How to make Self Assessment less stressful for your practice

Chris Smith, our Director of Personal Tax Compliance, has written for Sage’s blog on how...

Financial Focus: Winter 2019/20

In the Winter 2019/20 issue of Financial Focus, our wealth management team looks at: Pension...

Taxation Readers’ Forum: Afterlife – life assurance policies and share purchases

Writing for Taxation magazine, BKL tax consultant Terry Jordan answers a reader’s query on...

Making Tax Digital and VAT: further extensions for some firms

Earlier this year, we commented on an HMRC update to the ‘soft landing period’...

Accelerated payment notices and Eclipse: HMRC Locked out

The Court of Appeal have quashed follower notices (“FNs”) and accelerated payment notices (“APNs”)...

BlackRock and a hard place: financial services, VAT and the reverse charge

Many businesses in the financial services sector are unable to recover VAT because they...

Structures as plant: SSE Generation Ltd

Since the Annual Investment Allowance (“AIA”) limit was increased to £1,000,000 (until 31 December...

Taxation Readers’ Forum: At your discretion – offshore bonds and IHT

Writing for Taxation magazine’s Readers’ Forum, BKL tax adviser Terry Jordan answers a reader’s...

Chargeable benefit: tax advantages of electric and low emission vehicles

Updated: January 2022 The Government have sought for a number of years to incentivise...

BKL team up with growing advisory and cloud accounting firm Green & Purple

Chartered accountants and tax advisers BKL are delighted to announce the acquisition of Green...

The Higgins hotel hassle, Chapter 3: CGT and off-plan purchases

David Whiscombe comments on the limits of Main Residence exemption. Broadly, you get full...

Received wisdom: Receipts basis for employment income

Writing for Taxation magazine, BKL consultant David Whiscombe examines tax on employment income for...