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Reconciling your bank account is an important task in managing your businesses finances. This is because, by doing this we are making sure that all business transactions are being recorded and more importantly, you can identify any unusual transactions that may be taking place in your company. Xero has a feature in which you can…

As R&D tax relief rules are arguably the most generous on the UK tax statute book, it is perhaps no surprise that HMRC consider that there is much abuse going on. For every £1 that a corporate taxpayer claims as an eligible R&D spend, their corporation tax bill is reduced by 43.7p (ie, not the…

The extended 31 March 2022 deadline for NHS Doctors to submit their scheme pays elections and compensation policy applications for the 2019/20 tax year is fast approaching.   For those NHS Doctors that suffered an annual allowance pension tax charge in the 2019/20 tax year had the option to either pay the charge directly to…

With the next personal tax year end just around the corner, make sure you use all the allowances and reliefs available to you: Income Tax Consider bringing forward income (salary or dividends) to before 5 April 2022, to avoid the 1¼% increases in NIC and dividend income tax rates. Use annual relief for pension contributions. …

Whitings LLP, a member of The Corporate Finance Network, has successfully advised the shareholders on their sale of a hospitality business. The Whitings Corporate Finance team was approached by their client after deciding they wanted to divest a hospitality business from their portfolio. The Whitings team, led by Jonathan Moore, marketed the business to a…

From April 2023, the government will be tightening up the rules in England where currently some landlords do not pay either business rates or council tax on their furnished holiday lets.  In most cases, however, landlords will want to be assessed for business rates in the hope of qualifying for small business rates relief (SBRR),…

If you operate a trade through a limited company, and your ‘numbers’ are big enough, then there are some scenarios where it is often best advice to insert a parent company above this trading company, to create a simple group structure: As a risk management measure, to enable valuable assets (eg business premises, investment property,…

On 21 December 2021, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, unveiled a £1 billion COVID-19 fund, including cash grants of up to £6,000 per premises for each eligible firm in the hospitality and leisure sector.   Mr Sunak said the government would also help certain firms with the cost of sick pay for COVID-related absences. The Chancellor also announced…

Due to the continuing difficulties that Covid continues to present, today HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have announced they are waiving late filing and late payment penalties for Self Assessment taxpayers for one month – giving extra time, if needed, to complete your 2020 to 2021 tax return and pay any tax due.   HMRC…

If there is one question I have been asked by our business clients more than any other since the pandemic began, it is “How can I tax efficiently purchase a garden home office pod, to run my business from”?   Unfortunately there is no simple single answer to this question, and best advice will depend…