Latest Newsletters for Agriculture
Latest Newsletters for Agriculture
10th December 2021
Tax Loopholes for Middle England
Securing Entitlement to a State Pension ‘Credit’ without actually paying any NIC. Entrepreneurs that trade through a limited company can set how and how much they are remunerated. It is possible to avoid paying any NIC, yet still obtain a ‘credit’ for that particular tax year for future state pension purposes, by paying a salary of between…
3rd March 2017
Overnight Sweeping
Businesses and individuals with spare cash balances can maximise the interest earned on these sums by instructing their bankers to perform automatic overnight sweeping transfers between their current and deposit accounts. High street banks have traditionally offered low or even nil rates of interest on current accounts. It has therefore always been a fundamental cash…
3rd March 2012
Directors and National Minimum Wage Exemptions
The National Minimum Wage legislation was introduced with effect from 1st April 1999. Since then employers have been required to pay staff at an hourly rate of at least the national minimum wage. These rules are formulated by the low pay commission and are policed by HMRC. HMRC published their interpretation of these rules, which…
3rd March 1999
Preparing for a VAT Control Visit
HMRC officers no longer manage their own arrangements for VAT control visits to registered traders. These are normally arranged from centralised services with access to officers’ work plans or diaries. The VAT registered trader will receive a letter setting out the time date and venue for the planned VAT control visit and give outline guidance…