Entries by Mark

Autumn Newsletter Ready to Download

We have just completed our Autumn newsletter for customers and anyone else interested in our services and potential ways to save money on accounting, bookkeeping and tax for small and medium-sized businesses. Included in this edition are some time-sensitive articles including ways to avoid a small price increase if you act fast, ways to save […]

Change to permitted VAT return submission methods

In a vote for common sense, HMRC has finally relaxed its requirements, under certain circumstances, in respect to the methods it allows for submission of VAT returns. Previously almost* all businesses were forced to submit VAT returns on-line while paper and telephone submission methods were phased out forcibly even for those who did not have […]

Autumn Statement by the Chancellor

Hot off the press is this recording of the Chancellor, George Osborne’s Autumn Statement made in the House of Commons on Thursday of last week (5 December 2013). In it he addressed Parliament and outlined his ‘fiscally tax neutral’ plans and proposed changes, which will affect the personal tax allowance, married couples who will receive […]

National Minimum Wage for Interns

Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (‘HMRC’) is clamping down on employers who employ interns without paying them at least the National Minimum Wage. While internships are a very important mechanism for students and graduates to gain work experience and to move towards full-time employment, all too often in the past, some companies and organisations have […]

Business Club Meeting

A Fair Tax On Profits This event is free of charge to members of the London Southside Chamber of Commerce and their guests. The presentation should be of interest to anyone seeking a greater understanding of how individuals and businesses are taxed. Guy will outline the expectations of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), illustrating […]