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April 7, 2015

Kill “Tax” Bill Vol. 1


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Employee benefits and expenses are often complicated because they are taxed in different ways making the choice for both employee and employer just as complicated. Certain taxable benefits can be “tax

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March 30, 2015

Basket of goods in 2015 to measure UK inflation


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Inflation affects the value of the pound in your pocket and every year the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reviews its basket of goods and services which are used to measure

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March 25, 2015

New pension rules – Pension Wise Government guidance website launched


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The new pension rules come into effect on 6 April – and the Government have recently launched their guidance website www.pensionwise.gov.uk, backed up by a full media ‘Pension Wise’ advertising campaign.

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March 9, 2015

Nappy Wars


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Why do Procter & Gamble want to increase their market share of nappies and why should you and your business care? To answer these questions I will start with a

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February 24, 2015

Companies House “Notice of overdue accounts”


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Based on recent correspondence, it would appear that Companies House’s automated notice letters are being sent slightly prematurely. We have had numerous incidences whereby a client company has received a

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February 10, 2015

Gift Aid Payments


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Don’t forget to claim! Tax relief! In preparing for our first house move after 23 years my wife and I found many things that we no longer required. All those

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February 2, 2015

The Hobbit, (broken) promises and ‘Arry…


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After promising my wife that yesterday would be ‘Hobbit Sunday’ (we have been married 10 years and ‘Football Sunday’ was out of the question, or so I was told!), I

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January 28, 2015

Many Happy Returns


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Today marks an important milestone for one of Barnes Roffe’s senior partners, as (despite all his efforts to conceal the fact from the rest of us) Allan Cheason has turned

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January 19, 2015

The inflation paradox


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A recent major announcement has been the fall in inflation to 0.5% – a level not seen since May 2000. The UK Government has heralded it as a tax cut

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January 5, 2015

Shape up for 2015


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It’s that time of year when we are all hoping we will be able to stick to our New Year’s resolutions.  According to a recent survey, five of the top

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December 11, 2014

Thank YOU!


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Another year is coming to a close and 2014 has been as eventful as the past years. No two years are the same – our treasured clients, all successful in

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December 1, 2014

New Pension Rules: Lamborghini or Labyrinth?


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There has been much commentary in the Press in recent months about the new pension rules which come into effect from 6 April 2015.  Whilst some have suggested the possibility

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