockdown
- Consultations on future of Companies House could see filing deadlines slashed
- The advantages of electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes
- Business insurance rates are on the rise
- VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme goes live
- Budget 2021
- National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates to increase from 1 April
- Vaccine rollout prompts SME optimism about prospects for 2021
- Student loan thresholds to rise from 6 April 2021
- HMRC updates tax rules and calculations on ultra-low emission vehicles
- Almost two-fifths of small businesses are looking to trade overseas
- Business rates review report delayed
- Preparing for the upcoming changes to furlough
- Take advantage of the super-deduction from 1 April 2021
- The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme is closing soon – Apply today!
- Repaying COVID-19 Government-Backed Loans
- Newly self-employed asked to complete pre-verification checks before applying for fourth SEISS grant
- Coronavirus Restart Grant
- Parents missing out on tax-free childcare bonus of up to £500
- Applications for SME Brexit Support Fund underway
- Thousands of cases of COVID-related fraud and cyber-crime are being investigated
- Majority of SME owners have loaned personal money to their business during the pandemic
- Coronavirus insolvency measures extended until the end of June
- Inheritance tax reporting to be simplified
- New claims needed to continue receiving working from home tax relief
- Furlough scheme guidance updated
- HMRC contacts self-employed individuals who could be eligible for fourth SEISS grant
- HMRC unveils penalty regime for VAT deferral scheme
- COVID forces businesses to change direction
- Workers can continue to claim home working tax allowance in the new tax year
- Reimbursed expenses – What you need to know
- HMRC to tackle SEISS abuse with new penalty regime
- New Debt Respite Scheme launched
- National Insurance relief launches for employers that hire veterans
- Time is running out to join the VAT Deferral Scheme
- Is your business ready for the changes to furlough?
- Insolvency Service to be given new powers to tackle directors who misused COVID loan schemes
- Tax saving strategies for landlords
- Bank of England and CBI expect the biggest rise in economy for decades
- Make sure to include SEISS grants on your next tax returns
- Beware of the HMRC scammers, but ignoring calls can be costly
- Carry back scheme brings welcome relief for business
- New recommendations in sweeping CGT review
- Tax-Free Investment Zones – How could they support your growth?
- Guidance for the fifth round of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) published
- Director’s ban a warning to others to keep proper company records
- CJRS – Upcoming changes to payments and the furlough scheme
- Preparing for the end of the Stamp Duty Holiday
- Government extends ban on commercial evictions until March 2022
- Fifth round of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to launch in late July
- Businesses can still access the Recovery Loan Scheme
- Time to prepare for Corporation Tax changes
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – Get ready now!
- Points-based system for HMRC late payment penalties
- Take account of your year-end tax liabilities
- Don’t miss the deadline for renewing tax credits
- A helping hand with the cost of children’s summer activities
- Freedom Day – What does it mean for businesses?
- The fifth round of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is now open
- SMEs optimistic and frustrated as economy set to thrive
- Kickstart Scheme and apprenticeship incentives extended
- Beware of exceeding your pension pot allowance
- Draft legislation published for next Finance Bill
- Super-deduction gives businesses confidence to grow
- Final SEISS deadline – Submit your claim by 30th September!
- Taxman says help available as debt collection resumes
- HMRC auto-correcting 2020-21 SEISS tax returns
- How will the National Insurance and dividend tax increases affect me?
- Post-Brexit timetable: the key dates you need to know about
- Frustrated SMEs turning to unsecured loans to grow businesses
- Beware of rising house prices increasing Inheritance Tax liability
- New weapons in the war on cybercrime
- Couples could be missing out on tax breaks
- Minimum wage non-payment excuses ‘outrageous’
- SME confidence is on the rise as employers make plans to expand their workforce
- Worried COVID Plan B may affect you or your business?
- I have been sent a nudge letter by HMRC - What should I do next?
- Received a CJRS compliance check? Act now!
- MTD for Income Tax delayed - What it means for you
- Buying a business – Top tips to secure the best deal
- Six steps to secure finance for your business
- Managing business costs - what the energy and supply crisis may mean for your company
- Autumn Budget 2021
- Take advantage of the extension to the Recovery Loan Scheme
- Simple steps you can take to cut business costs and maximise profits
- Is your business struggling with debt? Regain control today
- Top tips for filing your Self-Assessment tax return
- How businesses can avoid becoming the victims of fraud
- Need Help to Grow? Learn about the latest Government-backed support for SMEs
- Business rates reform – How will it affect you
- Plan B – What does it mean for you and your business?
- Prepare now for the final stage of MTD for VAT
- Eight New Year’s resolutions that businesses should follow
- Homes price boom sparks a big rise in Inheritance Tax receipts – What can you do to save tax?
- PAYE Settlement Agreement can save time and costs
- Self-Assessment taxpayers warned over fraudsters trying to steal information
- Should payments made by an employee for vehicle and uniform rental be treated as reductions when calculating the National Minimum Wage (NMW)?
- Give yourself Time to Pay
- Cash no longer king as card payments surge in lockdown
- Be prepared for changes to Corporation Tax in 2023
- Accountants critical to the success of SMEs
- How the penalty system for late tax submissions is changing
- Income tax basis periods – What unincorporated businesses need to know
- Top tax tips to help your business save money
- Nearly half a million SMEs at risk of failing due to late payments crisis
- Fears over move to MTD, as few take part in income tax pilot scheme
- Company directors banned for Bounce Back Loan fraud
- New tax rules on holiday lets – What does it mean for owners?
- Most popular options available when setting up a new business
- Can you avoid the P11D process?
- Are you making the most of super-deduction tax relief?
- Retain key staff with salary sacrifice schemes
- Cash flow statements – How to avoid errors that damage your business
- How to make the most of cloud-based accounting software
- Avoid the pitfalls of the SEISS scheme
- Company tax returns must include COVID-19 grants says HMRC
- HMRC focuses on backlog of work by shuttering telephone services
- Spring Statement 2022
- Don’t ignore the warning signs that you or a customer’s business is in trouble
- Keeping a lid on business expenses
- How can you finance a new business?
- Getting to grips with the new National Insurance and Dividend Tax Rates
- Looking to start a new business? You aren’t alone
- R&D Tax Credits – What is changing next year
- HMRC to launch new mandatory P87 expenses form
- Make sure you are making the correct PAYE payments to HMRC
- Could Government-backed business loans become permanent?
- Working from home tax relief continues, but fewer employees likely to be eligible this year
- Our top tips for hiring your first employee
- Revenue updates guidance on tipping apps
- Expansion of the Trust Registration Service – What you need to know
- How hard-pressed SMEs can obtain business support
- Be prepared for changes to VAT penalties and VAT interest charges
- Penalties for misuse of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- Managing costs to offset spiralling inflation – Our top tips for cutting your bills
- Take action – Loans to small businesses drop to record low
- ‘New deal’ for tenants to be delivered in Renters Reform Bill
- National Insurance thresholds are changing – Are you ready?
- Are you prepared for changes to the income tax basis?
- Survey shows taxpayers are still unprepared for Making Tax Digital switchover
- The benefits of taking on an apprentice
- Be prepared if you decide to adopt a working from home policy
- How to minimise Inheritance Tax bills as house prices surge
- ‘Umbrella’ contracts firm loses £11m tribunal case against HMRC
- Britons lose millions in penalty charges as they cash in LISAs
- Group companies – Considerations ahead of the Corporation Tax rise
- COVID business loans scheme extended for two years
- I can’t pay my tax bill – what should I do?
- Calls for Government to tackle late payments to small businesses
- HMRC set to modernise direct debit system for employer PAYE
- Back to Basics on Business Mileage
- Government increases interest rate on late tax payments
- New law delivers even-handed treatment for separating couples
- Back to basics: Job expenses
- Companies House service goes digital
- Top tips for securing finance for new businesses
- MPs support move to crackdown on unqualified accountants
- Furnished Holiday Lets – What tax reliefs are available?
- Fiscal Statement
- How to protect your business from inflation
- What does the Income Tax cut mean for you?
- What does the repeal of IR35 mean for businesses and contractors?
- Are you ready for changes to R&D tax reliefs in 2023?
- The rate of late tax payments interest rates continues to rise
- What does Sterling’s historic value against the dollar mean for investment?
- How to keep workplace gifts tax-free this Christmas
- IR35 rules – What they are and why they matter
- New rules to address the soaring cost of card payment fees
- When can you take a dividend from your business?
- Time to rethink your property portfolio? What you need to consider
- Autumn Statement 2022
- Fuel rate boost for electric car drivers, but other advisory fuel rates cut
- Three tips for managing maternity and paternity pay for small businesses
- Chief UK economist warns of period of stagnation – How will this affect your SME?
- Could you enjoy a slice of the £1.6bn creative industry tax reliefs?
- Avoid these costly VAT mistakes
- What you should include in a business plan
- MTD for ITSA is delayed. Should you still go ahead with cloud accounting?
- How can you achieve taxation ‘quick wins’ before the end of the tax year
- Taxation planning should be an ongoing process, not just pre-Budget
- Think about the support you need for your business
- Employers brace for uplift to the National Minimum Wage
- Businesses must be prepared for imminent changes to Corporation Tax
- R&D tax reliefs are changing in April – Are you ready?
- Make voluntary National Insurance contributions to ensure pension entitlement
- Avoid stress and prepare for payroll year-end
- Spring Budget 2023
- P11D – Are you ready to report and pay tax on Benefits in Kind?
- SMEs to benefit from Chancellor’s change to the Research & Development tax credits schemes
- Chancellor abolishes Lifetime Allowance pensions shake-up
- How does Full Expensing work?
- Crypto transactions to become part of Self-Assessment under new regulations
- How do changes in Corporation Tax affect my business?
- Be prepared for business rate changes as rateable value update takes effect
- Government announces shakeup in the payment of Benefits in Kind
- HMRC sets its sights on SMEs over UK tax gap
- The hidden economy: What income should you declare?
- Management accounts: The importance of having a clear view of your business during uncertain times
- Time to exit: New research shows many business owners are planning ahead
- Are banks supportive of SMEs and willing to assist their growth?
- Changes to the repayment of Student Loans begin in August
- Fiscal drag bites on earners
- What is the Residence Nil-Band Rate? And why does it matter to you?
- Landlords are latest group targeted by HMRC ‘nudge’ letters
- 683,000 higher rate taxpayers opt out of child benefit as thresholds remain frozen
- Striking the perfect balance: Director's salary and dividends for 2023/24
- Businesses must get to grips with a Government crackdown on fraud committed by employees
- Car vs Van – Tax treatment of electric vehicles
- Roadside charging – How to account for credit card payments
- Trivial benefits in kind and the advantages they give to employers
- Changes to free childcare, but higher earners will still miss out
- Constantly asked for pay rises? Here is what you need to know about pay in the UK
- The ins and outs of pre-notification of R&D claims
- Inflation and increased interest rates – What does it mean for businesses?
- Your quick guide to paying tax on your pensions
- Why companies fail to pay the National Minimum Wage and how to avoid the same mistakes
- What you need to know about the High-Income Child Benefit charge and the upcoming changes
- Eight ways your accountant can boost the success of your business
- The benefits of Employee Ownership Trusts
- £56 million overpaid in pension tax
- New R&D supplementary information form in effect
- Almost 50 per cent of businesses forget vital R&D forms
- When are interest rates likely to fall and why does it matter to you?
- Can you afford a £7,300 fine from Companies House?
- The rise of the machines – How AI can elevate your SME to new heights
- What’s on the horizon for taxation?
- HMRC targets overseas taxpayers
- The impact of increased Corporation Tax receipts for business owners
- The benefits of HMRC's salary advance reporting changes
- How can SMEs learn to thrive, rather than just survive?
- Funded and thriving: Understanding financing
- Exiting the slow lane – Sustaining growth in uncertain times
- How to deal with the rising impact of Inheritance Tax on family homes
- Brexit's next chapter: EU announces new Green Tax and VAT rules
- Autumn Statement 2023
- Watt's up with HMRC? Understanding the new electric car charging rules
- R&D tax relief schemes to merge in 2024 – What it means for future claims
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – Government kills off confusing year-end statement
- The future of payments – Cards, cashless and beyond
- An essential financial opportunity maximising your State Pension
- Four new investment zones unveiled and how they could help your business
- Navigating the challenge of late payments
- Trivial benefits in kind: A quick guide for employers
- HMRC sets its sights on unpaid crypto tax
- Can you afford to miss your Companies House deadline?
- 10 steps to prevent insolvency
- Scaling up – How you can grow your business in 2024
- Going green – The financial benefits of investing in a cleaner future
- Tax basis – Getting ready for the end of the transitional year
- Putting the brakes on excessive National Insurance payments through car allowances
- Please leave a message – HMRC dispute resolution hotline restricted to answerphone
- National Insurance credit scheme will be introduced to tackle child benefit gaps
- Employee benefits and mandatory payroll reporting
- UK company law is changing – Get ready now!
- Overhaul of non-dom tax status – What does it mean for those affected?
- Holiday accrual to come in for zero-hours workers
- Run your business from home? Get to know your VAT entitlement
- Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 – Companies House changes now in effect
- Spring Budget ushers in property tax shake-up
- Spring Budget 2024
- The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 – Understanding the impact on pay in the hospitality sector
- What are the implications of MTD for ITSA for SMEs?
- New tax year – New tax rules
- Redundancy regulations are changing – What it means for your payroll and policies
- HMRC income tax receipts rise by £2 billion
- A third of UK business owners do not know their company’s value – do you?
- Are barriers to investment harming your productivity?
- Five steps to growing your business, safely
- Gratuities and tips – What the delay to the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 means for you
- Preparing for the second payment on account – and what happens when you can’t pay?
- SME recovery continues as sustainability and growth take centre stage
- High-income earners need to re-register for child benefit
- The rise of the higher rate taxpayer
- Three great reasons to file your tax return early
- P11D – Remember to report before the July deadline!
- New advisory fuel rates for electric company cars
- The increase to Companies House fees: What you need to know
- Using an iPhone? Keep an eye out for tax refund scammers
- New accounting practices outlined for LLPs
- Are you ready for changes to LLP salaried member rules?
- Inside the private equity boom
- Taxes on the rise: A certainty, not a possibility
- Invoice fraud becoming a significant problem
- Total Income Tax and NI income hits new high
- What the summer may mean for your business
- Management buyouts – An alternative approach to exit and succession
- Cryptoasset disposals under scrutiny from HMRC
- King’s Speech – What did he say? Why does it matter to you?
- The Budget is coming – It is time to prepare
- Audit rules are changing – Get ready
- Worried about a new tax bill? A guide for pensioners
- How to keep your business afloat amid rising HMRC pressures
- SME late payments surge: How to mitigate the impact
- Facing a skills shortage? Here’s how to solve it
- Why integrating ESG into your reports helps you grow your business
- Why your business needs to prioritise sustainable practices now
- Repeal of furnished holiday lettings tax regime - Last chance for capital allowance claims
- Reminder – The deadline to register for Self-Assessment is approaching
- Christmas cheer or tax liability? How trivial benefits impact your business
- Financial strategies for businesses facing labour shortages
- Is it time to restructure your business?
- Capital allowances for property owners explained
- How to protect your business from Kittel VAT risks
- Labour pledges to avoid raising taxes ‘on working people’
- With Income Tax unlikely to change, is it worth altering your dividend-based salary strategy?
- Fiscal drag and tax thresholds: What does it mean for you
- Autumn Budget 2024
- Businesses left to pick up the tab for Employment Rights Bill
- Autumn Budget delivers Inheritance Tax blow to pension savers
- The value of technology – Why you should not rule out investment
- Bad debts on the rise – Time to crack down
- Employers squeezed as wages and National Insurance rise
- Capital Gains Tax is increasing - What does this mean for you?
- Should you buy a double cab pickup before April?
- What is the most tax-efficient salary choice for you after the Budget?
- I am unable to pay my Income Tax bill – What can I do?
- Are you claiming the right office-based expenses?
- Employee Ownership Trusts – Your key to a tax-efficient exit?
