There are currently two schemes for claiming R&D tax relief – the Small or Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Scheme and the R&D Expenditure Credit (RDEC) Scheme for large companies. The amount of
R&D tax consultation launched
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Five more tax avoidance schemes named by HMRC
HMRC has powers introduced in the Finance Act 2022 to name tax avoidance schemes and their promoters. Under this legislation HMRC can name avoidance scheme promoters, publish details of the way they
What is a Post Transaction Valuation Check?
A Post Transaction Valuation Check (PTVC) can be requested from HMRC for an individual to work out a Capital Gains Tax liability or for companies to calculate Corporation Tax liability on chargeable
New Green Freeports for Scotland
The UK and Scottish governments have jointly announced that Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and Forth Green Freeport have been successful in their bids to establish two new Green Freeports
Ways you can count on us…
Leaving politics to one side, how can we deal with the current pressures on businesses? Rising costs, reducing revenues as the cost-of-living issues impact activity, increasing taxes – Corporation Tax
Actors and entertainers – profession or employment
There is a particular section of internal HMRC’s manuals that deals specifically with how to view the rules for measuring profits of specific trades. The list includes over 50 different trades as
Check if a company is being liquidated
There are a number of ways you can check if a company is in liquidation. This can include searching the Companies House register. Companies House is responsible for maintaining a register of company
Registering as an overseas company
An overseas company must register with Companies House if they want to set up a place of business in the UK. This would mean that the overseas company has some sort of physical presence in the UK
PAYE and overseas employees
There are a multitude of rules and regulations that you must be aware of when you employ someone from abroad who is coming to work in the UK.
HMRC’s guidance (entitled New employee coming to work
Scottish Child Payment
The Scottish Child Payment increased to £25 per week from 14 November 2022. The payment is available to qualifying applicants living in Scotland for children under the age of 16. The Scottish Child
Exempt transfers between siblings
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is levied on a person’s estate when they die and can also be payable during a person’s lifetime on certain trusts and gifts. The current IHT nil rate band is £325,000 per person,
Tax Diary February/March 2023
1 February 2023 – Due date for corporation tax payable for the year ended 30 April 2022.
19 February 2023 – PAYE and NIC deductions due for month ended 5 February 2023. (If you pay your tax
New laws to mitigate disruption during public service strikes
Working people across the UK will be protected from disruptive strikes thanks to new laws introduced recently. They will allow employers in critical public sectors to maintain minimum levels of
A definition of trusts
HMRC’s internal manuals states that the word `trust’ describes a relationship between certain persons
which is recognised by the law;
concerned with particular property; and
enforceable by
Dissolved companies and bona vacantia
A company comes to a legal end when it is dissolved. However, one if the important points to be aware of when doing so is that the dissolved company can no longer do or receive anything including
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