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In the current economic climate, some businesses will take strategic decisions that, whilst done for commercially justifiable reasons, will have a VAT impact. For instance, consider a business that decides

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From 1 February 2009 the late filing penalties for company accounts have risen. Remember, the deadlines and penalties apply not only to limited companies, but also Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs).

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The deadline for filing your Income Tax Return (ITR) and paying any tax due is 31 January – only a few days away! For the 2007/08 tax year the deadline

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In TT127 we reported on the new rates to be used for paying the fuel only element to employees who claim for business miles driven in company cars. (Remember, this applies only

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We hope that over the last twelve months Topical Tips has been useful and interesting. In this last Topical Tips for the year we present a round-up of the issues

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Employees often still regard the provision of a company car as a benefit worth having. The certainty of the tax cost is attractive when compared to the uncertainty of maintenance

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Historically, under Taper Relief, you could sell a business asset after two years of ownership and any capital gain would be taxed at 10%. Not only did the shares in

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From 1st October 2008 new regulations come into force for anyone who is involved in letting property. Landlords of both residential and commercial premises will need to have an Energy

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Last month Topical Tips 122 considered the definition of redundancy and some of the problems arising from it. Getting the procedure right Having established a redundancy exists it is vital that the

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Some weeks ago it was leaked to the press that the Government was planning changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) to boost the housing market. This rumour almost paralysed