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Following the increase in use of cloud accounting software’s like Xero, QuickBooks and Sage over the past few years, businesses have never been better positioned to look to outsource their accounting function.  For all businesses, getting the accounting function working efficiently can be challenging, as you will need potentially different people with different skills: someone…

Time is running out for taxpayers to settle any second payment-on-account for the 2021/22 tax year. The payment is due by 31 July, where one is payable. The amount payable is the second payment-on-account for the 2021/22 tax year and is automatically calculated as half of the total tax liability for the previous tax year,…

Understanding how to account for your business’s transactions with online selling platforms can be complicated. Ensuring that you are submitting the correct information to HMRC can be tricky as not all platforms have the same VAT treatment.   A2X could make your life easier by saving you time and headaches from the complex world of…

HMRC has started to recover overpayments of Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants. From April, HMRC is writing to taxpayers whose entitlement to the fourth or the fifth SEISS grant has reduced by more than £100 to ask them to repay amounts that were overpaid. Entitlement to the fourth and fifth SEISS grants can be affected…

In July 2020 the government announced that VAT registered business who operate in the hospitality and tourism industry could use a temporary 5% reduced rate of VAT on certain supplies compared to the standard 20% to help them through the Coronavirus pandemic.   The scheme had been extended multiple times, and from 1 October 2021…

Although a business may have an accounting year which doesn’t end on 5 April each year, they will still be required to submit various returns to HMRC on a tax year basis. Compliance is now an extremely important aspect of any business, with deadlines, fines and indeed penalties being applied where dates are missed, or…

Whitings LLP, a member of The Corporate Finance Network, has successfully advised on matters surrounding raising a substantial sum of equity finance for a Renewable Energy business. The shareholders approached the Whitings LLP Corporate Finance team for advice on matters relating to raising equity investment to continue its Research & Development projects within the Renewable…

Time is running out for businesses to apply for Recovery Loans, the follow on Covid-support product from the CBILS.   In order to qualify for the Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS), your business has to have been affected by Covid-19 and you have to apply and have received the funds by 30th June 2022. The RLS…

The Government have announced plans to revamp filing at Companies House for small companies & micro-entities in a move that will see additional information made available to the public when filing company accounts. The reforms are largely seen as an attempt to reduce the levels of economic crime committed through the country.   Currently, small…

HMRC have released their latest Advisory Fuel Rates to be used from 1st March 2022.   These rates should be used when you:-   Reimburse employees for business travel in their company cars Need employees to repay the cost of fuel used for private travel   Rates The advisory electricity rate for fully electric cars…