A newly proposed traffic light system could be used to put a spotlight on businesses with track records of late payments. Paul Uppal, the Small Business Commissioner, has suggested the system be put in place in order to protect smaller suppliers ...
READ MORESince the Streamlined Company Registration Service was launched last year, more than 200,000 start-ups have used the service. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Companies House collaborated and set up the Government led service to allow start-ups to jointly register their ...
READ MOREHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have issued a reminder that taxpayers have less than a month left to complete and submit their Self-Assessment tax returns. Ahead of the deadline on 31 January, there are still over 5.5 million returns left to ...
READ MOREThe latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown that retail sales have increased at a much faster rate than anticipated. The sales figures rose 1.4 per cent from October, despite economists' forecasts of about a 0.3 per ...
READ MOREThe Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) has issued a warning to residential property owners, about the need to carefully consider the timing of any sale or gift of their property in future. The warning comes as from 6 April 2020, it ...
READ MOREA recent survey conducted by Populus shows there is a clear generational divide over the issue of whether to increase taxation to help fund the public sector, with under-45s being much less supportive than those aged over 45. The results indicated ...
READ MOREAhead of Britain’s upcoming departure from the European Union (EU), HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is warning businesses about the necessary steps they need to take to prepare for the unlikely event of a no-deal Brexit. The Government is currently in ...
READ MOREHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are urging people to check whether they are entitled to claim tax relief from work expenses such as; car mileage, replacing equipment or maintaining uniforms. If any of the above expenses were paid through PAYE, then ...
READ MOREThe Lords Economic Affairs Committee says the Government need to listen to small businesses and delay the rollout of Making Tax Digital for VAT programme by at least a year. Recently, the House of Lords’ Economic Affairs Committee has called for ...
READ MOREThe Government is urging SMEs make use of a scheme that can earn them a £2,500 voucher towards the installation of fibre optic broadband. Since it was launched, more than 7,000 UK businesses and surrounding homes have received funding towards the ...
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