Author Archives: Pauline

FHL: Gove closes business rates loophole

Source – Accounting Web The rules that allow some landlords to escape both business rates and council tax on their furnished holiday let (FHL) properties will alter from April 2023, as John Endacott explains.  The FHL tax changes announced on 14 January by Michael Gove MP only relate to the rules applicable in England. They follow a consultation

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SA Penalty Waiver

On 6 January HMRC announced that we will not charge late: ·         filing penalties for those who file online by 28 February 2022 ·         payment penalties for those who pay the tax due in full or set up a payment plan by 1 April 2022 This will give taxpayers and their representatives additional time if

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Changes to May 2022 Bank Holidays

Are your employees automatically entitled to the additional bank holiday on Friday 3 June 2022? Read Croner-i’s article for clarity, and what actions can be taken to remove any potential for confusion. https://bit.ly/3IsBTnt  

Update on CT and VAT from HNM

Dear customer, What is happening? In December, we will run a trial of reducing the hours on some of our telephony services so that we can dedicate the time to work post that has built up over the past year.  To test the approach, we will close our VAT and CT phone lines (with the

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SPOOF EMAIL DOING THE ROUNDS – delete immediately

From: GOV-UK [mailto:info@bazarsazan.com] NOTE EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT HMRC Sent: 28 November 2021 17:37 To:       Subject: annual calculation of your fiscal activity HMRC – Notice Hello your email address We are pleased to inform you that after the last annual calculation of your fiscal activity we have determined that you are eligible to receive a tax

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Who should report a grant or support payment

If you received a payment to support you during COVID-19, you may need to report this on your tax return if you are: ·         self-employed ·         in a partnership ·         a business Which payments you need to report You need to report grants and payments from COVID-19 support schemes. These include: ·         the Self Employment

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Declaring coronavirus grants on company tax returns (source HMRC)

Coronavirus grants to support businesses during the pandemic are taxable. If your client needs to complete a company tax return (CT600) and has claimed grants from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), Eat Out to Help Out (EOTHO), or any payments made by local authorities and devolved administrations, they’ll need to report this as income when they calculate their taxable profits. If you are completing

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Tax year basis in place from April 2024

by Rebecca Cave – Accountancy Web A Budget policy paper confirms that the switch from current year basis to the tax year basis will happen for all self-employed individuals and partners from 6 April 2024. 1st Nov 2021 In evidence to the House of Lords Finance Bill sub-committee on 28 October, an HMRC spokesperson said the change to the tax

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Autumn Budget and Spending Review

Source –  Tax Calc The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, presented his Autumn Budget and Spending Review to Parliament today, Wednesday 27 October 2021 and the tax experts at TaxCalc are on hand to analyse and disseminate the finer details of any announcements. This year’s budget (and spending review) came with a brand. This

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Directors’ responsibilities: bitesize webinar series from Companies House

Watch the whole series online Featuring webinars with the Business Support Helpline and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), our directors’ responsibilities bitesize webinar series answered your questions about running a limited company. From protecting personal data, to changing your registered office address and dealing with late filing penalties, the series provided useful information to help

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Fraudulent Emails

If you get any fraudulent emails from HMRC please report them as follows https://www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing/report-hmrc-phishing-emails-texts-and-phone-call-scams

MTD for ITSA has been delayed until 2024

In a hotly anticipated written statement by the incoming Financial Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Frazer, it was today announced that The Government’s Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD for ITSA) programme will once again be delayed. The official explanation is that The Government recognises the challenges faced by many UK businesses and

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Health and social care levy: What we know

Source Accounting Web To help raise an extra £12bn a year for health and social care following the pandemic, all rates of national insurance contributions and income tax on dividends will increase by 1.25 percentage points from 6 April 2022. This increase in rates will be rebranded as the “health and social care levy” from April

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New penalty regime: points mean prizes (for HMRC)

Source – Tax Calc HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that their new points-based penalty regime will come into effect from 1 April 2022 and will apply to both Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT as well as MTD for Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA). Their stated aim is to make penalties simple, fair and effective but,

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MTD income tax: Big bang start in April 2023

Source – Accounting Web It appears that all self-employed taxpayers will have to start reporting under MTD for income tax (MTD ITSA) from 6 April 2023, which is an acceleration of up to 12 months for mandation into MTD for many unincorporated businesses. The announcement of the abolition of basis periods from 6 April 2023 has created

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SEISS 5 grant applications have opened

Source – Accounting Webb Self-employed taxpayers can now apply for the fifth SEISS grant, but they may need to provide two different turnover figures from their business as part of their application. The portal to apply for the fifth self-employed income support scheme (SEISS) grant opened on 29 July, but not everyone can apply at

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MTD for Income Tax Self-Assessment

The way that some self-employed taxpayers report their business profits to HMRC is set to change in April 2023 under the Making Tax Digital (MTD) for business regime, when it begins to apply to Income Tax reporting. MTD for Income Tax Self-Assessment Under MTD it is proposed that the Self-Assessment tax return will be replaced

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Off-payroll working rules further support

It has been 3 months since the off-payroll working rules (IR35) changed and we are continuing to provide support to help customers to understand and comply with the rules, in line with our published approach on supporting organisations to comply with the rules. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-supporting-organisations-to-comply-with-changes-to-the-off-payroll-working-rules-ir35

VAT deferral — scheme is now closed

The VAT deferral new payment scheme is now closed. If customers are unable to pay their outstanding VAT debt, help is still available. Customers can go to GOV.UK and search ‘if you cannot pay your tax bill on time’ Customers may be charged a 5% penalty and interest if they did not pay in full, join the VAT new payment scheme

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VAT reverse charge on construction and building services

VAT-registered construction businesses should note that this reverse charge came in on 1 March 2021. A Revenue and Customs Brief issued in June 2020 contains more information. In January 2021, a letter was sent to every VAT-registered construction business. This followed letters previously sent out in February 2020 and September 2020, advising them to check if they’re liable

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Changes to CJRS grants

Source: HMRC The UK Government will continue to pay 70% of employees’ usual wages for the hours not worked, up to a cap of £2,187.50, to the end of July 2021. In August 2021 and September 2021, this will reduce to 60% of employees’ usual wages up to a cap of £1,875. Employers will need

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Refund Policy

For online payments taken via the Invoice Payment page, no refunds can be given as payment is only taken after my service has been provided.