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- Tax Saving Accountants
- 7 Jan 13
Are you ready for PAYE changes?
SMEs Have Less Than 2 Months Until PAYE Changes HMRC is implementing massive changes to how small businesses report PAYE earnings, and companies have less than two months to prepare. From April – the start of the new tax year – real-time reporting on Pay As You Earn will be needed, even if the SMEs […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 21 Dec 12
The big question: Should young part-time workers pay tax?
The summer has been and gone, but The Independent certainly has an interesting story – a company who rejected a 15-year-old boy’s application for part-time work because he hadn’t paid tax on his previous earnings. Even though the company may have been a bit strict, one of the biggest issues that face small businesses is […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 14 Dec 12
Make sure you pay your taxes, HMRC closes in
HMRC has revealed interesting new figures which show growth in the revenue they have recouped from people who have tried to avoid or evade tax. In the past 12 months, the total sum of the money claimed towards government coffers stood at £21 billion. When compared with the figures from 2005 – £6.9 billion – […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 7 Dec 12
Should there be more tax breaks in infrastructure?
Tax has the potential to undergo massive change at the moment, and according to KPMG, one of the adjustments made by the government should be in relation to infrastructure. According to research, small and medium-sized businesses should be able to receive further tax breaks when it comes to capital investment. If this were to happen, […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 22 Nov 12
Federation of Small Business asks for help in Autumn Statement
As George Osborne saddles up to make his Autumn Statement – a taster if you will of what’s to come in the 2013 budget – the Federation of Small Business has asked the Coalition government to do more to help start-ups. Although the personal allowance for income tax has risen and the upper tax rate […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 14 Nov 12
Things heat up with Google, Starbucks and Amazon
Small businesses are lining up to criticise corporations such as Google, Starbucks and Amazon over their tax arrangements. Executives from all three giants have faced an interrogation by the Public Accounts Committee at the Houses of Parliament. Companies such as Starbucks say that their operations in the UK are largely unprofitable, but according to some […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 11 Oct 12
Starbucks tax avoidance: Is it fair?
There’s a big controversy brewing regarding Starbucks, and their tax arrangements in the UK. Many independent coffee shop owners have expressed outrage that Starbucks has managed to pay very little in the way of corporation tax, while smaller and less resourceful cafes pay a larger contribution. Some people have even called for a boycott of […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 23 Sep 12
Better funding to become available for SMEs
Metro Bank Supports SMEs With Cash Flow Problems Now here’s some exciting news: Metro Bank, which has more than 12 branches throughout London, is going to be helping small businesses to overcome cash flow problems by offering millions in funding. This is in association with Vince Cable, who is the Business Secretary in the existing […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 31 Aug 12
Government needs to address raw material shortages
The business group, The Material Security Working Group (MSWG), which includes a wide range of members including Friends of the Earth and the manufacturers' organisation, EEF, has asked the Government to be more proactive over the raw material shortage that is threatening the UK. MSWG says that there are a number of reasons why the […]
- Tax Saving Accountants
- 24 Aug 12
So you think you can avoid the taxman…?
HMRC has saved the taxpayer an estimated £200m by taking three tax avoidance schemes to the courts – and winning all of its cases. The first case involved a scheme that addressed capital gains tax and which, according to HRMC, prevented around £90m finding its way to the treasury. The second case involved the directors […]