NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS TO SAVE TAX

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS TO SAVE TAX At this time of year we think about New Year’s resolutions. It is also a good time to start planning your tax affairs before the end of the tax year on 5th April. An obvious tax planning point would be to maximise your ISA allowances...

How to apply for more time for MTD digital links

  For VAT periods starting on or after 1 April 2020 (or 1 October 2020 for deferred businesses) your accounting systems must use digital links for any transfer or exchange of data between software programs, products or applications used as functional compatible...

Government U-Turn on pensions tax for Doctors and others?

  In earlier blogs we reported that hospital doctors and GPs were lobbying the government to amend the pension tax rules as the current system of restricting tax relief on pension contributions means many doctors paying almost all of the extra salary back in tax...

New VAT rules for the construction sector

Under new rules due to come in on 1 October 2019 builders, subcontractors and other trades associated with the construction industry will have to start using a new method of accounting for VAT. Under the new rules, supplies of standard or reduced-rated building...

Making tax digital is now a reality

Making tax digital (MTD) is now law for all VAT registered businesses with turnover over £85,000. This new law requiring Digital record keeping and filing of VAT returns via the MTD portal came into force on the 1 April 2019. This means change for many businesses but...

No deal Brexit – what about VAT?

The Government and HMRC have updated its collection of high-level guides called “partnership packs”, intended to help businesses involved in importing and exporting prepare for changes to customs procedures after 29 March 2019 in the event of a “no deal” scenario. If...