Business Guides

You don’t have to spend long running a business before you realise how important cashflow is: the balance between money coming into your company and the money going out on a weekly or monthly basis. There’s not much in commerce more likely to give you sleepless nights...

By the time you’re reading this, the new tax year is either just about to start or has already started. Some of the changes have been public knowledge for months now and some of the rises have been anxiously awaited as the country continues to face a cost-of-living...

HMRC estimates 11.3m of 12.2m of the taxpayers who had to file a self-assessment tax return for the 2020/21 tax year did so by 28 February 2022. Individuals and trusts required to submit a self-assessment return must usually do so by the 31 January that comes after...

Cryptocurrencies continue to become more mainstream, and the taxman’s very aware of the gains investors have made in the last five or six years. Back in 2009, investors could snap up one Bitcoin for $1. Fast forward to January 2022 and it would cost $47,000 (£34,700)...

We may only be three months into 2022 but plenty of big employers – both here in the UK and overseas – are making employees redundant for a myriad of reasons. OVO Energy is reportedly trying to control costs by cutting 1,700 jobs as gas market prices soar to record...

The tax authority said more than 10.2 million returns were filed ahead of the original deadline, leaving 2.3m still to file. Late-filers had until 28 February 2022 to file their 2020/21 tax returns online before being fined, due to pressures ensuing from the pandemic....

We may only be three months into 2022 but plenty of big employers – both here in the UK and overseas – are making employees redundant for a myriad of reasons. OVO Energy is reportedly trying to control costs by cutting 1,700 jobs as gas market prices soar to record...

TWO MILLION PEOPLE MISSED SELF-ASSESSMENT DEADLINE More than two million people missed a self-assessment tax return deadline on 31 January 2022, according to HMRC. The tax authority said more than 10.2 million returns were filed ahead of the original deadline, leaving...

STAMP DUTY Consideration on shares over £1,000 = 0.5% PROPERTY TAXES Incremental rates of tax are only payable on the part of the property price within each band. An extra 3% rate (4% in Scotland) applies to purchases of additional residential property above £40,000...

Our Charity News includes the latest guidance and support available for the not-for-profit sector as COVID-19 restrictions ease. We also consider the impact of recent reporting and tax developments and other pertinent issues,...