News
Micro businesses bear the brunt of late payments
11 October 2018
Recent research has shown that micro businesses are bearing the brunt of late payments, with just 52 per cent of the invoices they issue being paid on time.
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HMRC finally launches MTD communications plan and simplified guidance
11 October 2018
With only six months left until the launch of Making Tax Digital for VAT, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has finally begun sharing information with businesses about the new regime.
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Workers miss out on £15.6 million in pay through minimum wage breaches
11 October 2018
Minimum wage breaches, including breaches of the National Living Wage, have cost workers from across the UK a combined total of £15.6 million in lost wages.
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CIOT reports increase in R40 refund errors
11 October 2018
According to a new report by the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), there have been a growing number of R40 computation errors on refunds processed by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
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Property investments once again hit by new tax rules
17 September 2018
In the last few years the property sector has been hit by a number of new tax rules, but now there are two new things on the horizon that landlords must consider.
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HMRC releases new advisory fuel rates for company car users
17 September 2018
With the price of fuel going up, employees and businesses will welcome new changes to the fuel advisory rates, which from 1 September 2018 have slightly increased on the previous quarter for some vehicles.
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One in ten small businesses are concerned about business failure
17 September 2018
A new study has revealed that in the last three months the number of SMEs predicting they could close has doubled from five per cent to 10 per cent.
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A quick guide to the new penalties for late MTD filing and payments
17 September 2018
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced a pair of penalty systems for late filing and late payment under Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT, which is due to come into effect in April 2019.
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Regulator tells banks to stop victim-blaming
17 September 2018
The increasing sophistication of bank scams means that customers who lose money to such schemes should not automatically be blamed, the Financial Ombudsman Service has said.
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Working 9 to 5? It’s an unusual way to make a living
17 September 2018
The archetypal 9am to 5pm working day might be so ingrained into the psyche of workers across the Western world that Dolly Parton wrote a song about it, but new research has revealed that it is now an unusual way to make a living for UK workers.
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