Newly self-employed asked to complete pre-verification checks before applying for fourth SEISS grant
Mar 11, 2021
Newly self-employed taxpayers may be required to undergo pre-verification checks before they can access the fourth self-employment income support (SEISS) grant, it has been revealed. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) wrote to over 100,000 businesses this week informing them about the ...
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Gender pay gap – what does this mean for pensions?
Mar 08, 2021
Research suggests that the average woman in her twenties today will retire with £100,000 less in her pension than her male peers. If women want to close their gender pay gap, experts say they have to work around an extra 40 ...
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Budget 2021
Mar 03, 2021
In the year since the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivered his first Budget to a packed Commons chamber in March 2020, more than 135,000 people in the UK have died from Coronavirus, there have been three national lockdowns, ...
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MPs call for business rates cut in 2021 Budget
Mar 01, 2021
A total of 45 MPs in England are calling for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to cut business rates in England from 50 per cent of the market rent to 35 per cent in the 2021 Budget. They argue that cutting this tax ...
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Small businesses handed £7.8 billion through local authority grant schemes, figures reveal
Feb 25, 2021
More than £7.8 billion in grant funding has been delivered to small businesses through local authority grant schemes, it has been revealed. The research, published by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), serves as a reminder of the ...
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Budget 2021: Hospitality businesses call for extended VAT cut
Feb 22, 2021
Due to the prolonged impact of coronavirus on the hospitality industry, firms within this sector urge Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the VAT reductions for a year in the Budget. In 2020, the VAT reduction went from 20 per cent to ...
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HMRC announces light touch approach to IR35 errors in first 12 months
Feb 18, 2021
Businesses will not be penalised for errors relating to IR35 in the first 12 months, it has been announced. The news comes just weeks ahead of the introduction of the new off-payroll working rules which could see some contractors taxed the ...
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Pub industry calls for reopening of the sector as sales halve
Feb 16, 2021
Prominent figures within the beer and pub industry are calling upon the Government to reopen pubs with non-essential shops when lockdown ends, as they are an indispensable contributor to the economy. Tim Martin, the Chairman of JD Wetherspoons, reveals that the ...
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One in five small businesses not entitled to financial support, FSB reveals
Feb 11, 2021
As many as one in five small businesses and sole traders are not entitled to financial support under the Government’s coronavirus support package, it has been revealed. The Federation for Small Businesses (FSB), who published the report, said up to three ...
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The VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme
Feb 11, 2021
Any business that deferred VAT payments due between 20 March and 30 June 2020 as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, must now consider how they will repay this outstanding tax. They can choose from the following options in order to ...
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