by AJN Accountants | Jun 29, 2022 | Tax Planning
The making tax digital (MTD) rules currently only apply for businesses that submit VAT returns. Those traders need to keep their VAT records in a digital format and transmit their VAT return data directly from their digital records to HMRC using MTD-compatible...
by AJN Accountants | Jun 16, 2022 | Advice, Landlords, Property, Tax Planning
Ukrainian refugees are being hosted by private individuals and organisations in spare rooms and properties across the UK. The Government is providing hosts with a monthly payment of £350 per property, administered by local authorities. This payment is only given to...
by AJN Accountants | Jun 10, 2022 | Accounting, Advice, Business, Financial Planning, Tax Planning, VAT
It is important to keep your personal money and your company’s money completely separate. If you use your company’s bank card to buy personal items or to pay your own bills, that expenditure is treated as a loan to you. The loan creates a corporation tax...
by AJN Accountants | Jun 8, 2022 | Accounting, Advice, News, Tax Planning
The rates for national insurance contributions (NIC) increased by 1.25 percentage points for everyone on 6 April 2022. From 6 July the NIC starting threshold will rise to £12,570 per year (£1,048 per month) for employees. This means that some lower paid employees will...
by AJN Accountants | May 10, 2022 | Accounting, News, Tax Planning
All late paid tax now carries interest at 3%. Where the tax has been outstanding for more than six months a 5% surcharge on the outstanding amount may also apply. Surcharge rates of up to 15% can apply for VAT paid just one day late. If you can only pay some of your...
by AJN Accountants | Apr 21, 2022 | Accounting, Advice, Business, Financial Planning, Tax Planning, VAT
Contract termination fees can be a bitter pill to swallow when you just want out of an expensive agreement. What’s worse is that some suppliers will charge VAT on top of the cancellation fee while others will not. The law has been a bit of a mess but HMRC has...
