Research and development (R&D) tax credit claims by small businesses climbed to £1.345 billion in 2015/16, according to HMRC. The revenue recently released R&D data… Read More »Claims for R&D tax credits hit record high
Small businesses breathed a collective sigh of relief when chancellor Philip Hammond resisted calls to lower the VAT threshold in Autumn Budget 2017. The Office… Read More »Chancellor freezes VAT threshold until 2020
Audits may be a thing of the past, but certain annual reports still apply. If you’re a business owner, you may be familiar with the… Read More »Accounts for limited companies
Businesses are in no rush to make investments amid the ongoing uncertainty of Brexit, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales… Read More »Cautious Businesses Delaying Investments
A guide to the VAT implications of having three entities involved in a transaction. VAT can get very complicated when there are three parties involved… Read More »VAT and three-party transactions
Personal tax returns need to be submitted to HMRC before 31st January. As of today, that leaves just 61 working days to get the return… Read More »Start planning for the New Year Personal Tax deadline
Reducing corporation tax due on patent income. The patent box regime applies a reduced rate of corporation tax to profits attributable to qualifying patents and… Read More »Patent Box
What are the best ways to assess your firm’s performance? Changing market conditions make it more important than ever to measure your business’ performance on… Read More »Measuring business performance
Workers under the age of 25 are missing out on more than £6,000 a year because they are not entitled to the national living wage… Read More »Under-25s push for national living wage equality
Once you’ve been running auto-enrolment for three years you’ll need to re-enrol workers. Over the last five years there has been a seismic shift in… Read More »Managing automatic re-enrolment