Travel & Subsistence

By Gary Robinson / November 28, 2019

Travel and subsistence will be regular expenses of many businesses and this is where regular employee travel is an essential part of their operations. Whether it is generating new customers, servicing existing ones or attending conferences and other events, travelling often generates a number of ad hoc expenditures. If a company pays for these expenditures…

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Transfering Property into a Limited Company

By Gary Robinson / November 21, 2019

When you transfer property which in not your residential home into a company this must be done right as this has huge tax implications if not done correctly. There is a way to get this into a company avoiding stamp duty but this only applicable to those who run this as an partnership. By a…

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Help Paying Your Tax

By Gary Robinson / November 14, 2019

Paying Your Tax The tax return deadline approaching there will be some people among us that need to settle our tax liabilities by 31 January 2019. This comes at a time when some people will have cashflow problems as this is just after Christmas when the credit card bill have arrived and most of us…

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Tax Return deadlines

By Gary Robinson / November 7, 2019

Tax Return If you been sent a notice to complete a self-assessment income tax return you have until 31 January every year to get this submitted to HM Revenue & Customs or you will incur late filing penalties depending how long this is outstanding for. Late Filing Penalties Up to 3 Months £100.00 if it…

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Tax Returns and The Fines

By Gary Robinson / October 31, 2019

Tax Return If you been sent a notice to complete a self-assessment income tax return you have until 31 January every year to get this submitted to HM Revenue & Customs or you will incur late filing penalties depending how long this is outstanding for. Late Filing Penalties Up to 3 Months £100.00 if it…

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Paper Tax Returns

By Gary Robinson / October 17, 2019

Tax Return If you are looking to submit your tax return on papers the 31 October is the last day you can do this. If you have a tax return to submit this will then have to be completed online but you first need to register with HM Revenue & Customs online services first, the…

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Student Loan

By Gary Robinson / September 19, 2019

Do You Have a Student Loan? Do you have a student loan, if so are you repaying this, and do you know that this to be declared on your tax return? Repaying Student Loan There are different ways to repay this it can be either: Through your tax return Through your payroll (deducted monthly from…

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Staff Christmas Party

By Gary Robinson / September 12, 2019

We will soon be coming up to Christmas time where many companies will be holding a staff Christmas party, but this does not have to hold a Christmas it could be for a summer barbeque. This is provided for employee: available to employees generally or available to employees at a location where the employer has…

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Information Required on Your Letterhead

By Gary Robinson / September 5, 2019

If you have two addresses that you use for business one where the business activities take place e.g. workshop, office then this should to be at the top so it is clear should they need to visit or write to you. Trading Address Registered Office Address The registered office address is for limited companies only…

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HMRC Ways to Uncover Unpaid Tax

By Gary Robinson / August 29, 2019

HM Revenue & Customs Having Access to Your Bank Account HMRC direct recovery of debts has been in force 06 May 2014 and they wanted parliament to introduce new powers in next year’s finance bill which would allow them to dip into to debtor’s bank accounts without any independent oversight. HM Revenue & Customs Officers…

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