Autumn Budget 2018

Personal Tax and miscellaneous matters   Personal Tax allowance The personal Income Tax allowance for 2019-20 will be increased to […]

Taxing dividends

To reduce National Insurance costs, shareholders of small privately owned companies, who are also working directors of the company, can […]

Is this a good time to invest

This article considers the question: should businesses invest in new equipment or other long-term capital acquisitions at this time? In […]

Exclusivity and tax relief

In order to qualify as a deduction for tax purposes we have to demonstrate that the expenditure was incurred “wholly […]

Importing goods from outside the EU

Although the Brexit issue is not yet decided it may be salutary for businesses to consider the changes they will […]

Did your goat eat your accounts?

Companies House have published a list of bizarre excuses for the late filing of their statutory accounts. They include: “goats […]

Tax Diary September/October 2019

1 October 2018 – Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 31 December 2017. 19 October 2018 […]

Passport issues if a no-deal Brexit

Guidance on the use of a British passport to travel abroad after 29 March 2019, if there is a “no-deal” […]