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4 Strategies to Help You Weather the US Tariff Increases
Welcome to the May 2025 edition of Tax E-News.
MTD for Income Tax: Less Than a Year to Go
UK Inflation Falls to 2.6% – But What’s Next for Your Business?
US Tariff Increases: 7 Concerns and What You Can Do About Them
UK Government requests views to shape response to US tariffs
Welcome to the April 2025 edition of Tax E-News.
What did the statement tell us about public finances and the economy?
Spring Statement: How is your business affected?
Cutting wasteful spending: What your business can learn from the government’s crackdown.
Welcome to the March 2025 edition of Tax E-News.
Higher tax threshold for side hustles: What could it mean for you?
Spring Statement news: Public spending cuts likely
Base rate cut to 4.5%
Investment in sustainable packaging firm
Welcome to the February 2025 edition of Tax E-News.
Surprise jump in inflation: How to navigate your business
Should you be paying tax on your side hustle?
Are you thinking about starting a new business?
Chancellor’s speech: An update on economic growth measures
Official figures released in January reveal that UK inflation fell slightly in December, down to 2.5% from 2.6% in November.
January 2025 edition of Tax E-News
What do rising government borrowing costs mean for your business?
Inflation falls to 2.5%: What this means for your business
Navigating pricing strategies amid rising wage costs: Insights from Next
A fresh start: Reviewing your business goals for the New Year
Reforms to employment support announced
Restrictions to inheritance tax (IHT) agricultural and business property relief from April 2026 has upset farming businesses.
Spring Forecast scheduled for 26 March 2025
Spread the cost of your Self Assessment tax bill with HMRC's Time to Pay
Salary vs dividends: The best way to extract profit in 2025/26
Agricultural and business property relief
Protecting charities: New guidance on fraud and cyber crime
Inflation on the rise: What October's figures mean for businesses
Make Work Pay: What are the next steps
Base rate drops to 4.75%
Tax E-News – Autumn Budget 2024
Autumn 2024 Budget speech: History in the making?
Having trouble with your banking?
What will the Budget bring?
Why business owners should start using KPIs to drive success.
UK economic growth figures revised: What it means for your business.
Possible capital gains tax changes in the october budget.
Government cracks down on late payments.
Business-Newsletter-England-23-September-2024.
UK economy flatlines again.
Public sector procurement: Missed targets and opportunities for SMEs.
Building a more sustainable business.
Should you pass on wealth now to avoid inheritance tax?
Evaluating a business idea: A guide for aspiring entrepreneurs
Could government-backed financing help your business expand?
Pitfalls to avoid in making a strategic plan.
Chancellor’s speech paving the way to a potentially difficult Autumn budget.
Beware the 60% income tax trap.
Chancellor Launches Landmark Review to Boost Pensions and Investment.
Highlights from the King’s speech: What impact may they have on your business?
Highlights from the Chancellor’s speech: What are the implications for tax and compliance?
Election results in: What will be the effect on your tax bill?
Reminder: P11D form submission deadline rapidly approaching.
General Election 2024 – what are main parties saying about tax?
Guide to the General Election 2024: Tax implications for your business.
Exploring finance options for small businesses: A guide to fuelling growth.
How a general election can affect your business.
Choosing the best way to finance business asset purchases: Lease, Contract Hire or Hire Purchase?
P11d forms for reporting expenses and benefits in kind provided to employees and directors in 2023/24 need to be submitted by 6 July 2024.
Admitting a new partner into the partnership: What should you consider first?
Understanding economic changes: How recent events affect businesses.
How can you save on capital gains tax?
5 essential steps to successfully establish and grow your new business.
Although making tax digital income tax self assessment (MTD ITSA) is not mandatory until 6 April 2026 at the earliest, it is possible for certain individuals to join the HMRC pilot testing.
Avoiding Business Pitfalls: 7 things you should NOT do as a business owner.
Procurement – can the principles work for smaller businesses?
Unleash the power of generative AI: A potential game-changer for your business.
Thinking of buying another business? What due diligence should you consider?
Could the VAT Annual Accounting Scheme be good for your business?
In this April issue we highlight some of the key tax changes that take effect from the start of the new tax year.
Shareholder Agreements for limited companies: What you need to know.
Redundancies – what factors should be considered?
Understanding the pros and cons of the VAT Flat Rate Scheme for businesses.
On 6 March 2024, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented his Spring Budget to Parliament.
Exploring tax implications: Limited company vs Sole Trader.
Navigating recession: Key considerations for your business.
Year-End Tax Planning: Maximising benefits for your business.
Streamlining your business: Strategies to speed up customer payments and improve cash flow.
Year end tax planning.
Unlocking your business value: Strategies for Growth
Mastering Cash Flow Forecasting
Adapting to Change: Essential Strategies for Business Success
Firstly, we wish all our clients a healthy and prosperous 2024!
New year resolutions to save tax.
Autumn Statement 2023
Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year!
Reporting PAYE information in real time – Early Christmas Payments.
Changes to UK company law.
The Autumn Statement.
Flexible working will become the "default" for employees.
Growing your business? – Just keep going!
How much is my business really worth?
Salary or dividend best in 2023/24?
Is your business winter ready?
Inflation holds steady at 6.7%.
Applying Circular Economy principles in a business.
This UK Government is the biggest tax-raising parliament since records began.
The REALLY important stuff!
Its important to have up to date profit forecasts for tax.
Creating value through innovation.
The Autumn Statement is scheduled for 22 November 2023.
Going digital – The need for speed!
Is your business attracting new talent?
Back to school - set up a Tax Free Childcare Account?
The importance of a shareholders agreement.
Rethinking business resilience.
Dealing with inflation.
Taking control of your business.
Provide additional information of R&D claims from 1 August 2023.
HMRC Annual Report shows some important trends for business owners.
Why cash flow management is essential right now.
Why Customer Service Matters.
Is "Going Green" an option for smaller businesses?
Retirement planning – are you on track?
Deadline for topping up NI contributions extended again to 5 April 2025.
Interest rate rises again.
Quality always rises to the top!
Good cash flow management is essential for business success!
The deadline for reporting shares and securities and share options issued to employees for 2022/23 is 6 July 2023.
Do you have a growth strategy?
How high could interest rates rise?
Artificial Intelligence - Can it work for your business?
Creating your business’s future.
Building business resilience.
Managing inheritance tax.
Managing your cash flow.
Mitigating the long-term effect of inflation.
Are you buying or trading Crypto?
UK Budget Summary.
What can we expect from the Budget on Wednesday?
The Windsor Framework - More than a regional agreement
With the UK economy flat lining the Chancellor is under pressure to announce measures to stimulate growth.
Is the UK going to swerve a recession?
Power up your business with Innovation!
Managing your cash flow is essential right now!
Making tax digital (MTD) for income tax self-assessment (ITSA).
UK Government to crack down on ‘fire and rehire’ practices.
Pre-April tax planning reminder.
Most economists are predicting a contraction in the economy in the next six months.
We often make resolutions for ourselves at this time of year, but what about your business?
In 2022, despite the troubles with the economy, we have been amazed at the resilience of our clients.
It is a good time to start planning your tax affairs before the end of the tax year on 5th April.
All the ideas in this book ultimately revolve around four basic insights about growing a business.
Christmas is a season of enjoying the simple things that make life beautiful.
The business secretary Grant Schnapps announced a government review into tackling late payments for small businesses.
We were finally getting over the financial crisis when Covid struck.
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned that his Autumn Statement would include “eye-watering” cuts in public spending and tax.
How HMRC assesses profits for sole traders and partnerships who use an accounting date between 6 April and 30 March will change from 6 April 2023.
The Chancellor presented the government’s Autumn Statement in which he told the House of Commons his plans to tackle the cost-ofliving crisis.
Times are tough and they are likely to remain challenging for many businesses.
The previous Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, introduced a Growth Plan including the tax cuts promised by Liz Truss in her Conservative Party leader campaign.
The valuation of business goodwill for tax purposes is very subjective and is often a contentious area.
A new period of this government begins for us all, again! We have a new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak and a new cabinet.
Innovation has generally been recognised as essential for value creation, both for individual companies and for the UK economy as a whole.
Over the last few days, we have seen a gradual dismantling of the mini-budget of Friday 23 September 2022.
Self-employed businesses, partnerships and landlords with annual gross business or property income above £10,000 will need to follow the rules for MTD for Income Tax.
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has backtracked on his decision to abolish the 45p rate of income tax paid by people earning more than £150,000 a year.
Kwasi Kwarteng, the new Chancellor delivered a Tax Cutting “Fiscal Event” or Mini-Budget to help boost economic growth.
Last week, the Bank of England (BOE) raised interest rates to 2.25%, the highest level since 2008.
The 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II was marked by her sense of duty and her determination to dedicate her life to her throne and people.
How does a new Prime Minister affect you?
There continues to be poor take-up of the Government's Tax-Free Childcare Accounts which provide a subsidy towards the cost of childcare.
Keep calm and focus on what’s really important
How much is my business worth?
Back to school – childcare vouchers or tax-free childcare account?
Managing your cash in tough times
Helping your employees through the cost-of-living crisis
Rishi or Liz - Will there be tax changes?
With the departure of Boris Johnson, the contenders as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister are down to the last two.
Helping your business become more sustainable.
Cash flow is the most important issue in my business. Do you agree?
The talent shortage continues to place a burden on the economy.
HMRC have issued guidance for VAT-registered business and their agents on how to avoid penalties.
HMRC have recently updated their guidance for companies looking to attract investors to buy shares in their company.
Cash flow is the single most important issue right now? Do you agree? Most of our other clients do.
P11D forms for reporting expenses and benefits in kind provided to employees and directors in 2021/22 need to be submitted by 6 July 2022.
In today’s economy keeping customers happy and getting them to buy more often is now essential.
Writing a Business Plan for your future success! A business plan is an essential tool.
Cash Flow management is key in a turbulent economy. Do you agree? Most of our other clients do.
How much is my business worth? This is a question many of our clients want answering!
We are in a period of high inflation of prices for goods and services.
In the March 2021 Budget, it was announced that the normal one year carry back for trading losses would be extended to three years.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated the war in Ukraine will severely set back the world economy.
Millions of households are facing a rise in energy costs, alongside increases in the cost of council tax, water bills and other utilities.
Employers running payroll need to report to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on the previous tax year (which ends on 5 April).
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered his Spring Statement on Wednesday 23 March 2022.
With inflation rising and households facing the largest ever recorded cost-of-living squeeze, Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered the government’s Spring Statement last Wednesday.
UK businesses can now record their interest in supporting Ukrainians fleeing the war.
Welcome to our round up of the latest business news for our clients. Please contact us if you want to talk about how these updates affect your business.
The days since the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian State have been terrifying for all those people under fire in the country.
For limited companies, when it comes to making decisions, Company Law states shareholders who own more than 50% can pass a motion at a company.
A company might have a great product or service but without a business growth strategy to help it define, articulate and communicate where it is going, it may not grow at all!
The costs of keeping the country running through covid were huge and inflation is expected to add to the country’s debt.
Making Tax Digital for VAT becomes mandatory for all VAT registered businesses from 1 April 2022.
The ultimate aim of every serious business person is to build a company that has value, so that it can be sold or transferred, allowing the entrepreneur to exit gracefully and profitably.
In this economy CASH IS KING and managing your cash flow is more important than ever.
We encourage all clients to consider taking time to prepare a 2022 Strategic plan.
This will be our last business newsletter before Christmas and the New Year break so let us wish you a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
The Prime Minister confirmed last week that England will move to Plan B following the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in the UK.
HMRC are reminding traders to prepare for customs changes that come into effect on 1 January 2022.
Many were expecting the chancellor to announce changes to inheritance tax (IHT) in his Autumn Budget, however, like capital gains tax (CGT), the rules have remained broadly the same as last year.
It is expected that Parliament will endorse the weekend Government announcements on new safety measures for the Omicron variant.
The cost of living has surged at its fastest pace in almost 10 years, with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) reaching 4.2% in the year to October.
Apart from the human cost, covid has cost us all a great deal. In the first year of the
Welcome to this special newswire. In this edition we focus on the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget. Please contact us if you wish to discuss any matters in this newsletter in more detail.