Sep 11, 2023 | Business Start Ups, Expenses, FAQ, Information, News, Tax, Tips, Vat
Up to 38,000 pubs and bars which have seen cuts in the tax they pay on the draught products they serve will be better off thanks to changes to the way that Alcohol Duty is calculated from August 1, 2023. The cuts will make pints and other products sold on tap 11p...
Feb 27, 2023 | Business Start Ups, FAQ, Information, Making Tax Digital, Misc, News, QuickBooks, Self-Assessment, Tax, Tips, Vat
Making Tax Digital (MTD) has been on the cards for years now, with businesses already pushed towards dealing with their VAT this way. But plans to extend this for Income Tax Self-Assessment (ITSA) have been put on hold once again until April 6, 2026, eight years later...
Feb 6, 2023 | Expenses, FAQ, Information, Misc, News, Vat
A new VAT penalties regime was brought in this month, and any firms or individuals missing their filing deadline from January 2023 onwards will receive penalty points even if there is no VAT due to be paid. While this may sound more benign than getting a fine,...
Oct 7, 2022 | Business Start Ups, FAQ, Information, Making Tax Digital, News, Vat
HMRC are reminding all businesses who file their VAT returns on a quarterly and monthly basis they will no longer be able to submit them using the existing VAT portal, unless HMRC has agreed they are exempt from MTD. From Tuesday 1st November 2022 they will no longer...
Oct 5, 2022 | FAQ, Information, News, Tax, Tips, Vat
New chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng delivered his first mini-Budget, officially labelled ‘The Growth Plan 2022’, on September 23, and while it largely consisted of tax giveaways, it was not well received by markets. The FTSE 100 fell sharply on the day from 7,221 on...
Sep 23, 2022 | Covid-19, Expenses, FAQ, Information, News, Tips, Vat
All deferred VAT payments should have been dealt with by now, but HMRC has flagged in its latest bulletin for August that if your business is one of those that still has not managed to complete the payments that have been delayed, then you could be facing a penalty....