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As the UK emerges from the pandemic and economic activity resumes, HMRC are restarting their debt collection work and will be contacting customers who have fallen behind with their tax during this difficult time.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 15/07/2021HMRC is reminding tax credit claimants that they have until 31 July 2021 to renew their claims.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 07/07/2021HMRC has confirmed that almost 800,000 employees who have been working from home during the pandemic have already claimed tax relief on household related costs.
By Steve HarcourtPublished On: 07/07/2021The government has confirmed that employers of all sizes in England can now apply for £3,000 in extra funding to help them take on new apprentices.
By Morgan DaviesPublished On: 07/07/2021The government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) begins winding down from 1 July.
By Jamie SkeldingPublished On: 07/07/2021HMRC has launched nearly 13,000 investigations into alleged abuse of the government's coronavirus (COVID-19) financial support schemes.
By Kevin JohnsPublished On: 07/07/2021More than 282,000 working families used a Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) account during March 2021, according to figures from HMRC.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 07/07/2021From 1 July 2021 there are changes to the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and Land Transaction Tax (LTT) bands for residential property.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 07/07/2021Three schemes were launched on 1 July to deal with VAT on business-to-consumer supplies of goods and services to EU customers.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 07/07/2021The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been extended until 30 September 2021 and the level of grant available to employers under the scheme will stay the same until 30 June 2021.
By Kevin JohnsPublished On: 28/06/2021Couples typically need £26,000 and single people need £19,000 a year for a comfortable retirement, new research reveals.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 14/06/2021The fastest monthly growth of the services sector since 1997 and a fall in the number of workers on furlough signalled that the UK's recovery from the coronavirus crisis remained on track in May, as lockdown restrictions were relaxed across all four nations of the UK.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 14/06/2021Two years after the collapse of Neil Woodford's Equity Income fund, and with 300,000 investors still awaiting answers from the regulator despite being set to lose £1bn from its liquidation, industry commentators are calling for a solution to be found sooner rather than later in order to reinstate the public's faith in financial services.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 14/06/2021A global jump in inflation in 2021 is raising the prospect of a broader upward trend beyond a short-term pandemic reaction.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 14/06/2021Research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) examines how pension contributions fit into life-cycle patterns.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 14/06/2021The outcome of a recent High Court case is a warning for anyone challenging a will.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 14/06/2021House prices are likely to continue rising for some time despite hitting a new record high in May, one of Britain's biggest mortgage lenders has said.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 14/06/2021The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is the latest body to wade into the inheritance tax debate ' on a global scale.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 14/06/2021Worldpay's Global Payments report 2021 claims that cash payments in UK shops in 2020 made up 13.
By Glen CallowPublished On: 14/06/2021The forms P11D which report details of benefits and some expenses provided to employees and directors for the year ended 5 April 2021, are due for submission to HMRC by 6 July 2021.
By Jamie SkeldingPublished On: 08/06/2021The temporary Trade Credit Reinsurance (TCR) scheme that helped struggling supply chain firms secure insurance protection during the pandemic will close at the end of June, it has been confirmed.
By Morgan DaviesPublished On: 08/06/2021The Treasury has launched a review into the effectiveness of the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), the independent body responsible for helping to make the UK tax system simpler and easier to interact with for taxpayers.
By Prime AccountantsPublished On: 08/06/2021The UK government has confirmed that its plastic packaging tax (PPT) will come into force on 1 April 2022.
By Steve HarcourtPublished On: 08/06/2021Freeport operators will be able to take advantage of a zero rate of secondary national insurance contributions (NICs) for employees, the government has announced.
By Kevin JohnsPublished On: 08/06/2021
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