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Seven steps for improving your cashflow management

As platinum partners of Xero, our recommended provider for cloud accounting software, we were...

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...

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...

Chargeable benefit: tax advantages of electric and low emission vehicles

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

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...

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

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

Dwelling on capital allowances: claiming on residential property

Hora Tevfik v HMRC was a recent case about capital allowances for Houses in...

Why do HMRC require self-assessment returns?

You might have thought that the question of why HMRC require people to file...

Beware boutiques bearing gifts: property, stamp duty and treading with care

If you’ve made a property purchase, you may then have been contacted by a...