To help businesses in Southend and beyond, all the important tax, VAT and PAYE dates and deadlines for the financial year 2018-2019 are in one place.
Previously, buyers do not pay tax on the first £125,000 of a property purchase. However, in a popular move with younger voters, stamp duty for first-time buyers has been cut. In a more controversial move, the Help to Buy scheme has also been extended. How will this affect the property market?
As increases in the personal allowance were a key part of George Osborne’s Budgets, Philip Hammond has followed suit with a further increase, while also announcing further action on tax avoidance – just weeks after the publication of the ‘Paradise Papers’.
After weeks of predictions and rumours over the contents of the infamous red Budget Box, Philip Hammond has officially published the first Autumn Budget – crucially, the penultimate one before Brexit. Here’s everything you need to know.
We’re delighted to make our very own Autumn statement: the launch of our brand-new website and signage. Take a look at what we did!
Businesses across the UK are being targeted by scammers who are charging them to update companies VAT registration numbers online, when it is not necessary.
Landlords are being advised that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is redoubling its efforts to crackdown on individuals who fail to properly report their taxes. Find out more here.
The Government has announced plans to delay the full launch of Making Tax Digital until 2020, some businesses will begin the process as early as April 2018.
Cash-in-hand payments should be replaced with technology driven alternatives in the hopes of collecting up to £6 billion more in tax – this is the conclusion of a Government-commissioned review conducted by Matthew Taylor, head of the think-tank the Royal Society of Arts.
A new survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has revealed that more than 40 per cent of UK businesses believe that Brexit has hurt their investment plans.
