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Making tax digital (MTD) for income tax is being delayed, originally due to come in from 6 April 2023 this has now been delayed. New proposed timetable: 6 April 2024: MTD for individual landlords with >£10k pa of rental income. 6 April 2025: MTD for general partnerships. No sooner than 2026: MTD for corporation tax.…

There is now less than a calendar month before the tax return filing deadline of 31 January 2022. Do not delay – file it today!   If you are not sure if you need to file a tax return, did you…   Work for yourself between 6 April 2020 and 5 April 2021? Become a…

Under the Companies Act 2006 and the Financial Reporting Standard FRS 102, a group of companies must produce consolidated financial statements. This means that the financial statements for each of the members of the group are combined into one set, as if it was one entity.   If the group classifies as a small, then…

The charity annual return service is now available for 2021 and can be found on the link below. https://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/   Charities need to submit their annual return within 10 months of the financial year end.   Dependant on the level of income, the annual return has different requirements; Income under £10,000 It is only the…

Deferred tax is a provision on the balance sheet for timing differences in tax and accounting treatment of certain items, and is measured at the rate of tax that the differences are expected to reverse in the future.   In recent years, deferred tax has been measured at the current corporation tax rate of 19%,…

One of the ways government helped businesses in 2020 was to allow them to defer paying VAT liabilities due between March and June that year. Those taking advantage of this had until 31 March 2021 to pay. In September 2020, the Chancellor announced the VAT deferral payment scheme. Instead of paying in full by 31…

Sage50 VAT T codes (from v27.1 onwards):   T0 – Zero rated transactions T1 – Standard rated transactions – Currently 20% T2 – Exempt transactions T4 – Sale of goods to VAT registered customers in EC T5 – Lower Rate – Currently 5% T7 – Zero rated purchases of goods from suppliers in EC T8…

The current confirmation statement (CS01) filing deadline of six weeks from the ‘made up to date’ (the original 14 day deadline, plus an extension of 28 days) is coming to an end. CS01’s with a filing deadline of 6 April 2021 or later will no longer have the COVID 19 extension. Please see table summary…

For some privately owned companies, negative profit and loss reserves means that they are unable to pay out dividends as they do not have enough distributable reserves. However, they might have a significant share premium reserve, which is a non-distributable reserve. The Companies Act 2006 allows a private company to utilise the share premium account…

It seems that HMRC have heard about our disappointment with Christmas parties being cancelled this year…   The Employment Income Manual EIM21690 has been updated to incorporate the news that virtual events can be included when considering the £150 per person benefit in kind exemption for annual functions.   The event should be an annual…