HMRC is reminding the 5.4 million Self Assessment taxpayers who have not yet filed a return for the 2023-24 tax year to do so before the 31st January 2025. Anyone required to file a tax return for the 2023 to 2024 tax year who misses the 31 January 2025 deadline could face an initial late filing … [Read more...]
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Companies House implements new non-compliance penalties
Registered companies and their directors are being warned of new penalties being introduced by Companies House for non-compliance with their legal responsibilities. As part of new powers granted to the body in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, businesses could face financial … [Read more...]
Increase to VAT threshold takes effect
An uplifted VAT threshold of £90,000 has taken effect from 1st April 2024 that is expected to lift 28,000 small businesses out of paying VAT. The £5,000 increase in the threshold was announced in the Spring Budget and puts the UK’s VAT threshold at the joint highest level of any OECD … [Read more...]
Salaried workers see National Insurance rate cut take effect
January payslips have seen workers across the UK pay a reduced rate of National Insurance for the first time since the rate cut announced last year took effect. The government announced it would cut National Insurance by 2p from 12% to 10% at the 2023 Autumn Statement – for the average salaried … [Read more...]
3.8 million Self Assessment returns still to be filed a week before deadline
With just one week to go before the 31st January Self Assessment deadline, HMRC estimates that 3.8 million are risking a £100 penalty if they do not file their tax return in time. HMRC is anticipating more than 12.1 million Self Assessment tax returns to be filed for the 2022-23 tax year, along … [Read more...]
Limited companies urged to file accounts ahead of September deadline
Limited companies due to file accounts with Companies House by the end of September are being urged to allow plenty of time before the deadline. All limited companies, including dormant companies that are not trading, must deliver annual accounts to Companies House each year. Even if an … [Read more...]
HMRC reminds businesses about new VAT penalties and interest payments
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding VAT registered businesses to file their returns and pay on time following the introduction of a new penalties system. The late payment penalties and points-based late submission penalties were introduced from 1 January 2023, replacing … [Read more...]
Late payment problems eased at end of 2022, finds insolvency trade body
Analysis by insolvency trade body, R3, has found that the number of overdue invoices has fallen for businesses in the North-west. R3’s analysis of Creditsafe data, released at the end of December 2022, found that the number of outstanding invoices owed to firms in the North-west fell 32.1% … [Read more...]
Increased Employment Allowance comes into effect
A £1,000 increase in the Employment Allowance, the amount smaller firms can claim to reduce National Insurance Contributions (NICs), has come into effect from 6th April. The Employment Allowance has risen from £4,000 to £5,000, as announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement. The increase is … [Read more...]
Covid-19 insolvency measures lifted as pandemic business support winds down
Temporary insolvency measures put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic will be lifted from 31st March 2022 as the remaining pandemic support schemes are wound down. Measures were introduced as part of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 to limit the impact of Covid-19 related … [Read more...]
Making Tax Digital for VAT becomes mandatory in less than one week
HMRC is warning VAT-registered businesses that Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT becomes mandatory from 1st April. Businesses have less than one week left to ensure they are using compatible software to submit VAT returns, when online submissions become mandatory. Making Tax Digital is part of the … [Read more...]
SMEs encouraged to join programme to adopt digital accounting technologies
Cheshire East Council is encouraging SMEs in the borough to take part in a free programme to help them adopt digital accounting technologies to aid their recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Adoption of Digital Accounting and Payment Technology (ADAPT) programme will give businesses that sign … [Read more...]