VAT-registered UK businesses that trade exclusively with the EU are being urged by HMRC to prepare for a no deal Brexit. 145,000 affected businesses received a letter from HMRC, detailing the changes to Customs, Excise and VAT procedures in the ‘unlikely...
Making Tax Digital (MTD) – Is a key part to HMRC’s plan to make it easier for sole traders and business alike to get their tax right. HMRC aim to become one of the most digitally advanced tax administrations in the world. If you are VAT registered and have...
With Brexit striking fear in the hearts of people all over the country, surveys have been done to find out what people expect to happen after the UK leaves the EU in March 2019. A recent survey showed that more than a third of small sized British companies are...
As announced in the Budget 2018, small retail businesses in England are set to benefit from a reduction to business rates. Business rates are to be reduced by a third for many retail properties with a rateable value below £51,000 for two years from April 2019, subject...
As many landlords seek to mitigate higher tax costs, the number of landlords looking to remortgage has reached and all-time high. Paragon surveyed around 200 mortgage intermediaries and found that as a proportion of the buy-to-let market, remortgaging had an 8%...
A report made by Age Uk has claimed that a number of women in retirement who are divorced are losing out on a vast amount of money and assets. Unless a divorce is taken to court, it is not a requirement to know a spouses pension value, and therefore married couples do...
