A Fortnight in Fintech: blockchain, Bitcoin, carbon and contactless
Where finance meets technology, interesting things continue to happen. It’s been no surprise to...
Spring rolls losses forward – unsuccessfully: the “relevant liabilities” restriction
Usually, a company can carry forward trading losses only so long as it continues...
Crystallising Capital Gains: General Election 2019 and tax
Opinion polls and betting odds on the 12 December General Election currently suggest that...
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...
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...