With the outbreak of the Corona Virus pandemic across the globe, taking into account the potential impact on industry and listening to your concerns, we have produced this business update to provide our thoughts on what practical actions can be taken to reduce the potential impact. The outbreak has many potential impacts for industry including; …
We would like to wish all our customers, contacts and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It has been a fantastic 2019 and we cannot wait until 2020. The office will be closed from 12:00 24 December 2019 and will re-open at 8:30 on 2 January 2020.
We have moved to our fantastic new office premises. Our new office means we have additional space for training and meetings. It also offers an excellent work place to attract and retain a fantastic team to work with you. Also, it won’t be hard to find us, as we are just 50 metres away from …
Our April Newsletter includes information on the government consultation on a new Stamp Duty Surcharge, Contractors who potentially will face a huge tax bill, a probate revamp and the fall in apprenticeship starts. GOVERNMENT CONSULTS ON NEW STAMP DUTY SURCHARGE The Government is considering introducing a new stamp duty surcharge, which is designed to clamp …
Excellent for employees and not an April fools joke for employers. From today the 1 April 2019 the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage increase. The new hourly rates are as follows: Employees aged 25 and over will increase from £7.83 to £8.21 Employees aged between 21-24 will increase from £7.38 to £7.70 …
Our first newsletter of the year brings you news about how businesses are dealing with the apprenticeship levy, the latest figures about UK spend on research & development, calls for Inheritance Tax to be digitised and calls for MTD rollout to be delayed.
How to plan and make a legally valid will.
Most people don’t like to think about their own mortality, but planning for the future is important to ensure your estate; property, money and possessions are distributed the way you intend.
Writing a legally valid will is an essential part of this, and can provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
Despite this, a study from YouGov found that 62% of the UK’s adult population did not possess a will in 2017. In fact, most people tend to put it off, with only 36% of 45 to 54-year-olds saying they have a will, compared to 67% of over-55s.
When asked why they hadn’t made a will, the main reason was simply that they “hadn’t got round to it yet”.
If you’re among the majority of people in the UK who haven’t drafted a will, this article covers why you need one, how to go about making one, and what could happen if you don’t.
What you need to know before f
iling self-assessment for 2017/18.
It’s a common scenario.
As the year draws to a close, the thought of your tax return is there, at the back of your mind. But with so much time before the deadline, you decide not to worry about it for now.
Then the weeks start to fly by, Christmas comes and goes, and soon you’re planning for the New Year and getting back to work as normal.
Before you know it, it’s the end of January, you’re searching for your registration details, and HMRC’s waiting times are growing longer as thousands of other taxpayers in the same predicament try to get in touch.
Our December Newsletter includes information about the upcoming temporary rise in Annual Investment Allowance, a reduction in Business Rates for small retail businesses, the IR35 reforms set to cost contractors more in tax and the national insurance rise for higher rate earners.
