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£16m ‘Brexit boost’ to fund thousands more customs agents
4th Sep 2019 | Posted by:HMRC has announced an extra £16m funding for businesses that will need to train staff to make customs declarations, and to help businesses that support others to trade goods to invest in IT.
Read MoreUK manufacturing output ‘stabilised in three months to August’
30th Aug 2019 | Posted by:Manufacturing output in the UK stabilised in the three months to August, according to data published by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
Read MoreCompanies House London office is moving
29th Aug 2019 | Posted by:Companies House is relocating its London information centre to Westminster this autumn
Read MoreCyber-attacks on small businesses cost £4.5 billion
27th Aug 2019 | Posted by:The annual cost of cyber-attacks on UK small businesses is £4.5 billion, according to research conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
Read MoreAuto enrolment for post-Brexit EU customs system
21st Aug 2019 | Posted by:HMRC is to automatically enrol VAT-registered UK companies into the economic operator registration and identification (EORI) customs system to reduce the risk of Brexit disruption to trade
Read MoreOne in 10 businesses miss first MTD for VAT filing deadline
19th Aug 2019 | Posted by:An estimated 120,000 businesses have missed the deadline to sign up for Making Tax Digital for VAT, meaning that technically they should be due a penalty from HMRC
Read MoreGovernment under pressure to launch loan charge review
15th Aug 2019 | Posted by:MPs and contractors are intensifying pressure on the Chancellor to review the loan charge which has seen contractors paying retrospective tax bills on remuneration schemes which were outside PAYE, some dating back 20 years
Read MoreConstruction industry reverse charge VAT – are you ready?
13th Aug 2019 | Posted by:With less than two months before major changes to VAT invoicing take effect for the construction industry, two thirds of SMEs in the sector know nothing about the new reverse charge regime.
Read MoreUK digital businesses ‘struggle with complexity of tax compliance’
12th Aug 2019 | Posted by:Research carried out by HMRC has revealed that UK digital businesses 'struggle with the complexity of tax requirements'.
Read MoreHalf of small businesses make VAT return errors
7th Aug 2019 | Posted by:Half of small businesses say they have made mistakes when sending in their VAT return and only a quarter are confident they have the figures correct despite spending more than an hour checking
Read MoreCompany insolvencies hit five-year high
6th Aug 2019 | Posted by:The number of company insolvencies in England and Wales has risen to its highest level in five years, according to the latest data from the Insolvency Service.
Read MoreChancellor urged to ‘take a new approach to making tax policy’
5th Aug 2019 | Posted by:The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the Institute for Government (IfG) have urged Chancellor Sajid Javid to 'take a new approach to making tax policy'
Read MoreChanges to Entrepreneurs’ Relief can catch the unwary
30th Jul 2019 | Posted by:“Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) gives a reduced rate of Capital Gains Tax of 10% to business owners, providing certain conditions are met”, says Brearley & Co Tax Manager, Andrew Cowe. “However since April 2019, two significant changes to those conditions have been in place.”
Read MoreFMB urges government to delay ‘disruptive’ VAT changes
29th Jul 2019 | Posted by:The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has urged the government to delay 'disruptive' VAT changes in order to 'avoid construction chaos'.
Read MorePlastic waste tax set for 2022 launch
24th Jul 2019 | Posted by:The Treasury plans to go ahead with plans for a single-use plastic waste tax, covering all plastics and chargeable by weight, although it will not become law for three years
Read MoreMany firms ‘support extension of pensions auto-enrolment’
22nd Jul 2019 | Posted by:Research carried out by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and insurer Scottish Widows has revealed that many UK businesses would like to see the pensions auto-enrolment scheme made available to more workers.
Read MoreHousehold name companies shamed over late payments
18th Jul 2019 | Posted by:Eighteen companies – including BT, British American Tobacco, and Centrica – have been suspended from the Prompt Payment Code (PPC) for failing to pay suppliers on time
Read MoreHMRC promises leniency despite slow take up of Making Tax Digital
17th Jul 2019 | Posted by:HMRC has promised not to throw the book at firms who struggle to register for Making Tax Digital (MTD) as new figures show total take-up lagging in certain sectors
Read MoreEconomic growth ‘stalling’, BCC warns
4th Jul 2019 | Posted by:The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned that UK economic growth is 'stalling' amid a 'manufacturing slowdown'.
Read MoreMPs condemn HMRC for long helpline wait times
3rd Jul 2019 | Posted by:MPs have criticised HMRC for the long wait times experienced by taxpayers looking to get through to VAT helplines.
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