Chancellor freezes VAT threshold until 2020
Treasury delays abolishment of class 2 National Insurance
Claims for R&D tax credits hit record high
Autumn Budget 2017 round-up
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Autumn Budget 2017
Autumn Statement 2017 – Chancellor Philip Hammond said he’d take a “balanced approach” to his second Budget of 2017
Patent Box
The patent box regime applies a reduced rate of corporation tax to profits attributable to qualifying patents and similar intellectual property (IP). Unincorporated businesses can’t qualify for the patent box. The patent box tax rate has gradually been reduced to 10%...
Measuring business performance
What are the best ways to assess your firm’s performance? Changing market conditions make it more important than ever to measure your business performance on a regular basis. The impact caused by recent events, such as the vote to leave the EU in June 2016 and the...
Tax Efficient Directors Salaries
Updated for 2017/18. We are often asked for advice on the most tax efficient way of paying yourself from your company.The official term is ‘profit extraction’ – how to get more money out of your business and into your pocket – legally of course! By far the most efficient way of taking money out of your limited company is to pay a combination of minimal Directors Salary plus a dividend and tax-free expenses. So how does this work?
Caseron Insider – November 2017
Under-25’s push for national living wage equality
Late payments continue to hit SMEs
Cautious businesses delaying investment
Apprenticeship levy leaves firms baffled
Timesheets for staff payroll
Do you have staff who work irregular hours? Should you implement a timesheets procedure to track their hours for payroll? This article will take you through 3 different options to keep track of staff hours.
VAT and three-party transactions
A guide to the VAT implications of having three entities involved in a transaction. VAT can get very complicated when there are three parties involved in a transaction. This may happen in an agency situation where one party is arranging for the supply of goods or...
Managing automatic re-enrolment
Once you've been running auto-enrolment for three years you'll need to re-enrol workers. Over the last five years, there has been a seismic shift in attitudes towards retirement saving. Auto-enrolment means workplace pensions are now regarded by many employees as a...
Caseron Insider – October 2017
Paper tax return deadline reminder
Buy-to-let regulations fuel rent rises
Sole traders exposed to cash crises
Finance bill 2017-19 round-up