June 15, 2020
Lending and lockdown: the government’s coronavirus loan schemes for SMEs
‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’ runs the advice in Hamlet: advice that...
June 10, 2020
How good bookkeeping can support you through challenging times
In dealing with coronavirus and lockdown, many businesses have struggled and have had to...
June 1, 2020
The (Ver)milion-dollar question revisited: share options
Last year, we reported on a case in which the First-tier Tribunal (‘FTT’) surprisingly held that...
May 22, 2020
You know what I mean: statutory construction
In construing legislation, the basic assumption is that the law means what it is...
May 20, 2020
Taxpayer completes victory: VAT recovery on self-build
If you build your own home from scratch, you can make a claim to...
May 6, 2020
Employment Allowance 2020/21
Employment Allowance allows eligible employers to reduce their Employer’s National Insurance Contributions (NIC) by...
May 6, 2020
Apprenticeship levy 2020/21
The apprenticeship levy, a monthly tax on big businesses, was introduced by the government...
April 27, 2020
Accounting dates and the advantages of changing them
The take-away from this article (which may be as much as any of our...
April 23, 2020
Using market falls to mitigate IHT
BKL tax consultant and inheritance tax specialist Terry Jordan has contributed to Investors Chronicle’s...
April 22, 2020
Working from home: reducing your cybersecurity risks
The speed and scale of the coronavirus outbreak has forced organisations to react quickly....
April 20, 2020
Waiving remuneration
Employees or directors may be thinking about accepting reduced remuneration packages, or waiving remuneration,...
April 9, 2020
Banks defeated: IHT and “transfers of value”
Not Barclays and HSBC, you understand; we mean Arron Banks – the well-known (former)...