By Tom Maxwell In Advice, Blog, Treasury UpdatesPosted 22/11/2017 Autumn Budget 2017 – A Tax Break for First Time Buyers With immediate effect, including house purchases made at any time on Budget day, stamp duty land tax will be abolished on house purchases made by first-time buyers up to a purchase price of [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Advice, BlogPosted 20/11/2017 Is Time Running Out for Non-Compliant Landlords? There is no doubt that, following recent changes in the law, Landlords are very much on the radar of HM Revenue and Customs with the abolition of wear and tear allowance and the restriction of [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Blog, Business BitesizePosted 15/11/2017 Business Bitesize – November 2017 To download Business Bitesize ‘Negotiation Success’ click here Negotiating doesn’t need to be a distressing battle to win….. click here to find out more. We hope you enjoy [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In BlogPosted 09/11/2017 November 2017 Tax Tips & News Welcome to November’s Tax Tips & News, our newsletter designed to bring you tax tips and news to keep you one step ahead of the taxman. If you need any further assistance just let us [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Tax TipsPosted 09/11/2017 HMRC launch new business support service HMRC have launched a new Growth Support Service through which mid-sized businesses undergoing particular types of growth can apply for specialist help with compliance or guidance on reliefs. A [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Tax TipsPosted 09/11/2017 OTS outlines future work plans The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published a paper outlining its future works programme, identifying areas of interest that the office will be looking at in the next twelve months and [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Tax TipsPosted 09/11/2017 All change for termination payments As confirmed in the 2017 Spring Budget, the tax rules governing termination payments will change from 6 April 2018. The term ‘termination payment’ is typically used as a generic [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Tax TipsPosted 09/11/2017 Using the IHT gift exemptions As Benjamin Franklin observed in 1789 ‘In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.’ More than two centuries on, this statement still rings true! These [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Tax TipsPosted 09/11/2017 Historical Bad Debt Relief VAT Claims Following recent litigation concerning the bad debt relief legislation, claims relating to supplies of goods made between 1 April 1989 and 19 March 1997 will be paid by HMRC, subject to [...] 0 Read More
By Tom Maxwell In Tax TipsPosted 09/11/2017 November 2017 questions and answers Q. My wife and I are directors of a small company. Our two children also work for the company. Is there any advantage to the company paying for all our mobile phones? A. The tax legislation [...] 0 Read More