Blog16th Jul 2018
For a number of years, the UK Government has had a drive to make the UK corporation tax (UKCT) system one of the most competitive in the world. With Brexit looming, this takes an ever increasing importance: once the UK…
View moreBlog12th Jul 2018
There are many reasons for valuing private business whether you are considering investing, selling, transferring an interest in a business, setting up a tax efficient employee ownership scheme or looking to resolve a dispute. Whatever your intention, fully understanding the…
View moreBlog10th Jul 2018
The disposal of a business should always be driven by the commercial objectives of the buyer and the seller and tax planning should not distract from this. However, ensuring an exit is implemented in the most tax efficient manner can…
View moreBlog9th Jul 2018
Shared Parental leave and Shared Parental Pay were originally introduced in 2015 and from recent studies, there has only been a small percentage of employees who are eligible have actually taken up the leave.
View moreBlog5th Jul 2018
Attracting and retaining key employees is an essential part of growing a successful business and can often prove a challenging area for entrepreneurial companies. This was featured at the recent Engage Invest and Exploit 2018 conference which highlighted that providing…
View moreBlog4th Jul 2018
There is broad agreement between global Tax Authorities that the means by which companies in the digital sector can be subject to corporate tax in overseas territories has not kept pace with the manner in which many multinationals today generate…
View moreBlog3rd Jul 2018
We may have seen many high street stores trying to restructure their businesses in recent times using a process known as Company Voluntary Arrangements or CVA. New Look, Carpetright, Mothercare, Prezzo, Byron Hamburgers, and House of Fraser are amongst the…
View moreBlog2nd Jul 2018
Much has been written about adaptation, change and innovation in the Oil & Gas industry in 2017. E&P are leading the change agenda, especially in the North Sea and we are starting to see the Oil Services sector leading the…
View moreBlog29th Jun 2018
It’s a bit like GDPR – everyone’s suddenly talking about Making Tax Digital for VAT (“MTD”) but many businesses don’t know what it means and how it impacts them, let alone what they might have to do.
View moreBlog28th Jun 2018
Why not encourage your employees to self-serve online by activating their Personal Tax Account (PTA), as many of the queries your employees bring to you can be answered in their PTA. Fifteen Million people are already using theirs and is…
View moreBlog27th Jun 2018
We had a good time at Digital Scotland 2018, the Scottish Public Sector’s digital transformation conference, in Glasgow last month.
View moreBlog26th Jun 2018
A PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) allows employers to settle the tax and National Insurance (NI) due on small or irregular taxable expenses or benefits provided to employees rather than the employees suffering the tax on these.
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