Interested in understanding a little more about a tax issue affecting you or your business? In this section our team share their thoughts, ideas and views on a wide range of topical, tax related subjects, currently making the news.
Employment Taxes
7 September 2023
The cost of rented accommodation continues to rise. In London, the average monthly rent for a new tenancy is currently £2,109, representing an annual increase of 12.9%. Other major cities…
Employment Taxes
15 August 2023
In the recent Upper Tier Tribunal joint cases of Laing O’Rourke Services Ltd and Willmott Dixon Holdings Ltd v HMRC, it was adjudged that car allowances paid to employees were…
Employment Taxes
2 May 2022
By way of background, the ‘IR35’ rules were introduced in 2000 to prevent self-employed workers avoiding PAYE and Class 1 National Insurance (NIC) by working through a personal service company…
Employment Taxes
4 October 2021
The coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) was introduced to help business through the pandemic but as all good things must come to an end, so HMRC are now expected to…
Employment Taxes
31 March 2021
Prior to the legislation, workers were allowed to accept payments from clients through their own limited companies and account for it as revenue like any small company could. The wide…
Employment Taxes
11 February 2021
Generally, where expenses payments and benefits-in-kind are provided to employees they are deemed to have been made or provided by reason of that employment. Consequently, the payments or benefits are…
Employment Taxes
11 February 2021
You can use this scheme if you’re self-employed or a member of a partnership and have lost income due to coronavirus. You can apply if you’re a self-employed individual or…
