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Directors’ costs: VAT recoverable?

A recent Court of Appeal (“CoA”) judgement released on the 11 March 2019, in...

Employment related securities: your company’s reporting requirements

Income tax and national insurance contribution (NIC) charges can arise for an employee or...

BKL and Leadership Through Sport & Business: working together

The partnership between a social mobility charity and a firm of chartered accountants is...

VAT default surcharge – beware!

In Porter & Co (TC 07028), a decision released on 6 March 2019, a...

Making Tax Digital and VAT: getting ready for April

Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT is imminent. VAT-registered businesses with a taxable turnover...

DIY VAT Housebuilders Scheme: appeal disallowed, but only just

This appeal, that of Mr David Cosham ([2019] UKFTT TC06985), concerned electric blinds installed...

Women, let’s look at the real issue: it’s still a man’s world

As I sit browsing social media, I find myself becoming more and more cynical...

The other deadline: year-end tax planning

In the excitement (not sure that’s the right word, but we’ll go with it...

Auto enrolment in 2019: minimum contributions are changing

Millions of employees have been automatically enrolled in a workplace pension since auto enrolment...

Retained payments and deposits: how the VAT treatment is changing

Retained payments and deposits: how the VAT treatment is changing Revenue and Customs Brief...

VAT’s a piece of cake? Pulsin brownies and zero rate

Was the sale of “Raw Choc Brownies”, which had been treated as standard rated...

To Eat or not to heat? Hot food and VAT rates

Was Eat Ltd supplying “hot” food liable to VAT at the standard rate, or...