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Importing goods into the UK

May 13, 2021

There are special procedures for importing goods into the UK. Following the end of the Brexit transition period, the process for importing goods from the EU effectively mirrors the process for all

Holiday update

May 11, 2021

As lockdown is being eased and opportunity to holiday opens, we felt it might be useful to set out bank holiday dates for the UK regions for the rest of this year.

England and Wales –

Taxing your car

May 11, 2021

The instructions to tax your car on the GOV.UK website is reproduced below:

To tax your car, motorcycle or other vehicle you will need to use a reference number from:

a recent reminder (V11) or

Reminder to look out for tax credit renewal packs

May 6, 2021

HMRC has begun sending the annual tax credit renewal packs to some 2.5 million tax credit claimants and is encouraging recipients to renew their tax credits claim online. The packs are being sent out

Mobile phone exempt costs

May 6, 2021

When an employee incurs costs for the provision of mobile phones to employees it is important to understand the correct tax treatment of these expenses. This includes costs for phones provided to

COVID support grants that are taxable

May 6, 2021

We would like to remind readers that existing legislation is in place to ensure that COVID support grants are treated as taxable income in the same way as other taxable receipts. The grants are

CIS – types of work and businesses affected

May 6, 2021

The Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is a set of special rules for tax and National Insurance for those working in the construction industry.

The CIS covers all construction work carried out in

Impact of residence and domicile

May 6, 2021

HMRC’s online guidance note for residence, domicile and the remittance basis: RDR1 is intended for UK residents and non-residents and covers the residence, domicile and remittance basis rules from 6