December 23, 2019

BKL’s Jon Wedge ranked in top 3 of Accountancy Age 35 Under 35 for 2019

We’re delighted that BKL partner Jon Wedge has been ranked third in the Accountancy...

December 20, 2019

Loan Charge Review: Christmas cheer for some

The Independent Review of the controversial “Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge” has been published, as...

December 19, 2019

Lloyd-Webber’s flop: CGT and uncompleted contracts

The Capital Gains Tax (“CGT”) code is based on some pretty fundamental concepts. To...

December 16, 2019

A Fortnight in Fintech: blockchain, Bitcoin, carbon and contactless

Where finance meets technology, interesting things continue to happen. It’s been no surprise to...

December 12, 2019

Spring rolls losses forward – unsuccessfully: the “relevant liabilities” restriction

Usually, a company can carry forward trading losses only so long as it continues...

November 29, 2019

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...

November 22, 2019

Accelerated payment notices and Eclipse: HMRC Locked out

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

November 22, 2019

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...

November 19, 2019

Structures as plant: SSE Generation Ltd

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

November 18, 2019

Chargeable benefit: tax advantages of electric and low emission vehicles

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

November 13, 2019

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...

November 12, 2019

A Fortnight in Fintech: Libra, Hong Kong, FCA and OneCoin

Where finance meets technology, interesting things continue to happen. As ever, cryptocurrency is a...