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[21.06.16] Pension Auto Enrolment – Declaration of Compliance and what’s involved

We have written before Auto Enrolment and we held a seminar on the topic around 18 months ago. However, we wanted to remind you about the Scheme.

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[16.06.16] “Micro-entrepreneurs” to get tax breaks

As part of the Government’s March 2016 budget, individuals who sell services or rent their properties online will not have to declare or pay tax for the first £1,000 per year that they earn from each source.

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[10.06.16] Referendum Crystal Ball

It is being hailed as the biggest decision of our lifetimes and one that is at the centre of much debate, political posturing, and, most notably, conflicting information and claims for both sides. It is, of course, the EU referendum – a vote to stay in or to leave.

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[16.05.16] The New PSC Register – What Is It & What Do You Need To Do?

Just a reminder that from 6 April 2016 most UK companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) will be required to keep and maintain a new register – a register of persons with significant control (PSC) over the company or LLP.

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[10.05.16] Buy-to-let Properties Affected by Recent Tax Changes

New tax laws introduced in the 2016 budget, which became effective from April 2016, will have a significant impact on the way landlords manage their property tax affairs.

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[06.05.16] The Tax Return is Dead, Long Live the Tax Return

Filling in an annual tax return has been a stress many across the UK have endured every January, but help seemed at hand when, in his Budget, the Chancellor announced the “death” of the tax return. However, when you look at what is actually proposed it is clear that this is not actually the death of the tax return and a reduction in compliance, but actually the reverse.

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