Month: June 2016

  • Joining our Tax Investigation Scheme could pay dividends

    Talk to Neil Dando or your usual consultant about joining our valuable Tax Investigation Scheme which could if needed be a huge saving to your business.

  • The digital divide

    A growing divide is opening up between businesses that use digital technology and those that do not, according to research by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). 94% of businesses agreed that digital technologies were key to increasing productivity but only 30% see themselves as ‘digital pioneers’. The biggest problem for businesses were: 45% of…

  • Tracing a lost pension pot

    In a bid to help people locate their lost pension pots, the Pension Tracing Service has launched a new website. There is currently around £400 million in unclaimed pension savings, according to the Department for Work and Pensions. People can enter their former employers’ details into an online database and receive contact details for pension…

  • Buy-to-let activity

    House price growth was 9.2% in April 2016 compared to 10.1% the previous month, according to Halifax. The slowdown in growth follows a surge in buy-to-let activity before the introduction of new stamp duty land tax (SDLT) rates on 1 April 2016. 50% of properties sold in the last 2 weeks of March went to…

  • Significant control register

    It is now a legal requirement for companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) to keep a people with significant control (PSC) register from 6 April 2016. A PSC register lists individuals with ‘significant control’ over a company. All information on the PSC register must be delivered to Companies House at least once a year from…

  • Auto-enrollment – pensions

    Auto-enrolling employees into a workplace pension scheme is a legal requirement for all businesses, from those employing hundreds to those with 1 or 2 people on the payroll. Over 6 million workers have been enrolled since 2012, with a further 1.8 million due over the next 2 years as the process turns to smaller employers.…

  • Capital gains tax planning

    Selling something you own for more than you originally bought it for is the basis of doing ‘good business’ in terms of both personal and business finance. Depending on the profit that an individual or organisation makes on the sale of their asset, they may become liable to pay capital gains tax (CGT). There have…