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Tax-free Christmas parties and staff gifts
Christmas is fast approaching us. You may be considering rewarding your employees for their hard work over the last year with a tax-free gift or a staff Christmas party.
One widget or two? COVID support payments still on HMRC’s radar
With support schemes having lost between £3.3 billion and £7.3 billion to error and fraud, HMRC isn’t letting go now.
New Employee checks
HMRC is publicising a new way that employers can be provided with an employee’s National Insurance number
(NINO).
What is extended producer responsibility for packaging?
As part of the government’s pledge to eliminate avoidable waste, and recycle a greater proportion of municipal
waste, the rules on recycling responsibilities are changing. Extended producer responsibility for packaging (EPR) is part of this.
GDPR right of access: new guidance
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), individuals have the right to a copy of the personal data that your organisation holds about them.
Child Benefit – watch the sting in the tail
If you or your partner get Child Benefit, keep the High Income Child Benefit charge (HICBC) in mind.
Paying voluntary National Insurance contributions
It is all about plugging holes in your National Insurance record. And that in turn, is about making sure there are enough years of National Insurance contributions (NICs), or National Insurance credits, to get the full State Pension. Gaps in the contributions record...
HMRC detective work means tax bill for eBay trader
Online sales: one of those areas where awareness of tax is often low.
R&D single scheme uncertainty for companies
The government has now consulted on replacing the two existing Research and Development (R&D) schemes for tax relief with a single merged scheme.
Patent Box Tax Relief
The Patent Box is a government led scheme which allows companies to reduce corporation tax profits by applying an effective 10% rate on trading profits attributable to certain intellectual property rights. The recent increase in corporation tax rates to 25% could...
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