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Financial services, EU trade and VAT recovery: good news

The Chancellor has confirmed that financial services (FS) businesses which trade with EU counterparties...

Looking forward at 40: BKL’s year

Thank you to AGN International for giving us an opportunity to write the following...

Business support loans and company debt: protecting your company

If you’re the owner of a small or medium-sized business, you may have borrowed...

Nomads: tax residence

In a recent briefing on tax residence issues, we mentioned in passing that it...

Financial protection for employees and employers

World Mental Health Day on 10 October is more relevant than ever this year....

Business income? It depends.

A couple of years ago, in the context of Olympic cyclist Jess Varnish’s spat...

Exploring inclusion: our video

One way to improve inclusion is to understand exclusion: the biases and preconceptions that...

Sidestepping the snares: tax charge on loans to (non) participators

Most company owners are aware that a special standalone charge to tax may be...

Client case study: Fusion Students

“They’ve never let us down” How our relationship with Fusion Students helped them develop...

Making Tax Digital, VAT and income tax: new stages

Although the government’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) initiative has progressed more slowly than originally...

Input tax recovery: was the right question asked?

Tax advisers owe a debt of gratitude to the Bainbridges.  Having previously (in Bainbridge...

Charles Tyrwhitt loses shirt: NIC on payments to ex-employees

Charles Tyrwhitt, the well-known shirt retailer, is unusual for a business of its size...