Flat rate allowances for subsistence waste VAT!
1st February 2016 | Posted in Articles, Employment Tax, Featured Articles, VAT by Forbes Dawson
The Issue It is fairly common practice for companies to provide flat rate subsistence allowances for staff who are away from…
Read moreDon’t be put off by Employee Shareholder Status (ESS) ‘disadvantages’
27th January 2016 | Posted in Articles, Employee Incentive Arrangements, Employment Tax, Featured Articles by Andrew Marr
ESS has now been running for a few years and it is probably fair to say that it has been a…
Read moreLast chance saloon for capital reductions?
20th January 2016 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
Capital reductions have been quite a tax-efficient way of extracting profits from a company for some years now. This opportunity is…
Read moreIncreased tax on liquidations
13th January 2016 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Featured Articles, Private Client by Andrew Marr
The Issue HMRC have long been concerned that tax payers have been ‘abusing’ members’ voluntary liquidations as a means of accessing…
Read moreDon’t fall into the EIS trap!
6th January 2016 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client by Laura Hutchinson
With the 31 January tax return filing deadline fast approaching, tax agents and their clients will be finalising the various claims…
Read moreUsing R&D relief to get capital allowances
19th December 2015 | Posted in Articles, Corporation Tax, Featured Articles, R&D by Tom Minnikin
Last week we spoke about how companies are potentially missing out on hundreds of thousands of pounds of tax relief by…
Read moreNew advance assurance facility for small company R&D claims
12th December 2015 | Posted in Articles, Corporation Tax, Featured Articles, R&D by Tom Minnikin
Last week HMRC announced a new Advance Assurance facility for small companies who are considering making an R&D claim but are…
Read moreDecember seminar – The widening income tax and capital gains tax divide
9th December 2015 | Posted in Articles, Practice News by Forbes Dawson
Our latest seminar, ‘Tax Planning for the Entrepreneur’ was held on 8 December 2015 at the Worsley Marriot Hotel. As a…
Read moreAutumn Statement 2015
25th November 2015 | Posted in Articles, Business Tax, Corporation Tax, Employee Incentive Arrangements, Employment Tax, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, International Tax, Private Client, Property Tax, Tax Risk and Investigations, Trusts and Estates by Forbes Dawson
There was much negative speculation about today’s Autumn Statement. This was fed in part by the fairly dramatic budget in July…
Read moreAutumn Statement could have potential changes for Entrepreneurs Relief
18th November 2015 | Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Private Client by Michelle Hogan
The value of the 10% capital gains tax (‘CGT’) rate under Entrepreneurs’ Relief (‘ER’) to those holding shares in companies or…
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