by AJN Accountants | Apr 11, 2022 | Accounting, Advice, Financial Planning, Tax Planning
In uncertain times people instinctively look for alternative ways to invest and some may choose cryptoassets such as Bitcoin and non-fungible tokens. If you decide to go digital with your investments, think about how the profit or loss you make on these assets will be...
by AJN Accountants | Mar 25, 2022 | Accounting, Business, Financial Planning, Tax Planning
The Covid-19 support grants (CJRS, SEISS and Eat Out to Help Out) are taxable and should be declared on your business’ tax return. For corporation tax (CT) you must report amounts received in the accounting period covered by the return, not grants claimed for...
by AJN Accountants | Mar 22, 2022 | Accounting, Advice, News, Small Businesses, VAT
The hospitality and tourist sectors have been supported through the Covid-19 pandemic by being able to pay a reduced amount of VAT to HMRC in respect of most sales. The reduced VAT rate was 5% from 15 July 2020 to 30 September 2021 and 12.5% from 1 October 2021 to 31...
by AJN Accountants | Mar 11, 2022 | Accounting, Business, News, Tax Planning, VAT
For VAT periods starting on and after 1 April 2022 all VAT records must be recorded digitally and returns must be submitted under the Making Tax Digital (MTD) regime. If you are not already submitting your VAT returns using MTD-enabled software (or asking us to do so)...
by AJN Accountants | Mar 7, 2022 | Accounting, Advice, News
Do you remember those annoying ‘claim back your PPI’ adverts? Thousands of people received repayments, which included interest calculated at 8% on the PPI premiums refunded. Where the PPI settlement was paid after September 2013 the bank or insurance...
by AJN Accountants | Mar 4, 2022 | Accounting, News, Tax Planning
The level at which students begin to pay back their loans has been lowered from £27,295 to £25,000 From September 2023, the interest rate on student loans taken out has also been set to RPI+0% and the length of time that students pay their loans back until they can be...